Sorry didn't notice this before now, on my 96 I had stock and on 19s when I bought it (heavy old 19s) it was not in great shape, CW stiffened up with springs and gave me the 16/17" speech but I went to 18s - handled on rails, harder for it but you could throw it around 100% confident you'd come out the other side which transformed the experience for me (and is stanced better) On the 02 the coilovers were cheap crap and JMimports swapped the suspension across as part of the updates at the time of purchase. Over time (5yrs now) I just wanted to try some decent coilovers to experiment more with adjustable settings to see if I could get a softer ride but maintain the stiffness.
Basically if your a cruiser you'll think it hard, if your a driver you'll think the best setup for the money you can get. I've got £1400 HKS on now and I haven't achieved what I wanted to get so slightly concerned I shouldn't have swapped but hey ho