2007 Lotus Exige S

[asshanson]

The tender springs are only there to prevent rattling in cornering. The stiff springs don't compress much (way less than the shock travel length), so the inside two wheels might extend past the spring length and rattle around until you put weight on that side of the car and then the perch will set back down on the spring.

I guess you could have shocks that only travel the length of the spring, but the car pushes the springs down less than 1 inch, so that would be virtually no travel at all. When you set the car down on these, the first 2" are completely compressing the tender spring, and then a little on the main spring. So when driving around, the tender is completely flat and doesn't do anything.

I think the ride quality is maintained by the better quality shocks.