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Originally Posted by kennef
well the swifts are on.
as far as negative camber, i am still on stock alignment specs. my goal is to achieve greater steady state cornering limits on tires that i plan on using later in the year that respond nicely to some camber.
i unfortunately have to hold out on the review of my swifts. when it comes to being a mechanic, i'm made of fail, and right now i have some clunking up front that so i'm more interested in figuring out what part of the re-install i messed up.
for now, i'll say that the springs are a lot more compliant than i thought they would be. the only reason i even tried to install them myself was to figure out how to reinstall the stock springs to save on future labor costs.
so far she thinks the ride is fine, and we don't plan on changing back so i'm lucky. i have to say, i really expected to cut it close on the tolerable edge of DD for her but so far we both agree the swifts don't toe that line at all.
i can't fairly rate these in the subjective handling area. i don't have the seat time in them yet. once i un-stupid my install, the car will be put through real tomfoolery. i can tell this much, though - the car could really use some camber up front and more exciting tire. and i didn't have to turn into my driveway any differently even though it is about an inch lower.
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i really can't wait for a full on review and some pics.
reasons:
1. the swifts (according to what you said before this and what the table ciburri posted says) seem to have some pretty extreme ratios between the front and the back: and everyone has been saying having a really stiff rear is not good for a DD or highway comfort.
2. the lower the car by not too much, and while (again according to the graph) the progress seems to be not that extreme in its settings, i'm afraid it will drop the car too much and then not offer enough performance.
but then you have gone on to say that you don't find the swifts to be that bad at all and doable for a daily d? oh man kennef fill us in!
how do you think aftermarket dampers would effect the ride/handling balance with the swifts?