I'm running 2inch lowered H&R Sport Springs all round in my wagon.
They're advertised as fitting the Gen 1, but they also go on the Gen 2. I initially felt they were a little too soft, but I'm still running standard ARB's so I'd say the body roll is blowing through the travel and causing the suspension to bottom out on the outside when I hit larger bumps during cornering. Stiffer ARB's will keep the car flatter so it wont go as deep into the travel through the corners.

I have koni inserts in the front, which involved cutting the top off the strut housing, and removing the shaft/shock internals, then drilling a M10 hole in the bottom of the strut, dropping the insert in, and screwing it down tight with the M10 bolt through the bottom. Very simple job.

I'm running the GTB rear struts with standard GTB shocks.

Before this, I was running 95 WRX struts on the front with King Super Low's all round and the car was definitely too low and too soft.

This is how mine sits now with the H&R's

I have the GC8 STi suspension in mine now but haven't seen much of a difference in ride height. The back yes but the front not so much... did you notice the same thing Ren-dog?
The struts fitted in like lego and didn't require any modding or swapping which was handy. The improvement in ride quality in suspension was huge though!
I'm considering getting some lowered springs front & maybe back, similar to high-on-octane's setup. Not sure whether to get the GC8 springs to match the struts or BD5 springs to match the car, thoughts?

Rallye95 wrote:

I have the GC8 STi suspension in mine now but haven't seen much of a difference in ride height. The back yes but the front not so much... did you notice the same thing Ren-dog?
The struts fitted in like lego and didn't require any modding or swapping which was handy. The improvement in ride quality in suspension was huge though!
I'm considering getting some lowered springs front & maybe back, similar to high-on-octane's setup. Not sure whether to get the GC8 springs to match the struts or BD5 springs to match the car, thoughts?

Sounds good, let us know the results.