KW variant 2's should be around that price range. Even variant 1's would be better than any shitty bc (unless BC's have gotten better? Thought they were just generic knockoffs still )
Are the Perrin bars adjustable? I know white line ones are.
Two way in the front and 3 way in the rear.
Honestly you don't need to change the ride height just because it's winter. What changes? The road doesn't get higher.
As mentioned my winter activities change. I do a lot of snowboarding and snowmobiling so I drive on less than ideal roads. (2-4 days a week) It's not something I'm planning on changing but I'd like the ability if needed. Who knows maybe I'm just being paranoid. My previous cars always stayed stock height and the truck is well.... a truck
Ride height is the least important feature I'm interested honestly. As long as it doesn't turn into truck height, it's performance over aesthetics. Sounds like from what @E mentioned, I need adjustable damping.
Your answers to all questions have me
because you're in it to do it right. I
you for that. With your chassis and AWD you definitely need to get a more oversteer focused setup. I had an Evo X (worst car ever) and that thing understeered like I had plastic tires up front. If you're just autocrossing though, you could just run shit tires out back and good tires up front
that would work really well. Honestly.
I believe stock had oversteer tendency originally. I installed a Perrin differential lock down to tighten the rear and give it a more neutral feel as I read that was more desirable. I know it's all personal preference really.
I do like the tire idea though. I know I heat the fronts 2x as much as the rear so I'll look into possibly running varying tire stickiness. If that's the correct term
Speaking of that, why not just get a car for the winter? I get a car every year to get me through the winter months and usually if the deal is right you can either sell it for what you paid for it or more if you make it better than the condition you bought it in. Just a little bit of work and it's a free car with a profit.
Either way, go with a great coilover (Donnie said the two best IMO) and you'll be the happiest person in the world.
I have a frontier that we got last summer. It does fine in the snow/ mud, but it wasn't something I enjoy driving on longer trips. That being said, I have no plans on making the wrx a track only car. At least not at this time. I got it for the versatility of driving through the woods, racetrack or even to work. Pretty sure it's still got a decent amount of mud on it from when we went rock climbing last week.
Plus I'd rather have a nice 5.0 or vette or something as my track car eventually.