Nice one Mate
Got the standard height front springs and struts on my Focus during the week, and it does look a bit odd now it's not an inch off the ground, but it still handles well, and like you say, no nasty bumps when you hit manholes
I had steering wheel off to the right on mine by quite a bit, but now I've replaced the struts/springs/wishbone it's nearly spot on. I think it was because he'd replaced one side at a time, where as I had the whole front up on stands and tightened both sides up while it was hanging. We'll see what the tracking reveals........