got my ball joint, d'oh! for sure be careful when using the prong tool to take the oe apart, the oe balll joints are new, not the same as whats on any other imprezza or wrx, and the boots are indeed delicate compared to last years- call it weight savings perhaps?
here is my alignment after PSRS installation as well as adding the GC camber hats(and coilovers!), both before and after snaps have PSRS installed, didnt get to shoot a snap of it before, but my caster was around 6.3 after lowering on oe LCA bushes
some tweaking of ride height took place on the rack too, if you look closely at the printout you see it on the rear end
my local shop with a press took under a half hour to press them in, clocked with 'out' markings towards the spindles and with writing visible when lying on your back under the car
I was surprised how symmetrically the rear end cambered up using *just* the H&R bolts Chris at Perrin sold me, feels like I can save a bunch of money I would have otherwise spent on rear lower camber links. -2.0 rear camber is a hair more more than I wanted (for the highway driving I do a half degree less would have been fine), but just fine for track. I can dial it down if it presents a problem, dont have camber kit installed yet in the back end. What do you all think, do I need it for track use?
Front is toed out 1/32 or 0.1 degree.
rear is toed in 1/32 or 0.1 degree
On the front end, the reading on driver was 2.5L with me in the car, it sat 2.4L+R on both sides equal without me in it. I'm good with it, sure it can be fine tuned but I was there a while.
This is about the limit using the GC camber plates alone i can go another .2 if that on both sides before they are max'd out, I can gain even more to get to -3.0 each side if I put back my WL camber bolts but I think this should be okay for road and track up front where it is.
I will get some pics of the car with the new tires up on my build thread
steering is noticeably more precise, especially under hard braking, there is more feedback from the steering and front end in general. Not annoyingly so, but there is sensation where there wasnt. I like them. Thanks @
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