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Originally Posted by Kido1986
What do you guys feel the limit of the stock dampers, performance wise, is with springrates? Most aggressive I've found is 250/250 from RCE. Debating between that Swift's springs but they have stiffer rear and softer front than the RCEs...
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Considering that the car rides better and is much more planted with upgraded dampers and much higher rates, I'd say that the stock dampers aren't great for anything, and more and more less so when you ask them to do more work via a higher rate and shorter spring.
Nobody will have a for sure answer. Lots will tell you that the stock stuff is fine to X, but not have anything to back that up other than "it drives fine". And being honest, that's the trouble here. I think a lot of stock cars had dampers that were severely lacking too, even brand new (this isn't *that* bad mind you), but the OE thought they were fine.
What a shock can "handle" is largely a matter of when you the owner considers it to be out of whack. Trouble is most folks don't know a lack of damping when they feel it... until they feel what something better is, then it's very clear.