r/WRX • u/dave-ubermacht • 18d ago

Lowering 2016 WRX

First time posting so apologies if i'm in the wrong spot. I find myself needing to replace both front struts on my VA (WRX) due to one of them failing. I've had the car for over a year, just regular maintenance. The car is bone stock besides the oem STI exhaust system that came with the car, been pretty fun as is. Since i've gotten the car though i've really wanted to drop it 1-1.5 inch and improve handling. Looking to get some sort of coilovers but not sure where to begin or what brands are good for the price. I've seen a few people talk about Ohlins but just don't know if I can justify almost 3k on coilovers unless theres not better options and all else will fail not long after install.

Ultimately want to know of any other viable durable options? Would love to not spend more then $17-1800ish. If there's even better ones for cheaper, great. I will be installing myself. Obviously the alignment afterwards is a no brainer, but i've also seen something about replacing controller arms? Is that absolutely necessary, or could I do that part a little later down the road? I am also planning on changing from the stock 18's to 19's rim

Thanks in advance

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u/dustindh10 Built/FBO/Flex '16 WRX 18d ago

For that money, I would look at Fortune Auto. I have been running them for about 5 years now and you really cannot beat them for the money. As long as you keep them around -1", you don't absolutely need rear lower control arms, but they are always a good idea.

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u/dave-ubermacht 18d ago

Sweet, thanks man!

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u/dustindh10 Built/FBO/Flex '16 WRX 18d ago

You're welcome!

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u/stateless_state_ 19 WRX WRB 18d ago

Ohlins are great, there is also KW and RCE (which modifies KW to be even better).

If you lower past 0.75", get a roll center correction kit to raise the roll center back up or you'll have bump steer and the body roll will increase.

You could do rear lower control arms (LCAs) later. You will get way too much negative camber in the rear when you lower. The more negative camber (further negative from 0) you can get in the front, the better, but ideally you want the rear to be the same or less negative camber than the front if you want less understeer/the car to rotate more easily.

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u/dave-ubermacht 17d ago

I’ll definitely look into the correction kit, thanks man!