Front and Rear Sway bars have ES endlinks and bushings as well. They have helped. The car handles acceptable well with normal tires
It's kinda like running really tall sidewall tires, they will take some getting used to.
I hear you on how other forums treat us
I'll now be giving you grief for runing 10" wide tires, you should be runing 13" wheels with 5" wide tires LOL!