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Whiteline KSB751 - outrigger bushings
« on: October 08, 2011, 09:47:39 pm »
I installed these.
http://www.westernsubaruclub.com/smf/index.php?topic=25020.0

After about 50km of city and highway driving, I'm pretty sure this is one the best mods I've ever done.
Just these 4 simple bushings seem to have tightened up shifts quite noticeably.

On regular shifts from red light to speed limit, it just seems smoother.
On quick shifts resembling a "track shift" there is a lot less bounce in the drivetrain. Clutch in, shift, clutch out without much care, and it just goes smoothly. None of that "woawoawoa" rubber bounce.

A downside to some might be that there is a drastic increase in NVH and general "noise and rattle".
I can hear every spin the diff makes.
It also seems to have amplified some sort of rattle in my A pillar and dash.
This doesn't bother me. I like to hear my car working.
But it might be a downer to others.

Excellent mod. Completely worth the money.
Pretty sure I'm going to do this on my forester DD as well.

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Re: Whiteline KSB751 - outrigger bushings
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2011, 04:37:31 pm »
I did these a while ago when i did sways.  This was the single most obvious improvement in shift smoothness that I have seen from any single mod.

Totally awesome


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Re: Whiteline KSB751 - outrigger bushings
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2011, 10:38:54 pm »
awesome to hear, im waiting for mine in the main.

hopefully the comfort ones from kartboy have much less NVH that some of the race ones or harder polyurethane like from whiteline.