The second picture is the same day, right after installing the springs. The only difference is where the sun was during the day. When they were installed I was running stock shock and IPD sways.
Do I notice bumps, yes, but not terribly bad. Just felt like I had stiffer springs. Your not going to lower your car and have a Cadillac ride.
The big difference was when I went from OEM shocks to Bilstein sports. Whole new world opens up. I dont have the squatting and floating over bumps anymore, its precise and controlled.

For altering your suspension, if your after looks get the springs first. If you after performance get sway bars first.

 

Did you feel the sway decrease with stock struts but upgraded springs ? I just replaced the struts because one went out after I bought the car and now I regret doing them because I'm finding my self wanting to invest money into the car but dont want to turn around and upgrade the struts and loose $600.

 

Yes a bit but the blunt of the control comes from the bars and the springs. The shocks only provide that initial hit.

 

So you would say strut bars and springs should give me a noticeable handling increase ? And did you have to change the chamber and cast I want todo 1.6 drop but I dont know if I need to change alignment.


Thanks for all your help

 

Springs and Sway bars, not a strut brace will be very noticeable. When I added the strut brace later, that was noticeable too. But springs and sway bars the most obvious.