For me, hitting on the ride and handling I was looking required ditching the front track spring with a 150lb. While it was a substantial improvement over stock, going with an XCR front track shock and spring combo got me all that plus I was finally able to reduce what I considered overly heavy steering effort. Sled is still in storage so I can't measure the preloads but I can tell you I kept cranking up the FTS preload until the front of the sled sits substantially higher vs what it did with the stock spring (it sacked out in very low miles). With sled higher your first thought (and mine), it must have hurt handling, nothing could be further from the truth. Sled feels dramatically more balanced, high siding in the corners, gone, heavy steering on rock hard trails, gone, front end comes up with a flick of the flipper all the while the front end bites with confidence under all conditions. While mine is a Rush, seeing what a buddy is going through with his Switch has me thinking the exact same applies to it as well. Will know for sure once the season fires off as we'll be applying the same to his as he in no way shape or form enjoys it as is and agrees mine feels dramatically different, in a good way.
Should you jump straight to an XCR shock / spring combo, for sure it's the best option but if I'd hung in with adjusting bigger spring on the stock shock, likely could have got it a bunch closer to the XCR stuff but for sure the XCR shock with it's dbl adjust ability is giving me the best overall ride.
