Lowering a 996, how far and which ones!
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I went for the full 30 mm with the Techart springs sitting on the standard shocks.Fitted by OPC.
Have to say that its transformed the handling.
Still nice on road ride. Not too jittery and grips well even on b roads.
But there is much less body roll so its feels how it should.
On track it corners flatly and lurches and pitches less than before.
I think they are a good compromise if you want it to handle better without a rock hard gt3 or rs feel.
Have to say that its transformed the handling.
Still nice on road ride. Not too jittery and grips well even on b roads.
But there is much less body roll so its feels how it should.
On track it corners flatly and lurches and pitches less than before.
I think they are a good compromise if you want it to handle better without a rock hard gt3 or rs feel.
Da to day driving is fine. Its ok over most speed bumps, but the plastic guard on the front spoiler does get a light scrape on the worst ones. No damage done yet.
Cost £800 fitted including springs and a laser wheel alignment ( 2 years ago)
Looks much better now. Can I post photos here.. if so how??
Otherwise I can email you some..
Cost £800 fitted including springs and a laser wheel alignment ( 2 years ago)
Looks much better now. Can I post photos here.. if so how??
Otherwise I can email you some..
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Just remove the gaps
Thnx, appreciate it. It will really improve the look i think, just worry about grounding out, the TVr used to grind the deck regularily on the roads round billericay, some pretty nasty bumps / hills...
and humps..
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Just remove the gaps
Thnx, appreciate it. It will really improve the look i think, just worry about grounding out, the TVr used to grind the deck regularily on the roads round billericay, some pretty nasty bumps / hills...
and humps..
Jamie,
After driving a GT3 I realised my 996 C2 was a sack of spuds in comparison, so wanted to sharpen it up, i.e. faster turn in, less body roll, little or no understeer, more stability at high speed.
For a small outlay (can't remember the exact amount but I remember it was a fraction of Porsche's own sports suspension upgrade) I achieved the above objectives. The mods were Eibach springs (25mm lower)plus a front strut brace.
The added bonus is the car looks a lot better at this ride height. Also the steering feels meatier.
Note that I stuck with 17 inch wheels - the Eibach springs are not that firm, hence ride quality seems to have been unaffected on the 17s (in fact, I hated the "pogo effect" on standard springs, so you could argue ride quality is improved). I take a little more care over driveways and speed humps and have grounded out a couple of times over ramps designed by complete morons, but otherwise no major problems.
The car's cornering attitude is much more neutral now, but needs care. At low speeds, understeer is still present if clumsy, with snap oversteer if very clumsy, but medium and high speed cornering is much improved.
After driving a GT3 I realised my 996 C2 was a sack of spuds in comparison, so wanted to sharpen it up, i.e. faster turn in, less body roll, little or no understeer, more stability at high speed.
For a small outlay (can't remember the exact amount but I remember it was a fraction of Porsche's own sports suspension upgrade) I achieved the above objectives. The mods were Eibach springs (25mm lower)plus a front strut brace.
The added bonus is the car looks a lot better at this ride height. Also the steering feels meatier.
Note that I stuck with 17 inch wheels - the Eibach springs are not that firm, hence ride quality seems to have been unaffected on the 17s (in fact, I hated the "pogo effect" on standard springs, so you could argue ride quality is improved). I take a little more care over driveways and speed humps and have grounded out a couple of times over ramps designed by complete morons, but otherwise no major problems.
The car's cornering attitude is much more neutral now, but needs care. At low speeds, understeer is still present if clumsy, with snap oversteer if very clumsy, but medium and high speed cornering is much improved.
Unless you want to do serious track work, Porsches own 10mm sports suspension is very hard to beat, transforms the car. I've owned a standard C2 & one with sports suspension (10mm lower) no comparison.
For me anything lower/firmer becomes too compromised as a daily B road car, you loose fillings !!!
For me anything lower/firmer becomes too compromised as a daily B road car, you loose fillings !!!
do you have an address / website for them ?
i tried www.parr-uk.com/
but all i get is
This site has ceased operation.
I am trying to find a place in / local to Essex, billericay.. to have this work, and any other bits and bobs done...
Anyone know if the OPC in Colchester (iirc) are much cop ?
i tried www.parr-uk.com/
but all i get is
This site has ceased operation.
I am trying to find a place in / local to Essex, billericay.. to have this work, and any other bits and bobs done...
Anyone know if the OPC in Colchester (iirc) are much cop ?
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