Okay, gotta be quick coz i'm ment to be converting the back of the stagea into a bed...
Fitted bilsteins first, defiantly worth every cent. Using standard springs.
Fitted Bushes day before yesterday, everything felt BEAUTIFUL, turn in was great, general 'feel' was improved, the poly replacing the old rubber amazed me, front felt superb.
Fitted swaybars yesterday, rear on softest, front on softest, front end feels like it has shit bushes now, aligned today by traction tires, they did a good job, recommend them highly. Took it for a short drive, unhappy with the bodyroll, doing 800km this weekend, so will assess it, if i have time, half way through i will stiffen up the front bar, will report back next week. Talking to the guy at traction(manager, great bloke), we discussed it and the general dynamics of what the car is doing, he agreed with my conclusion: Return to stock bars, get custom springs and shocks valved to suit. Probably keep to pretty much the same specs as whiteline springs, just better quality. Might try and track down some Nismo S-tech.
The Design of the whiteline bars uses the binding up of the bushes/links to cheaply stiffen the car/hopefully reduce bodyroll. This hasn't given me a good effect/feel, and i will review my decision to return to stock after this weekend, but right now you can tell what i am thinking. Also on the topic of whiteline design, they used shit quality fittings, as with all swaybars i have bought i will be going to a 'bolt barn' type joint and replacing all nuts/bolts with high tensile items that properly fit my sidchrome spanners.
The only reason why i am considering aftermarket springs is because lowering with the circlips reduces tire/wheel clearance.
225/50/16 Bridgestone RE001's, tested 38-42psi hot pressures on various days, and now stick to 40psi warm. I have always played with tires on the 16/r31's/stagea.
If anyone wants low KM swaybars, PM me
Cheers,
-Ryan