My springs finally arrived and fitted them on Friday. I did a spring swap on a non cup 197 a few weeks ago, the H&R springs are about the same diameter as those but the stock 200 cup springs are seriously beefy in comparison. The diameter of the H&R's looks puny!
Out on the road there's no doubt it corners flatter but i think mostly because it's lower and there is less travel rather than it being significantly stiffer if at all.
The other positive is I now have some lift-off oversteer... not sure if that's because the rear now sits a touch lower. On tight 2nd or 3rd gear hairpins the front had too much under steer that was sometimes unpredictable and lifting off the throttle didn't really help bring the nose in, it would just plough forward until enough speed had been scrubbed off. That's all changed, I'm having allot of fun playing with the throttle now.
It just seems overall easier to feel the car slide rather than it rolling around
The down side is the increased rattle noise but it handles better and finally looks right,
Very happy so far
Out on the road there's no doubt it corners flatter but i think mostly because it's lower and there is less travel rather than it being significantly stiffer if at all.
The other positive is I now have some lift-off oversteer... not sure if that's because the rear now sits a touch lower. On tight 2nd or 3rd gear hairpins the front had too much under steer that was sometimes unpredictable and lifting off the throttle didn't really help bring the nose in, it would just plough forward until enough speed had been scrubbed off. That's all changed, I'm having allot of fun playing with the throttle now.
It just seems overall easier to feel the car slide rather than it rolling around
The down side is the increased rattle noise but it handles better and finally looks right,
Very happy so far