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Originally Posted by DanmanWRX
dave ya i should go for a ride whenever u get some time. i dont really mind the bumpiness, its the bounciness. ive seen cars that are way to low and they look like there hopping around on the road, this is defnitly what i dont want. the bumpiness is ok. also im trying to get rid of the wheel gap, i just dont know if the prodrives are enough to get rid ofthe gap.
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The reason the gap is so noticable on Subaru's is because the front wheel well is actually bigger than the rear... so when the car's level, there's more front gap. Finding a -1"/-0.5" set of springs seems to really level things out, without screwing the handling.
Bounce comes from under-damped springs. i.e. springs that are too stiff for the struts. This is terrible for handling, terrible for ride quality, and terrible for the life of the struts, and gets even worse if the car's lowered too much. What you really want is a spring as close to OEM rates as possible... something that is only stiffer so it makes up for the lower ride height and doesn't bottom out. Even then, going lower and stiffer will reduce the life of the struts no matter what, which is why going to something like some KYB AGX adjustable struts is a great solution for lowering springs.