These work perfectly and do exactly what they're meant to do - with back seats down, car loaded to the roof with gear, roof rack loaded up, and 2 bikes on a hitch mounted carrier, car sits nice and level and no longer rolls like crazy when loaded. However, the car literally cannot accelerate uphill when above about 110~km/h at WOT. Please bring back the XT!

Before springs were replaced the back end sat 1/2 lower than the front. I carry 100 pounds of tools and a 90 pound subwoofer box. Now she sits a bit more than 1/2 inches higher in the rear. 1.2 total inches of lift in the rear. The only mistake I made is that I used new OEM struts,
with the stiff springs it’s a bit bouncy over speed bumps. Otherwise I’m very happy with the ride. Installation was a bit tough, the strut was very tight going in. Expect to do an alignment after install.

Very happy with these overload springs. Unloaded ride height is still as comfortable as with factory springs, but loaded to the max with roof racks and cargo bag, the ride height is perfect and ride comfort is as good as when empty, no sagging.
Highly reccomend these overload springs.

I loaded up my forester with anticipated weight on oem springs. Felt unstable with anything over 50mph. I ordered front and rear regular springs and they were excellent. Car was grounded significantly during regular driving. The initial load was softer than oem and very comfortable. With increased speed, car is significantly more stable. I only upgraded to overload because my load made the rear sag. The overload is that much more of an improvement on bumpier high speed. The repetitive bumps feels muffled. They are more stiff and with deeper compression, you can feel it rebound quicker - can be a bit harsh without load, great with load.