My Winter Set Up
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imgur.comPosted Jan 19, 2016, 1:54 PM UTC
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imgur.comWhat does a 1" lift really accomplish? I live in the northeast and deal with a shit ton of snow every year and haven't really had any ride height concerns.
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Helps with ground clearance. Doesn't help much unless you're in a lot of unplowed back roads
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I wouldn't mind an inch lift, I scrape on a lot of curbs unless I hit them at an angle myself. Not always possible to get that angle when there's a car waiting to turn or coming up quickly, lot of times I get honked at for doing it.
I'm on my second bumper and this one recently cracked on a curb/uphill entry into taco bell.
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I live in the NE too and only thing I could see is if you are off roading or if you got steep inclines like driveways or entrance ramp to places. Almost bought a '12 hatch from a guy in Boston who cracked his front bumper because his driveway had like a sharp incline he would smash his bumper on everyday.
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I live in the Boston area, and there is no doubt you will get by just fine without, but it does better. I clear larger amounts of unplowed snow, take bumps off road and pot holes better and it just rides better all around with our pretty crappy spring roads.
Edit: Plus I like the way it looks. Will eventually allow larger more aggressive tires when I can afford them.
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It's hard to tell from the pic but I'm guessing maybe they are just smaller tires/wheels and that the car isn't actually lifted.
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Says 1" lift in the imgur description.
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Ah.. My bad, I didn't open up the actual imgur link.
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Man, I wish I could fit skinny 16's on the STI for winter.
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Are there any cheapy steel wheels that will fit on an 08-13' STi as a winter setup?
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OPs are steelies on a '10 wrx.
So, yes.
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Well not necessarily. The bolt pattern, rotors, and calipers are all different between the pre-15 WRX and any STI.
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a stock STI has larger calipers, you can only fit 17in wheels and sometimes not that. Mine are 16" on my WRX, its a pretty close fit actually.
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I love the paint job dude looks great
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Oh man, no widebody for you.
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yeah, I would prefer the widebody but when I was buying this showed up and it was a great deal. Still a great car
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Love the steelies! how do you like the lift? I would like a little more clearance on my impreza, scrapes damn near everything underneath when im offroad. i could just take my truck, but the impreza is WAY more comfy and Gets 3x the mpg
I love it. Little stiffer, corners a little better and I definitely dont get as close to large bumps as I did before. Best example is some oversized speed bumps I go over often, I barely slow down.
Right on! Ill have to look into lifting my impreza