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So final update on these coils. I'll note that other than the coilovers and RLCAs, I'm still completely OEM suspension wise. No bushing replacements, no sway bars.
I got my ride heights set and an alignment for -2.2f, -1.7r. I've put many more kms on the car and I've had it to the track twice now. Overall, I think this suspension could be considered OEM+. On the street, you can feel the small bumps but they aren't upsetting or jarring at all and larger bumps are soaked up appropriately without being jarring or with excess bounce. At no point have I had the car feel unsettled or uncomfortable now that I've fixed the preload.
On track, it's great! The car still feels neutral like OEM with an understeer bias. I dialed some of it out by softening up the front suspension a bit compared to the rear (front at 11 from soft, rear at 16 from soft) but the front still gives up well before the rear does but it's not bad, I can still steer with the throttle and kick the rear out under power if I'm not paying attention. Anyways, for me, this is very comfortable and predictable so I'm happy with it. The spring rates result in a car that still rolls just enough that you can feel it but it doesn't dive as much under braking and transitions are quicker. Also, I can feel very early, even before the car visibly slides when I am breaking traction now. I do think this is as much my own ability to actually feel these things coming in as it is the suspension communicating the situation to me but it's pretty awesome none the less that I can recover from slides that sent me spinning out just at the beginning of this season.
Overall, I'm extremely satisfied with the suspension now that it's working right and I don't have any plans to replace it anytime soon.
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