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thewholefnshow, I appreciate your advice considerably, and look forward to the proud day when I can be "the coolest kid on the board", but for some reason, my six numbers never seem to come up on the same days.
Archangel, I noticed (before posting here) that Whiteline only makes a rear strut bar for the Honda, stating the stock front one is just fine. I definately took note of that, silently tipping my preverbial hat to the engineers.
tnord, yeah, I have heard the brakes on this car get slammed elsewhere for being inadequate. I really don't know why it's so tough to slow this thing down though - it's not like it weighs all that much. The tires on it now are nice performance ones, so I won't be replacing them anytime soon, but I will try better pads.
LanceS13, thanks for remembering what I use my car for. Yeah, it is my daily driver, so I am looking for something comfortable. But, I'm also someone who considers "responsive" to be comfortable. I think the bars would be just enough, and the springs would be too much, like you said.
240racer, I havn't taken my Sol to the track for a few reasons. The biggest is that I've only owned it a month, so I'm still adapting to driving it (as it is to being driven by me). Also, even when I owned my 240 (for two years), I never took it to the track even though I really wanted to. I loved the way that car accelerated, stopped, and cornered - I mean, loved it - but just never got around to actually heading out to a track.
I just like something I can cruise around in comfortably, and squeeze some performance out of when and where I want/need it. Driving's just something fun for me. And, the more a car can keep up with driver input, the more fun it is.
I actually just put strut-tower braces in front and back (because they were cheap and easy) and they have helped give the car a firmer (day I say "240-like") feel. Going forward, the shocks and springs I predict I will leave as is, but after reading this entire thread, I'm convinced I'm definately getting an anti-sway bar in the back and some new pads all around. I guess now it just comes to which of the many brands you all recommended I should actually go with. =)
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