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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
In my RS, [blah blah blah]
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Perhaps you are the one getting old and need glasses, Please reread my post.
GC 2 door RS does not equal GD Sedan.
My post specifically mentions buying the cheapest springs from a vendor/manufacturer you trust. While I didn't go into the details as to why, I never said go buy crap from eBay... Your recommendation to "buy first good deal that comes along" from a list of "known commodities" is hardly original.
I beleive the ALK has a significant impact over the legal bushing alone, and as I said, I don't believe the bushing is worth the effort and money unless you have already minimized roll to some extent, thus the recommendation of sway bars first.
OK, so we agree on sway bars... sort of. My point is that sway bars in combination with a still streetable and more importantly snow/iceable spring configuration will add dry performance by minimizing roll induced camber changes without nearly the impact to snow performance that purely stiff springs would.
And yes, the Strano AS bar is extreme, but I trust the people who are doing the engineering and more importantly the empirical testing on it. In conjunction with the purely stock springs, if there was known to be better, they would be using it. That's not to say there isn't a better solution, but as of right now, no one has publicly displayed a better one.
Again, it is all about compromise. It is probably to much for the snow, so the slightly stiffer springs and slightly stiffer bars on both ends will likely be a good compromise.
And last but not least, Kevin is right, apparently nothing shipped in the US comes with the Group N tops.
Oh, and rather than spending money on camber plates, since you are planning on retaining the stock struts/springs, in SP. you are allowed to slot the top mount holes for added camber if you so choose. A whole lot cheaper than camber plates, and would probably allow as much adjustment as long as nothing is in the way. More research would be required on that though before diving in with the round file... It worked greqat on my Lancia Beta back in the day...