[DarrenDriven]

Originally Posted by DarrenDriven

DRIVING EXPERIENCE AT ~200 MILES:
All is still well. With 7.4kg/mm rates at the front and 5.0kg/mm at the rear (vs 2.3kg/mm and 3.8kg/mm for the stock springs) you can definitely feel every nuance of the road for better or for worse. Combined with a 40-series front tire, I can tell you if I drove over a penny! This doesn't bother me and it was totally expected based on the specs of the coilover and my previous experience driving lowered cars. Because the car was so low I ran it with the adjustable compression settings at maximum stiffness in order to avoid bottoming the bumper (or lower cross-member) on speed bumps and potholes. I will run at maximum stiffness for another 100 miles or so until I get used to the feel and then move to maximum "softness" in order to feel the other extreme setting, before deciding where in the spectrum I would like to keep it for daily driving. Changing the compression rate is as easy as popping the hood and inserting one of the four included custom allen wrenches.

I have been driving with the front end lowered 2 1/4" until I raised it 1/2" yesterday to avoid chewing up my bottom bumper on driveways. Raising the car was a simple affair. I removed the two front wheels, loosened the lowest locking collar and then used the included wrench to turn the entire spring/strut assembly. It took me about five minutes for each side and when I was done I could actually make it out of my driveway without leaving an Asphalt-colored stripe.

I will be driving the car 700 miles on a road trip in the next week, so expect my 1000 miles entry to come along fairly soon.

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