Hi all,
After doing a bit of research I decided to try out a set of PB coilovers on my 98 C2. Have done about 3k miles on them including a 1300 mile road trip up the west coast of Scotland and back. Thought I'd post up my opinion of them, no affiliation just my opinion as I couldn't find a Porsche review of them.
I've owned a lot of different cars running coilovers mainly Jap and BMW and have experience of BC, Buddyclub, Tein, Eibach and a couple others. The PB coilovers share some distinct similarities to other more expensive coilover brands which also originate in Taiwan :wink:
The overall quality of them appears very good, better than I expected for the price, well finished, similar to BC. I ordered mine with camber adjustable pillowball top mounts. Fitment was relatively straight forward and the only issues I came across were the rear height adjustment perches do not have a hole or window in them to view how much thread is remaining when adjusting up the ride height. The rear top mounts are also a finer thread than the original Porsche items and are not supplied with nuts where as the fronts are the same thread as the originals. It's difficult to make camber adjustments on the coilover itself once fitted at the front but that's more due to the design of the strut top rather than the coilover itself.
On the road they are very good, soft settings on the dampers are very soft (softer than standard dampers) I've settled at around 22/23 clicks front and rear out of 30 damper settings. On most other coilovers that would be very hard but it's given a firm but compliant ride quality with the car handling nice and flat, I have lowered it approx 40mm all round and tweeked alignment also.
Overall I'm impressed by them, they feel as good as previous coilovers I have spent quite a bit more on. I obviously can't comment on longevity but time will tell.
After doing a bit of research I decided to try out a set of PB coilovers on my 98 C2. Have done about 3k miles on them including a 1300 mile road trip up the west coast of Scotland and back. Thought I'd post up my opinion of them, no affiliation just my opinion as I couldn't find a Porsche review of them.
I've owned a lot of different cars running coilovers mainly Jap and BMW and have experience of BC, Buddyclub, Tein, Eibach and a couple others. The PB coilovers share some distinct similarities to other more expensive coilover brands which also originate in Taiwan :wink:
The overall quality of them appears very good, better than I expected for the price, well finished, similar to BC. I ordered mine with camber adjustable pillowball top mounts. Fitment was relatively straight forward and the only issues I came across were the rear height adjustment perches do not have a hole or window in them to view how much thread is remaining when adjusting up the ride height. The rear top mounts are also a finer thread than the original Porsche items and are not supplied with nuts where as the fronts are the same thread as the originals. It's difficult to make camber adjustments on the coilover itself once fitted at the front but that's more due to the design of the strut top rather than the coilover itself.
On the road they are very good, soft settings on the dampers are very soft (softer than standard dampers) I've settled at around 22/23 clicks front and rear out of 30 damper settings. On most other coilovers that would be very hard but it's given a firm but compliant ride quality with the car handling nice and flat, I have lowered it approx 40mm all round and tweeked alignment also.
Overall I'm impressed by them, they feel as good as previous coilovers I have spent quite a bit more on. I obviously can't comment on longevity but time will tell.
