Megan coilovers damper setting to emulate stock ride

Hey all,

Prius noobie here, just picked up a 2012 Three for the wife Tuesday night. I'm looking at emulating the performance package by putting on 17s (I'm leaning toward the Enkei J10s in 17x7), the TRD rear sway bar, and the Megan EZII coilovers (so I can do a proper drop and replace the old suspension at the same time). I just wanted to ask if anyone here had experience messing around with the damping and if there was a setting that was generally considered to be comparable to the stock stiffness. I know the Megan site says between 17 and 32 clicks for street use (probably 8-15 on the EZ series) but that's still a pretty broad range.

Thanks for the help!
-Brandon

 

Thanks so much for the very informative reply! Comfort is probably the verbiage I should have used. I'm okay with more stiffness (in fact, that's kind of the goal), I just didn't want to be rattled to my bones every time I hit a seam or patch in the road. I sent a PM to some of the people who have had the Megan kit, I hope that isn't considered a breach of etiquette....

I will do the coilovers first per your advice and re-evaulate after that. Thank you for the explainer, coming from "American Muscle" suspension geometry has never really been something I've paid attention to other than the need to hook up, which usually comes down to "panhard" bars and maybe a support for the rear diff. I was initially planning on doing the sway bar first because it was cheaper xD so getting some actual science behind the build is greatly appreciated.