Thread: Coilovers help
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Old 2009-09-15, 01:32 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by 100_Percent_Juice View Post
I guess I should ask a different question. At what spring rate will my wife refuse to ride in my car?
My advice, based on my own (subjective) experience, is don't go any stiffer than the stock STi setup if this is going to be a daily driver.

My coilovers have 9k/8k springs and although I didn't think it was too bad when they first went on, by the time a year had gone by I wanted to set the car on fire. I ended up buying another car just to avoid driving the STi every day. Now that I hardly drive it anymore, when I do drive it, it doesn't seem too bad again.

Unless the only factor is autocross and track events, I would rather have suspension that was too soft than too stiff.
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