Well, I've got the Eibachs and Bilsteins on (along with the new top mounts and bearings).
Picked up the car from the garage, the shocks must have been originals as they looked to be pretty knackered, compressing one of them and it failed to bounce back, the other did but over some period of time!
Driving back from the garage in town, yes this feels different, definetly firmer ride with a lot of feedback from the road.. I was thinking I can live with this, there are a lot of pot holes and manhole covers in portsmouth and it certainly didn't feel worse than before.
So I decide to take it up on the A27 and A3, awesome feedback when on the smooth bits of the road but then there are 'lines' that run across the road (i'm not sure exactly what they are, but guessing where they've resurfaced or something). On my original suspension I hardly noticed them but as I went over them in my new suspension it felt like the car actually had a hard jolt.
I went home thinking what a terrible mistake I have made by going for aftermarket parts because I use the car as a GT car, tending to go for long distance drives on A roads and Motorways and I thought I can't live with this level of harsh ride.
Next day I go to Tescos but this time with the GF in the car, only 6 miles but around town and a small section of motorway but she couldn't tell a difference and said the coop has always been a firm ride.
today, I've done the same thing on my own, up and down A and motorways, and it wasn't as crashy going over the same road 'lines/bumps'.
I don't know if that's normal and the springs/shocks just need bedding in but if i'm honest and I could go back in time, I would have just stuck with the standard springs and shocks. Sure, the car looks better lowered and i'm not paying an insurance premium for the privilage but I personally don't think the handling is *way* better than the standard components and now i've got a 'modified' coop, which could be a potential hassle if I change insurance company etc etc
clearly I must be getting old if i'm complaining about a too firm ride