Raised my coilovers - better handling
Because I went from 215/35/18 with a lil' bit of stretch to 225/35/18 without stretch, and the fact that Kumho tires always are a tiny bit wider then normal it started rubbing in my front wheel wells.
Therefore I had to raise the car all around.
The front to prevent rubbing, the rear for the looks to match the front.
After a lot of cursing, swearing, sweating and bleeding hands because the adjustment rings were seized I managed to raise the car about 0.78 inch. The car is noticeable higher but without having the tractor look. Wheel well <-> tire size is still low enough but without rubbing.
After that I went for a testdrive and I discovered the car was much more comfortable, with a little bit of extra roll but not getting worse in handling. I can drive much faster over cobblestones without bouncing to the outside of the corner.
Also, at high speeds (125 mph) the car feels much more stable, probably because of no more bumpsteer.
That's something you notice when you raise the car, not so much when driving more lowered.
So all in all, for the more performance minded people I can recommend raising your car a bit of you are really low at the moment (or almos overlowered, suspension geometry all funked up) for a much much better ride!
Intrax RS are my coilovers, only height adjustable. Mounted on a Primera P11.
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and get some hyperco's or eibach gc's 
