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I do two things with my car, typically: AutoX and road-tripping; the latter really doesn't need the same spring rates I compete with (granted, I run rates on the high end of things...) Softer damper settings help but that's not everything. There's an outside chance I'll do some track days, but that won't happen till I'm willing to just walk away from the car if I mess up.
I'd love a setup I could swap spring rates on easily without having to worry about needing to realign. I'm sure it's a pipe dream, but... Quick in this scenario is similar to a wheel change, and would somehow have to present no alignment mess (I'd be OK with less camber but wouldn't want to re-align every time.)
It would also be interesting to see if there were an easy way to have a top hat that could take an insert to become solid and otherwise be a little softer... again would have to be a very quick change. Also unlikely (especially in the back)
Speaking of spring rates, I've never seen a competitive setup with a higher front rate; even rates seems popular for AutoX, and higher rear for the track. Maybe I've missed a setup, of course... 7-8k seems the starting point for performance (I have 10/12)
Generally it seems people want really affordable (Tein seems to be hitting this with their non-rebuildable approach) or solid performance, where there's often willingness to stretch the budget just a bit more to get a good setup (and of course, for some, that budget may stretch more.) I'm sure a lot of folks after performance wouldn't mind a really comfy (but not too soft) ride when not on the track but that seems either really expensive or not even possible - either one a reason we might not have seen it. On the affordable end, a lot of people still end up with pretty poor setups - probably looking for "2-3 inches of drop" or "need clearance for my 18x10 -40 wheels"
edit: I'm not entirely sure the setup I have is the best I can do, but will start experimenting with it more this year
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