Street driving impressions:
Car is a lot firmer than stock. On small to medium sized bumps, it is fine. On large bumps it is a tad rough. Also, since the car has metal mounts, instead of rubber mounts (like stock) there is a little bit more noise transmitted to the body. But overal impression is very good. I prefer a stiff car, so for me, its great. I like that these will go higher than my previous coilovers (pss9). So I don't need to worry about hitting my front end on speed bumps or on our shitty roads. But these certainly can go low as the adjustment range is huge. If your looking for stock like ride quality, these are not for you.
Autocross racing impressions:
WOW
Car is definitely faster than last year on PSS9
just adding camber front and rear, gives me tons more grip.
and by my pyrometer readings, it shows that i am getting a nice even temperature over the whole tire meaning that i am using the tire evenly :thumbup:
the car reacts a lot faster to inputs due to higher spring rates, and metal mounts ( i need to change my driving a bit, still getting used to it)
since the car is faster out of the corner, it is really showing its new weak point, which is the stock brake pads.
I am carrying so much more speed thru the corner, that when i need to brake for the next corner , I can't seem to slow down enough. I'll get some hawk hp+ pads to remedy that.
on the R compounds the current settings are great
9k front and 9k rear with my 28.5mm rear swaybar on full stiff works great, car handles like how i like to drive it, very point and shoot
but on street tires, it may a bit too much spring in the rear
at the limit, the car can get twitchy, especially at the end of a long slalom
i will play with alignment and swaybar settings, before resorting to changing to a lower rear spring rate. For those that don't have a huge rear bar like mine, 9k may be fine, but the combination of 28.5mm bar + 9k, seems like it is too much for a street tire.
so far , i am very impressed
it has met my expectations of a competition worthy coilover
something the bilstein pss9 could not come close to achieving
I may lower the car a bit more, only because it looked so much better last year, when it was a bit lower.
here is how she sits currently