Hi guys. Apologies in advance for this post, but I can't make up my mind on what suspension set up to go for.
My 996.2 is a weekend toy and my project car.
I want it to be as good as it can be, but also don't want to ruin it with bad decisions.
When I got the car I was a bit trigger happy and forked out a few quids on replacing the front dampers with oem B4's. I then fitted lowering springs.
I'm very happy with the 'stance" but the dynamics are not good enough. I want that feeling you get when driving something really special, which my car is not at the moment as the suspension is too compromised.
So my plan for Feb is to fit uprated ARB's and replace the suspension.
I had originally planned to just buy dampers and use my existing nearly New designtek lowering springs. My options were koni sport, bilstein b4 m030 or b8's.
I then got into thinking that the bilstein b12 kit is only a little bit more and includes better eibach springs.
I then thought if you're spending £1200 on b12's why not just spend £2,000 on coilovers. Either Bilstein b16 or kw v3. One thing I'm not sure about is will my existing oem top mounts work with coilovers? Or do these coilovers come with new top mounts included?...
Now I'm stuck in a closed feedback loop of cost vs quality, and I've already wasted several hundreds on buying new front b4's.
I should note that I have replaced the coffin arms and tuning fork arms with oem spec. Also fitted new oem front top mounts and track control arms.
Can someone please help. Otherwise I'm going to go live in a bin.
Thanks
Antony
My 996.2 is a weekend toy and my project car.
I want it to be as good as it can be, but also don't want to ruin it with bad decisions.
When I got the car I was a bit trigger happy and forked out a few quids on replacing the front dampers with oem B4's. I then fitted lowering springs.
I'm very happy with the 'stance" but the dynamics are not good enough. I want that feeling you get when driving something really special, which my car is not at the moment as the suspension is too compromised.
So my plan for Feb is to fit uprated ARB's and replace the suspension.
I had originally planned to just buy dampers and use my existing nearly New designtek lowering springs. My options were koni sport, bilstein b4 m030 or b8's.
I then got into thinking that the bilstein b12 kit is only a little bit more and includes better eibach springs.
I then thought if you're spending £1200 on b12's why not just spend £2,000 on coilovers. Either Bilstein b16 or kw v3. One thing I'm not sure about is will my existing oem top mounts work with coilovers? Or do these coilovers come with new top mounts included?...
Now I'm stuck in a closed feedback loop of cost vs quality, and I've already wasted several hundreds on buying new front b4's.
I should note that I have replaced the coffin arms and tuning fork arms with oem spec. Also fitted new oem front top mounts and track control arms.
Can someone please help. Otherwise I'm going to go live in a bin.
Thanks
Antony