First step may be a stiffer rear bar. I just got the Progress rear bar, $140 delivered. It definitely helps the handling for minimal fuss and $$. Real happy with the improvement. You can start there, of course springs, shocks, coilovers are all there if you want to spend more.

 

springs for what you are talking about. struts if you really wanna stick.

depends on what you want from the car. you cant really complain about stock suspension...the 3 is about as good as it gets in this segment

 

i would go with a sway bar or bars (depending on how much you want to spend). then springs and if you really want to get serious you could go for a set of coil overs

 

i concur.

 

umm, i would say u should be braking then floor ur car before u enter a turn and start giving gas when u are exiting the appex. what u felt was called under steering, ur car is trying to accelerate forward while u r trying to turn. every car is going to feel like that if u r driving like u did. try work on weight shifting, "heel and toe" and it might help solve the problem.

 

Well I'm not so sure about your cornering technique but I'd say if you want less body roll, you have some great options. Lowering Springs, Coilovers, Sway bars and maybe Frame braces. I installed Tein Coilovers and an Eibach swaybar kit and was on my my to some GTspec braces but honestly don't think I need them for the type of cornering and driving I do with this car. My experience is the swaybars give you the most for the lest (amount of money) but the coilovers just tighten up the handling in a very positive way. The car is very neutral, velcros the corners, well at the speeds I'm willing to push the corners on public roads. Although it's not as comfortable as stock it's a blast to rock the backroads around MD, PA, VA and WV. In a responsible way of course. ;-).