Round 2: My 2015 Galaxy Blue Journal
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Eagleye
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Very good! I am impressed so far. We only did a short test ride to check for rattles and any other issues so I'll be posting my full review in the reviews forum soon. As long as it doesn't settle much I'll be really happy with the ride height.
I read your write up on the Whiteline springs. I LOVE Whiteline products. Always my go-to for anything suspension or bushing related. That said, I was kind of surprised in your feelings on them, due to the spring rate. Originally, I thought the 2015 was considerably heavier than my 04. So I looked it up and it is heavier, but not by much. So that made me even more surprised in those springs. If you recall, I was recently talking about the RCE Yellows I have installed. While I like them, for a street or daily driven ride, I think I should have gone with the Blacks.
Meanwhile, I look up the RCE Yellow spring rate and found out your Whiteline springs are stiffer than my Yellows! So I'm kind of surprised that you thought the ride wasn't too harsh and so forth. The 2015 chassis must be corner balanced much differently than the early GD's.
Do you have sway bars and other suspension goodies, in addition to those springs?
Meanwhile, I look up the RCE Yellow spring rate and found out your Whiteline springs are stiffer than my Yellows! So I'm kind of surprised that you thought the ride wasn't too harsh and so forth. The 2015 chassis must be corner balanced much differently than the early GD's.
Do you have sway bars and other suspension goodies, in addition to those springs?
Eagleye
Tinkerer
2004 stock spring rates vs RCE Yellow vs RCE Black
Front 224 vs 295 (+71) vs 285 (+61)
Rear 194 vs 275 (+81) vs 269 (+75)
2015 stock spring rates vs Whiteline
Front 324 vs 329 (+5)
Rear 296 vs 325 (+29)
You can see why my findings are what they are with the above differences. My uncle put Blacks on his 04 STi and loves them coming from stock and then cheap coilovers.
No I do not have any other suspension work except the adjustable rear lower control arms that I needed for adjusting camber. I will likely add a Whiteline rear sway bar in the future (their front bar is overkill from what I understand).
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Wow! ^ Good info. I guess they aren't so stiff, compared to stock. Except for the rear end of course. That should greatly reduce understeer!
Eagleye
Tinkerer
Minimal weight difference. Stock forged bbs wheels come in at a respectable 20lbs.
Haven't had a chance to test the tires, poor weather here.
Update on the shifter coming soon.
Eagleye
Tinkerer
Not much to report. We continue to have crap weather on and off so I haven't put too many miles on it lately. This past weekend I was busy supporting my wife running her first full marathon. She did great. 4hrs 19mins which I think is pretty good given that she is not a "natural athlete" and doesn't have a lot of time to train. Given the shortage of time we are dropping our gym membership since I got her a treadmill over the weekend. As someone who likes to find good deals you'll like this one...we went to buy a used commercial unit and were looking at about $2k till it was all said and done. I called my buddy hours before buying it and he tells me he has one he just got for free that I can have. I look up the model and it was $5k in 2014...umm yeah I'll take it bud. He didn't want to take anything but long story short I'm only out about $200 for a basically new $5k treadmill. Moving that 360lb monster was a chore though.
Back to the car...at the next oil change I will be installing my oil pressure gauge. Beyond that I don't have much in store before I buy my full turboback exhaust and get a protune. I'm still kicking around going flex fuel now that I have an option that is pretty close by. Not sure I want to get into all of that though. Pretty substantial investment, we'll see.
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