I've been waiting to get some seat time in the car before commenting on the upgrade. I put about 400 miles on over the last week and I couldn't be happier. I went with DSE's suggested alignment specs of .5* camber and 5.0* caster. They recommend 0* toe, but we put .1* toe in it.
Using DSE's double adjustable shocks and their baseline compression and rebound settings, I felt the front was disproportionately stiffer than the rear. I went 4 clicks out on both the compression and rebound and now the car feels very well balanced for street and highway driving. Of course, some of that may be due to the fact the the rear has 7300 miles on it and the front is brand new. Time will tell, but it makes me consider upgrading the rear shocks to double adjustables as well.
I'll come right out and say that it's a HUGE improvement over the WD subframe... but how do I quantify it? It's hard to explain seat of the pants feel, turn-in, precision, predictability, and confidence. The old subframe drove nice and was fun to drive - I don't regret going that direction at the time. The new setup, however, is definitely on a different level. Obviously I haven't had a chance to drive it competitively yet, but I've taken liberty of some 'spirited' driving at low speeds as well as high speeds. It's so predictable, it's amazing how much more confidence I have in the car now. I've never driven a car that feels that connected to the road.
There are no quirks, there aren't any personality characteristics, it's simply all business and dialed in.
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