I ordered a Whiteline adjustable rear sway bar (these cars are prone to understeer, a stiffer rear sway bar helps to eliminate this) and a set of TEIN Super Street coilovers. Pictured below is a shot of the car before the new suspension went in:
Here you can see the new sway bar up against the old one. The three holes are to adjust the stiffness of the bar.
Notice the ends of the bar are straight as opposed to bent - this increases the effectiveness of it, but caused a major problem, it hits the brake line bracket on the coilovers. I am going to cut the bracket off leaving enough to drill a hole to attach the brake line to. I was going to get a new bracket welded on but the strut would need stripped and then regassed - its a brand new strut so I'm not doing that just yet.
Anyway, with the new struts in and the sway bar in, I adjusted the height and it looks much better. Also, the front pillowball uppermounts allow for camber adjustment. Whilst changing the shocks I found a few suspension bushes that need replaced, so I'm in the process of ordering new ones. Once fitted I'll get an alignment.
Pre-alignment it feels good, rigidity wise its not too hard, obviously it is a lot firmer and you can feel more bumps than before but it is not uncomfortable, and body roll has been vastly reduced, when cornering the turn in is much better, the car just feels much more alive. Very happy with the result.
