i have swifts and they provide a good ride height and are soft enough for a DD.

 

Swifts FTW!

I know wrong generation but they don't differ that much as far as drop goes.


Top: Before
Bottom: After

 

I had Prodrives on my wrx for over a year and loved it, Nice even drop and still pretty firm. sorry I don't have any pics of the car back then.

 

Swifts all the way, I have them on my car and my gf's car..cant go wrong with them..good ride height and handles great

 

Thanks for ur input guys. Looks like I'll start with looking into some swift springs

 

This is 18s on Tein H techs Andy. I ran these for about a year of daily driving on my stock suspension and it actually rode almost stock like. Decent drop but not toooooo low like you are now, with a good ride. Ide say H Techs

 

That was only on the V1 Yellows, the new V2 yellows don't have coil bind. And if someone has a set of V1's all they have to do is call RCE and they with replace them for free with the newer V2 yellows

RCE has some of the best customer service I have ever had.

 

spifts or prodrive.

josh

 

why are aftermarket springs so bad on stock shocks?

 

They're not essentially "bad", but when you increase spring rates, you are putting stress that wasn't originally engineered on a shock that expects the stock rates.

That said, they merely increase wear on shocks. The stiffer you go, the more the shocks have to dampen and so they wouldn't last as long as if you kept the oem suspension on.

With the exception of a few springs engineered for stock struts- swift, prodrive, spt pinks (and I guess RCE yellows now?)- aftermarkets will be under damped.


Kind of like going stage 2. It's not "bad", but will wear out your drivetrain faster.

 

They aren't too stiff