David Parslow
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I fitted some Bilstein HD`s (standard length thread on the front shocks), with some Eibach progressive lowering springs (similar to the H&R`s) and a strut brace 2 weeks ago to my 993C2. The car was then set up to RS alignment specification by Robin at 9M, Warrington yesterday.
The car was originally on standard ride height suspension with 18" wheels, which is very comfortable even on poor A roads. With 64k on the clock, the shocks were well worn, but mainly the rears. The car used to bounce about a lot with excessive wheel travel on some of the local bumpy roads and there was a lot of understeer and body roll.
I opted for the Bilstein/Eibach set up, because I wanted to lower the car a little, but no more than the sports chassis M030 or the lowered chassis M033. The M030 chassis as on my turbo is a little harsh for me for a daily driver on the local roads, the M033 chassis too low and soft for them. A friend with a 993C2S M033 chassis has problems with grounding on some of the worst undulating lanes.
The Eibach springs lower the car about an inch, which is plenty enough fo me, some of the ride quality at low speeds has been sacrificed but at higher speeds the ride is fine. Body roll has been much reduced and the car rides the worst of the bumpy roads much better than before due to the new shocks and progressive springs. I have no grounding issues and the car now feels firmly planted and composed on the roads without the wallowing feeling I had before.
I asked Robin to set the car to RS spec to reduce the understeer and to give it better initial turn in than the standard settings give you. After the alignment the car drives much better and even the straight line stability has not suffered too much due to the increase in the front and rear camber settings. The only thing I would like to do further is try this setup with 17" wheels to see what difference it makes to the low speed ride qualitity.
Migration info. Legacy thread was 40680
The car was originally on standard ride height suspension with 18" wheels, which is very comfortable even on poor A roads. With 64k on the clock, the shocks were well worn, but mainly the rears. The car used to bounce about a lot with excessive wheel travel on some of the local bumpy roads and there was a lot of understeer and body roll.
I opted for the Bilstein/Eibach set up, because I wanted to lower the car a little, but no more than the sports chassis M030 or the lowered chassis M033. The M030 chassis as on my turbo is a little harsh for me for a daily driver on the local roads, the M033 chassis too low and soft for them. A friend with a 993C2S M033 chassis has problems with grounding on some of the worst undulating lanes.
The Eibach springs lower the car about an inch, which is plenty enough fo me, some of the ride quality at low speeds has been sacrificed but at higher speeds the ride is fine. Body roll has been much reduced and the car rides the worst of the bumpy roads much better than before due to the new shocks and progressive springs. I have no grounding issues and the car now feels firmly planted and composed on the roads without the wallowing feeling I had before.
I asked Robin to set the car to RS spec to reduce the understeer and to give it better initial turn in than the standard settings give you. After the alignment the car drives much better and even the straight line stability has not suffered too much due to the increase in the front and rear camber settings. The only thing I would like to do further is try this setup with 17" wheels to see what difference it makes to the low speed ride qualitity.
Migration info. Legacy thread was 40680
