Does it still give better handling? I Don. T really want to ruin my ride comfort by going firmer spring

I did this. Definitely better handling

yep +1 for better handling, got them both front and rear in my ute and its head and shoulders over the old shocks that were in it.

I am looking at fitting the same to my car. Possibly with sway bar/s. I would be interested to hear from anyone else with set up on how they find it as a daily driver.

I'm getting bilstein shocks put in at the moment, I've read good things about them.

I have read that the factory sway bar is the way to go, I thought about doing that myself but was put off after reading numerous reports saying "keep the factory ones"

Can confirm - blindingly obvious enhancement over factory shocks. Still have factory springs in place.