[gowest]

My question is; for someone that does just street driving but wants to improve the handling of the car wouldn't a progressive rate spring be better?

I guess the simple answer is yes. Better because; they cost less, possible strut clearance isn't a problem, you won't have to worry about corner weighting or adj. the rake or ride height of the car because you can't, yes.

What it will also do is ride better than if you put a linear rate spring, of the the avg. rate of the progressive spring, on the STOCK STRUT but then it probably wouldn't handle better than that but still better than stock/stock.

I hope this helps sometimes I come off a little rough.