Low No Go?

[nervous]

Hello You Lot,

Does anyone know if it's possible to lower a 996 3.4 if it's running 19 inch alloys, please? If so, would you mind telling me by how much, what springs etc?

Please?

Go on. I'm quite nice and am rarely cruel to children. Unless they really deserve it, obviously.

Thanks in advance.
N.

[_Batty_]

I thought you where dead?
H+R do springs, but that's as much as I know.
19's. *Really*?

[nervous]

_Batty_ said:

I thought you where dead?
H+R do springs, but that's as much as I know.
19's. *Really*?

Hoped. You hoped I was dead.

But I'm not! Ha! Deal with THAT!

[Captain James T]

Are you looking for the kewl look?

[nervous]

Captain James T said:

Are you looking for the kewl look?

Yep. I want to be resplendent in my Belmont-ism.

You?

[_Batty_]

nervous said:

Hoped. You hoped I was dead.

But I'm not! Ha! Deal with THAT!

Well that's only 90% true.
You also have a 3.4 that hasn't eaten itself!?? How is that possible?

[nervous]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Why don't they sound like a good idea? Purely from a taste perspective or the handling compromise? I read around, it's supposed to be practically negligible.

Perhaps I'm being thick but if the tyres were fowling the arches, how would spacers help?

[nervous]

_Batty_ said:

Well that's only 90% true.
You also have a 3.4 that hasn't eaten itself!?? How is that possible?

It's my low-level awesomeness. It seeps into things I sit on. Just ask Debbie McGee's sofa.

[nervous]

So, hilarity aside- just briefly- can the car be lowered?

[_Batty_]

nervous said:

So, hilarity aside- just briefly- can the car be lowered?

Yes. Check your wheel offsets. It could hit the inner arch on full lock which is where the spacers come in.
Are they normal width fronts? What profile tyres?

[Captain James T]

Well, a 996 was designed to run on a maximum of 18" wheels so if it's on 19" and you lower it surely the wheels will rub on the arch liners, it'll tram line like a biatch and you'll look like a chav....

[nervous]

Captain James T said:

Well, a 996 was designed to run on a maximum of 18" wheels so if it's on 19" and you lower it surely the wheels will rub on the arch liners, it'll tram line like a biatch and you'll look like a chav....

They're not spinners, Cap'n. They're BBS Lemans. Yknow, dead classy, like.

And the Internet appears to be literally filled with people who've also done it whilst keeping close to the original rolling radius.

[g7jhp]

Captain James T said:

Are you looking for the kewl look?

Harry Kewl?

[_Batty_]

Needs lowering.

[nervous]

_Batty_ said:

Yes. Check your wheel offsets. It could hit the inner arch on full lock which is where the spacers come in.
Are they normal width fronts? What profile tyres?

New wheels are:

Fronts 8.5J ET45 tyres 235/35/ ZR19

Rear 10J ET50 tyres 265/30/ ZR19

What does this mean- yes, Nervy ole pal go ahead, or No sorry it can't be done, but here have some crisps to cheer you up?

[nervous]

_Batty_ said:

Needs lowering.

This is what I am saying.

Have we ever agreed before? I've gone all itchy.

[Captain James T]

Can you get lower than this?

[_Batty_]

nervous said:

This is what I am saying.

Have we ever agreed before? I've gone all itchy.

Like crabs again. Yes it feels oddly familiar.
Yes go ahead.

[nervous]

Captain James T said:

Can you get lower than this?

Isn't that just broken?

[_Batty_]

nervous said:

Isn't that just broken?

Airbags.
Totally pointless on Pork.