and yes, i know im gonna step on a lot of toes with this one, but drop springs are more of visual mod than a performance mod, IMHO. a lot of you can't deny that you got these springs to reduce the wheel gap, but how many of you honestly bought these to decrease body roll? if it was that you were after, you should have gone with sway bars at the same price and those would have done a much better job on handling.
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I would have to agree with RYCEBOI on this one. HONESTLY, what was the true underlying motivation to install any lowering suspension components?
Unless you are autocrossing, the factory set up is a very good compromise between ride compliance and handling. Yes, there is a bit of body roll, but compared to other offerings by our competitors, it isn't bad.
I have lowered all my cars since the late '70s, with my Datsun 510, Mazda RX-7 FC, Toyota Corolla AE86 GT-S, BMW 525i, Audi A4 1.8 Quattro. OK, I don't claim to be a suspension genius, but I know what worked and didn't work in my particular cars. Bottomline, every single one of my previous cars were different. Not ONE formula worked for every set up, as each car had different characteristics about them with strength and weaknesses.
The closest in handling comparison to the MS6 in my previous cars, would be in between the BMW 525i and the Audi A4 1.8 Quattro. The BMW because it was heavy, but since it was RWD, it had much more steering feedback than the MS6, stock for stock. The Audi A4 Quattro was also FWD biased and as such had vague steering feedback and plenty of body roll, much more than our MS6s.
The BMW tightened up considerably with matched suspension set up by SACHS, using low pressure shocks and rebadged euro Eibach springs and sway bars. I was able to two wheel drift that 525i with just throttle and steering input.

VERY neutral handling. (also had Racing Dynamic 17x8 wheels and Pirelli tires) Ride compliance was slightly better than our MS6 stock.
The Audi went from factory understeering (engineered this way for the masses, as it is generally safer for novice driver, which NON of us are right?

) when upgraded with Bistein Sports, Eibach springs and Hotchkis front/rear adjustable sway bars resulted in slight oversteer. Body roll was almost completely reduced to a minimum. Problem, with that car? The steering still never compared to a RWD car. Ride compliance was slightly harsher than our MS6 stock.
I am prepared to expect the same from our MS6 when it is lowered, the steering will never be as sharp as a RWD, because the front wheels are doing the driving most of the time. So bottomline,
if I am lowering my MS6 it is not to gain more steering feedback/feel, but for looks first. I will be honest enough to admit that. From the factory the car is almost netural with some slight understeer and fair amount of body roll. If I JUST want to reduce body roll, when a good set of resonably priced sway bars come out, that should be all this car will need for a swift STREET daily driver, right? Yeah, right... there is something in tangible about the "cool factor". Eibach has built an entire empire around the ideal. Stock wheel gap = uncool. Lower wheel gap = cool. :yesnod:
Autocrossers please do not criticize, I am not factoring your special needs in this post.
