My thoughts on this thread and then I will back out:
1. This is a small grey area for advertising. Lots of people sell Swift springs. He's not advertising his
own product, the information is somewhat general, and there is no pricing or links to his website. So, even RCE as small company that pays money to be on this website every month and contribute as best we can, we're not that upset. I don't think.
2. I have seen a lot worse from non-official vendors, including on this website. Like I said, we pay money to talk about our parts on here and follow the rules as best we can. On another forum, I saw a post that went like this:
Person 1 - "Hey, has anyone tried X coilover?"
Person 2- "Yeah I have them and they're super great"
Person 1 - "Cool, I can't wait to get mine on!"
The idiots both had their location as the same small town that was listed as the HQ of this brand new coilover company, and person 2 just joined the forum that month. Didn't take a genius to put it all together.
What worries is me is what goes on in PMs, but I know on some forums mods can and do check that.
Those things really do bother me.
3. I'm surprised people didn't know Swift springs were good? They're good and I've seen a bunch of tests like similar to this one. Hyperco are good too. Most of the Pirelli WC field and other top level motorsports is on Hyperco, Eibach, and H&R. Swift is a little more rare but that's not related to the quality of their springs.
4. Like I said, lots of people sell Swift springs...including RCE and other forum contributors.
- Andrew