realistically cars are a compromise to appeal to as many people as possible the factory set the ride handling of the vr so as to sell it as sporty but not frighten your granny , the lowering isnt about looks it lowers the centre of gravity which is the best way of improving handling the look is just bonus , i have just fitted eibachs and am pleased with the results tbh but u need to do the handling as a package . the shocks and springs are uprated as well as lowering the car giving better control along with lower profile tyres . the reason everybody does the same thing is because its neccesary