When I got back home, I looked up Ground Control (GC) and studied their offerings. Once I'd decided on what I wanted (singly-adjustable front and rear), I called them up and arranged to visit their facility (just a few miles from home). They were very helpful, showing me the parts they manufacture, and all what comprises one of their packages. They asked me what sort of driving I'm interested in, and based on that they selected the appropriate spring rates for the front and rear.

I eventually placed my order for a package with their strut housing and doubley- adjustable front/rear. They were out of the rear shocks that I'd need, but they offered to fill the order with singly-adjustables in the rear and then I could upgrade later if I was still interested.

So, today I drove up to the GC shop and picked up the package. Initial impressions: very, very nice! The rear shock mounts, coil seats and ride-height adjustment fixtures are beautifully machined. The aluminum parts are tastefully anodized, and the strut housings are painted to match the Koni shocks. They provide an allen wrench for ride-height adjustment and a knob for adjusting the shocks. The strut and strut cartridge were pre-assembled, and some assemblies bundled together to help avoid confusion during installation. Finally, they preset the adjustments on all four corners based on our discussions.

The works! (fronts/rears)	Rear shocks (Konis) with GC rear mounts
The rear coil assemblies	Close-up of the spring seat and ride-height adjustment. It's not visible in the picture, but the adjustment collar has a locking bolt.
Front strut assemblies	Close-up of front strut ride-height adjustment. Here you can see the lock bolt on the adjustment ring.
End view close-ups of the front struts (note adjustment controls).
Front spring-rate: 250 Rear spring-rate: 425

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