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@Niran car has way more grip from the wider wheels. You notice it most on flat roundabouts where it does squeak a tire and just keeps grip. I’ll do the same to mine at some point.

/me sighs. Bloody typical LOL Replaced the power steering pump, which was still broken but wasn't the thing causing all the noise it turns out. It was the Alternator. Good lawdy lol. In any case, I'm still getting to the track this weekend. Even if it means stealing the alternator from the legacy while I'm at the track. LOL

Gone +1 inch - 18x9.5 +38. I'd probably disagree to your point on width. If its setup well, you get oodles more grip. My car actually handles bloody well tbh. Ask @Gripless lol. Took him for spirited drive haha. Could only get better with a nicer set of coilovers. Just don't want to make a bad choice with sway bars. Check out Mark Jagers time attack setup. 11 inch wheels, 315s on the tyres... insane

so was down at Speedhub again today, paying for the tyres i bought off em. Had really good yarn with Paul. The 800hp vantage rally car has, wait for it, a 30mm titanium rear sway bar, and a 27mm front one lol. 20k worth of actual strut on top of that. The springs are on the softer side apparently. That car rips at lead foot etc. But is a full race car. He reckons sway bars are the way to go with good suspension. Apparently MCA parts are made in China and assembled in Aus! Obviously made to spec. He reckons whiteline links and bars are decent enough, but not some of the bushings.

Hardrace is another good option. Most of their’s are hardened runner rather than poly which in theory will give a firmer but smoother ride

Don’t get whiteline bushes, go for superpro or Group N (factory Subaru bushes with hardened rubber made for rally spec cars). Whiteline is ok but you’ll probably have less trouble if you go for the other two.

Yeah I find this hard to believe as well, sway bar thing I understand but look at any S201-204 impreza and generally one of the main differences is they have the whole STi catalogue of pillowball lateral links/trailing arms/sway bar links in the back.

+1 bushings, swaybars, endlinks and coilovers. Not ideal for roads though, especially all these pot holes and speedbumps around (Akld). It is quite stiff. Never tracked but I'm assuming that's where my setup shines.

You all know that its just garage door sealer trim lmao