I tried to run them lower than 8 but they just feel too loose. When I first installed them I ran them at 6 and 5 because if you cycle the shocks they tend to work in quicker. After about 100 miles I couldn't take the bounce any longer and had to crank them up to 8 to keep it from hitting the bump stops.

I bought that set of low mileage OEM's from Otobme so I'm going to install them at some point. I've never had OEM's on the car so I have nothing to compare them to.