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chrisg

chrisg

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A couple of thoughts for you. Firstly why are there 4x springs ? Unless you're running the KW's, 968 M030 or the Turbo Cup suspension you only need to 2 front lowering springs. Secondly, IMHO, aftermarket lowering springs can be overpriced and won't always take into account the needs/ lb/ft compression rates you need for any particular car. My advice for what it's worth, speak to coil springs in Sheffield who will custom make/ design you a set 0114 2758573, C
 
Duh, engaged my brain and took another look at the auction. The picture is a stock one hence the 4 springs. So, changing the front springs to shorter ones that still retain the correct compression for the front, but how do you adjust the rear?
 
Theres a small amount available on the eccentric adjusters, but really youll need to remove the torsion bars and re-insert them in the new position. Unless you have a hole in the side of your car like an old 911, thisll require the removal of the transaxle and and rear beam: so its far from a simple job, even for two people with a ramp...
 
Seen a set of 4 lowering springs to drop the ride height of my lux allroad by 30mm on eBay for approx £85. After seeing the pics of lowered 944s mine just won't do. I can't justify new shocks etc but wondered whether these springs would give me the look I wanted along with a slightly firmer ride or are there horror stories to heed?
 
Hmmm, been Reading up on tensioning the torque bars on clarks garage, looks like I might have an allroad for a bit. Have got a feeling the costs involved to lower the car might not be a million miles off a kw setup!
 
Half the cost of my KW install was the labour and parts related to the removal of the axel and the re-indexing. Whenever you remove a major part of the car there is always the 'while you're in there' jobs that you really must do. Having said that, afterwards, knowing what was done had been done provided a nice comforting and reassuring glow. KW seems expensive and is a bit of a leap of faith, but in reality it is not expensive. It totally and utterly transforms the feel and capability of the car and steps things up a good couple of notches. For such a night and day step change improvement the cost of the install is very reasonable indeed. Much more cost effective and sensible than frittering away many pounds at a time chasing horses.
 
ORIGINAL: sawood12 Half the cost of my KW install was the labour and parts related to the removal of the axel and the re-indexing.  Whenever you remove a major part of the car there is always the 'while you're in there' jobs that you really must do.  Having said that, afterwards, knowing what was done had been done provided a nice comforting and reassuring glow. KW seems expensive and is a bit of a leap of faith, but in reality it is not expensive.  It totally and utterly transforms the feel and capability of the car and steps things up a good couple of notches.  For such a night and day step change improvement the cost of the install is very reasonable indeed.  Much more cost effective and sensible than frittering away many pounds at a time chasing horses.
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My car is currently having KW's fitted at Promax (along some other jobs) and am really looking forward to experiencing the difference it makes when she emerges from the workshop. She has already been lowered so I am hoping that any further re-indexing won't be needed. Will be looking to sell on the 968CS M030 suspension that is coming off the car should anyone be interested.
 
Ooh maybe, pm me the details! You say that the car was lowered prior to kw fitting, was this done by way of fitting the 968 mo30 suspension or is there another way I'm not getting?
 
The 968 kit was fitted by the previous owner so am not sure how it was done at present. Once it is taken off will have a better idea what was done and can advise accordingly. Is it possible to fit M030 suspension to a Lux ?
 
One thing to bear in mind when lowering is how low can you go? If you go too low you will hit the bumpstops and this will upset the car during hard cornering and braking. This is exactly what I did and I have the KW competition setup on my car with springs over 600lb. You can also induce wheel rub especially if you don't want to run race type negative camber. I wound up raising my car after a lot of calculations and it now works much better. It's still lower than stock but not enough to upset the handling when pushing on.
 
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ORIGINAL: sawood12 Half the cost of my KW install was the labour and parts related to the removal of the axel and the re-indexing. Whenever you remove a major part of the car there is always the 'while you're in there' jobs that you really must do. Having said that, afterwards, knowing what was done had been done provided a nice comforting and reassuring glow. KW seems expensive and is a bit of a leap of faith, but in reality it is not expensive. It totally and utterly transforms the feel and capability of the car and steps things up a good couple of notches. For such a night and day step change improvement the cost of the install is very reasonable indeed. Much more cost effective and sensible than frittering away many pounds at a time chasing horses.
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My car is currently having KW's fitted at Promax (along some other jobs) and am really looking forward to experiencing the difference it makes when she emerges from the workshop. She has already been lowered so I am hoping that any further re-indexing won't be needed. Will be looking to sell on the 968CS M030 suspension that is coming off the car should anyone be interested.
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If they set the car up like they did mine (i.e. with a nose down attitude) be careful of two things - firstly make sure they adjust the headlights afterwards as they will be pointing down at the ground and will be useless in the dark, and I found the front to be a bit too low and subsequently raised it to flatten off the car a bit with no noticable detriment to the handling of the car - i'd advise this setup rather than the nose-down attitude. I'd definately look to sorting something out with the front wishbones. There have been too many people with lowered cars suffer failed A-Arms. It is a definate threat and needs to be addressed. The Rennbay geometry correcting kit works fine.
 
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