whiteline

[cucuman]

Before asking questions about your products I'd like to criticize your website;Very crowded, incomprensible,unlegible,bad interface and not user friendly. Redesigning your website is my suggestions to you as a designer.

Come to the topic..
I've a koni inserts at the moment and I'm thinking of improving the handling of my car as far as I can. Since there is no descriptions of your products I dont know which to go for handling mods.

I've MY98 Impreza Turbo which behaves like a RWD when cornering. It oversteers too much may be too early I dont know but I need more grip before starting to oversteer! I want to order whiteline springs but they drop the car too low and I dont know if they are too soft thus may result in creating a horrible camber curve problem while turning. At the moment I've Blitz Nur Spec exhaust system which is 50 mm to the ground. So I'm wondering about the spring heights also.

Do you sell front/rear swaybars/endlinks and springs as a kit? I looked at your webstore but couldnt find the right items for my car since you use the same photos and no detailed descriptions. What would you recommend for my car for street use??

*sorry for my language

[Sp 01]

cucuman,
oversteer on a WRX?
This seems strange as they are inherently prone to understeer, therefore I can only imagine your springs in the rear could be cactus, and this could be contributing to the "oversteer", unless there are other mods not mentioned.

Springs and shocks should always be matched to each other and to the individual vehicle..

With regards to dialling out the oversteer, in general a larger front sway bar would assist this. You could opt for OEM size replacement springs so as not to effect your ground clearence (if you are currently using OEM springs?).

Really need more info.
btw I have nothing to do with Whiteline but I do use their products and never had a problem finding the info I wanted.

[Peter]

G'day Cucuman,

Thank you for taking the time to offer your constructive criticisms referring to our web site. There is just so mush information available and we do try to keep our customers abreast of ?What is Happening". I trust that you can appreciate that we do not profess to be web site engineers and as you excel in your field of expertise - we trust you will appreciate our expertise in our field. We will see what we can do about our web site when next up for review.

I have waited a few days before replying to you to allow others to place their comments first - feedback can be very important to all of us.

Thanks for your input SP01 :) I believe that the following comments tend to support your views

From what you have indicated, your only mods are Koni inserts. If you have induced oversteer I suggest that you may have your shocks wound up too far for the standard spring rates and bar rates etc. This may result in the symptom you describe and also supports the point raised by SP01 of using matched components - ie: matching the shocks to the springs. So !! What to do ??

On standard springs, I suggest try backing the rear shock adjustment right off and bring it up about half a turn only - try this first.

Next - if we are going to get this ride of yours handling - you need the items in the Handling Pack (for your chassis). This consists of a matched front and rear swaybar to add rate when required, front caster - anti-lift kit and rear camber adjusting bolt kit.

After you have fitted these components, you will be amazed at the difference in behaviour.

Now where to find all this information:

Go the web site, left hand side, click on 'your car" - scroll down until you find your make and chassis. Click on the Fact Sheet and it's all there including suggested wheel alignment figures etc. Also, in the right hand column, you will find a list of articles which are worth a read.

Your ?ride height problems? can be simply overcome by using our Group4 coilovers :)

I trust the above is helpful and if all else fails try the following link:

http://www.whiteline.com.au/docs/fact_sheets/ck_wrx94.pdf

Cheers

Peter
peter@whiteline.com.au