Swift springs
with the Swift spring your alignment should be little off 1.7 front and 1.0 rear is good enought for tire wear and performance. Just make sure you don't have excessive tow that can kill your tires in several thousand miles. 
Thanks for the imput guys.
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I have had my swifts on for about a month now. I love them more and more everyday. I also installed a rear sway at that time and the handling improvement was significant. The car has much more control and precision, even with the snow tires I have on. I cannot wait for the roads to clear and the return of summer tires!
As mentioned, the Tein (ala green springs) lower a ton and aren't recommeded for performance gains really IMO.
The Swifts use the factory bumpstops - as opposed to some others that replace them or require you to cut them.
I am placing an order for Megan Racing Street coil overs tonight.
If you do search .... you'll see alot of people moving from springs to coilovers. Most didn't stick with springs very long and if they did it wasn't because they got superior performance on the track.
I look at it like this, I can get inexpensive coil over for $900 give or take a few dollars. Many track happy folks have put cheaper coil overs on their track **** EVO's swear they are better than stock and most say better than stock with springs. I get a completely new suspension not new springs with 50k mile struts.
Installation of coilovers is less expensive because you don't have to dick with compressing the springs, pulling the hats, swapping the spring, recompressing it, yadda yadda yadda. Coilovers simply swap in, even a caveman can do it at home. The only requirement is an alignment that you would also need with springs.
Basically I can pull the factory suspension off and toss it in the corner. When it comes time to sell the car I can reinstall the still very good condition stock suspension and sell the coil overs for lets say $600. Again there's no dicking with compressing springs and such. Theres also no risk of blowing a factory strut and needing to replace that.
To me it seems coil overs are the best choice. The up front cost may be a tad more but in the end you'll probably come out ahead if you simply get them right from the get go.
If you do search .... you'll see alot of people moving from springs to coilovers. Most didn't stick with springs very long and if they did it wasn't because they got superior performance on the track.
I look at it like this, I can get inexpensive coil over for $900 give or take a few dollars. Many track happy folks have put cheaper coil overs on their track **** EVO's swear they are better than stock and most say better than stock with springs. I get a completely new suspension not new springs with 50k mile struts.
Installation of coilovers is less expensive because you don't have to dick with compressing the springs, pulling the hats, swapping the spring, recompressing it, yadda yadda yadda. Coilovers simply swap in, even a caveman can do it at home. The only requirement is an alignment that you would also need with springs.
Basically I can pull the factory suspension off and toss it in the corner. When it comes time to sell the car I can reinstall the still very good condition stock suspension and sell the coil overs for lets say $600. Again there's no dicking with compressing springs and such. Theres also no risk of blowing a factory strut and needing to replace that.
To me it seems coil overs are the best choice. The up front cost may be a tad more but in the end you'll probably come out ahead if you simply get them right from the get go.
I am placing an order for Megan Racing Street coil overs tonight.
If you do search .... you'll see alot of people moving from springs to coilovers. Most didn't stick with springs very long and if they did it wasn't because they got superior performance on the track.
I look at it like this, I can get inexpensive coil over for $900 give or take a few dollars. Many track happy folks have put cheaper coil overs on their track **** EVO's swear they are better than stock and most say better than stock with springs. I get a completely new suspension not new springs with 50k mile struts.
Installation of coilovers is less expensive because you don't have to dick with compressing the springs, pulling the hats, swapping the spring, recompressing it, yadda yadda yadda. Coilovers simply swap in, even a caveman can do it at home. The only requirement is an alignment that you would also need with springs.
Basically I can pull the factory suspension off and toss it in the corner. When it comes time to sell the car I can reinstall the still very good condition stock suspension and sell the coil overs for lets say $600. Again there's no dicking with compressing springs and such. Theres also no risk of blowing a factory strut and needing to replace that.
To me it seems coil overs are the best choice. The up front cost may be a tad more but in the end you'll probably come out ahead if you simply get them right from the get go.
If you do search .... you'll see alot of people moving from springs to coilovers. Most didn't stick with springs very long and if they did it wasn't because they got superior performance on the track.
I look at it like this, I can get inexpensive coil over for $900 give or take a few dollars. Many track happy folks have put cheaper coil overs on their track **** EVO's swear they are better than stock and most say better than stock with springs. I get a completely new suspension not new springs with 50k mile struts.
Installation of coilovers is less expensive because you don't have to dick with compressing the springs, pulling the hats, swapping the spring, recompressing it, yadda yadda yadda. Coilovers simply swap in, even a caveman can do it at home. The only requirement is an alignment that you would also need with springs.
Basically I can pull the factory suspension off and toss it in the corner. When it comes time to sell the car I can reinstall the still very good condition stock suspension and sell the coil overs for lets say $600. Again there's no dicking with compressing springs and such. Theres also no risk of blowing a factory strut and needing to replace that.
To me it seems coil overs are the best choice. The up front cost may be a tad more but in the end you'll probably come out ahead if you simply get them right from the get go.
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No offense then, but you need to search more. Seriously, the springs subject has been beaten to death over the winter. I know I had weeks of information to read up on prior to making my decisions. Try this forum and the motorsports forum for the best results.
The Swifts use the factory bumpstops - as opposed to some others that replace them or require you to cut them.
The Swifts use the factory bumpstops - as opposed to some others that replace them or require you to cut them.
I am doing research on swift springs, not all springs. I dont consider this drop aggressive, thats why I am asking if the stock shocks get blown easily. Eventually all shocks will go, but my question is about how long? Everyone is happy with swifts, but no one seems to talk about it blowing out. Thats why I ask.