vLude99

I don't believe you can give that a fair comparison. aftermarket springs come in many different designs, spring rates and specifications. The ones to get for street are mainly the "sport" springs. They lower the car approximately 1.5 inches all around, and usually have a "sporty" progressive spring rate. You are basing your experience with these springs with stock shocks which also is a bad choice. Stock shocks cannot handle any springs stiffer than stock...and that's assuming that your stock shocks were in GOOD condition meaning less than 10,000 miles for a street driven car. But in any case, stock shocks do not have the required damping ratio to control stiffer springs and you must get better sport shocks to accommodate the new spring frequency or else you will have a under-damped case where it will take more oscillations to bring the spring back to steady-state. On top of that, the shaft of the stock dampers are meant to have a specific amount of travel. Lowering the car on those shocks limit the range of travel of the piston in the damper so it might be working in a inefficient range.

Almost every true coilover system sold over the counter (meaning not custom made) have a pretty stiff spring rate but promote more understeer in the prelude. To add to that, most of the dampers that come with coilovers, are usually underdamped by a small margin giving the feel of softer ride, and hence giving a sense of comfort.