I'm using long center shock as per manual. I will definitely try softer side springs.
We don't follow the colour scale for tires. We differentiate between them by shore, like in nitro. We just divide them into the two big families of carpet tyres and asphalt tires, so I find always confusing all the discussions about pinks magentas blus dbl pinks etc....
We usually run 25 or 30s at the back and 30 to 40 at the front. This is the range more or less