Special editon are softer than regular ones, i got regular ones and they are perfect, the thing with them is that if you get really soft ones than on stock shock they will bounce alot, so i would go for the normal ones I got kyb shock with my ground controls and if i raise tha car fro the winter i have to set the shock to stiff because if i leave them soft than they bounce like a yoyo lol but when i lower it like 2' and put the shock in the middle, the ride quality is just awsome I would save up and get shock and put everything together, less work and if you have to pay for it than less money, i had my GC's for like 6 moneht before i put them on becuase i was looking for a good deal on shocks.