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Originally Posted by RotARy15
Installed the MCA TMv2 along with STI trailing arms and subframe bushing inserts. Ride quality is much better. As others have said, feels like a properly sorted car now.
I haven't tested balance at the limit since the street offers little room for that but the couple of turns I can play with on the way to work seem to suggest improved rear traction out of a 20mph right hand turn so... that's a good sign.
I elected to simply bend the handbrake bracket to accommodate. Keep in mind that as the suspension compresses, the bracket pinches the brake cable even harder. So I jacked the knuckle up to ride height while I bent the bracket in a bench vise and test fit several times. Then I test fit with my ARC8/R-S4 for clearance. Had over an inch of room so that wasn't a problem at all. The bracket ended up really only limiting lateral movement of the brake cable. Seemed a good result since I expect actual suspension compression would obviously make the angles even worse.
Very happy with this mod. The change in ride quality is enough that even if this induces understeer, I'm happy to correct that by other means. I don't want to remove this mod from the car.
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Thanks for sharing your experience with this.
Makes me wonder if the rear subframe really is from a WRX? Seems kinda krazy since Toyobaru spent so much time/$ developing this car. Then again, there's has to be concessions made in some places. Manufacturing a car is ridiculously hard.