Super Pro Front Roll Center & Bump Steer Adjustment Kit Subaru WRX / STI 2002-2021 | TRC0002

I lowered my car slightly and felt it would be a good idea to replace the tie rods and ball joints in the front anyway. Sadly SuperPro does not make these in blue when I ordered mine but they work just the same. These seem to be a similar design to Whiteline and to be of the same if not greater quality.

Installation Instructions:

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First I highly recommend buying a ball joint separator tool, as I bent my pickle fork and was unsuccessful for many hours. Using a MAP torch, pickle fork, penetrating fluid, and a dead blow hammer did almost nothing to release the tie rods. Only the ball joint separator worked and it is only about $20. Additionally, you can buy a specialty Subaru tool that pulls the lower ball joint out of the control arm using an impact gun or a wrench if you are patient.

After removing the tie rod from the ball joint loosen the nut that holds the tie rod tight and mark where the tie rod ends using something like painter's tape so that you can screw the new tie rods on to the same location. The SuperPro tie rods seemed to be a bit longer than OEM so I had to tighten one more thread for me to get it into the knuckle. I also used antisieze where the tie rod makes contact to the knuckle, but not on the threads.

I recommend removing the front endlinks to allow the control arm to come down to take the ball joint out of the control arm. These are attached with a 14 mm bolt.

The lower ball joints have a metal collar that goes into the…