The KYB's are finally in and I'm finally happy with the suspension. It was so weird that I was happy with the stock suspension with 100,000 kms even though it was soft, and then even happier with the Hotchkis sways added, but once i added the lowering springs things went south. So it seems that while the KYB's and the PK springs are certainly better than OEM worn out shocks and the same springs, eventually they will not work well as the shocks wear. I'd say for anyone down the road who is searching this board re: the AWD lowering options, go with coilovers. Even though I have no idea how they perform. I'm just glad I could get out of this with decent performance and a lowered stance. I'm hoping for even greater improvement from this setup from the alignment due up tomorrow.

I'm going to look in to sending the worm OEM shocks to get the Koni rebuild done. Might as well.