jondrayton
Silverstone
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- 28 Jun 2014
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Evening All
I feel like I have a bit of a dilemma....
My car is a 997.1 Carrera and last year I upgraded my suspension and added Techart springs. This was primarily to improve the look of the car rather than modify the overall dynamics.
This year during the annual oil change light misting has been identified on one of the front shock absorbers. Consequently, the service engineer believes that my car will require new front shock absorbers next year.
My car is a 2006 model year 997 and has covered 30k miles. The dilemma I now have is do I replace with original equipment shock absorbers or take the plunge and upgrade to ohlins. Sod's law the rear shock absorbers might also be on their way out considering the age of the car.....
My car is summer use only and will potentially be used for the occasional track day.
Do you think I am likely to benefit from upgrading to ohlins or should I stick with the standard shock absorbers? Also I have sometimes felt that my car has sometimes felt a little light and unstable occasionally when accelerating hard but maybe that is just me.... I would want to retain the overall comfort and compliance but am wondering whether ohlins would improve the dynamics without making the ride too hard...
Would appreciate your thoughts.
Many thanks.
Jonathan
I feel like I have a bit of a dilemma....
My car is a 997.1 Carrera and last year I upgraded my suspension and added Techart springs. This was primarily to improve the look of the car rather than modify the overall dynamics.
This year during the annual oil change light misting has been identified on one of the front shock absorbers. Consequently, the service engineer believes that my car will require new front shock absorbers next year.
My car is a 2006 model year 997 and has covered 30k miles. The dilemma I now have is do I replace with original equipment shock absorbers or take the plunge and upgrade to ohlins. Sod's law the rear shock absorbers might also be on their way out considering the age of the car.....
My car is summer use only and will potentially be used for the occasional track day.
Do you think I am likely to benefit from upgrading to ohlins or should I stick with the standard shock absorbers? Also I have sometimes felt that my car has sometimes felt a little light and unstable occasionally when accelerating hard but maybe that is just me.... I would want to retain the overall comfort and compliance but am wondering whether ohlins would improve the dynamics without making the ride too hard...
Would appreciate your thoughts.
Many thanks.
Jonathan