Lowering at the rear

[beeRS]

Have done a search on here, but cannot find the answer to this one;

I know that the rear can be lowered by re-indexing the torsion bar, but is there a small amount of adjustability built in to the rear arms? This would affectively allow a small amount of lowering at the rear without re-indexing.

I think I saw this on TV when Mike Brewer bought a budget 944 Turbo on Wheeler Dealer (I think that's what it was called). Can anyone confirm that this can be done and if so how much lowering can be achieved.

 

[944 man]

Theres limited movement available through the eccentric adjuster. Id discount whatever you saw on a Mike Brewer programme though... "Porsche racing wheels" being a case-in-point.....

 

[Eiger]

try this:

http://web.archive.org/web/20041215200755/www.tech-session.com/kb/index.php?page=index_v2&id=62&c=4

 

[beeRS]

Good article! Thanks for the link Eiger. I will try this soon!

 

[Eiger]

I'm hoping to tackle that in early spring - a 20mm drop seems about right to me.

Need to find springs for the front that will offer the same drop.

 

[beeRS]

I've only found a couple of spring options so far; Gmax (-30mm), or Spax (also -30mm). Personally I would prefer to use Spax of these two. From past experience I always take the lowering amounts quoted by manufacturers with a big pinch of salt; a -30mm spring seems to mean anything from -20mm to -40mm, unless of course we're talking about brands like H&R or Eibach, where you normally get exactly what you're promised. I'd have loved to put some Eibach springs on mine, but they don't make any [&o].