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Suspension & Brake refresh

Car is looking stunning. I love the rubber spoiler lip on the front,it really finishes off the front end. Wheels look good and your garage is way to tidy.
 
ORIGINAL: 944 man Black centred wheels only look right with polished rims, in my opinion.
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Simon, I agree, I am just waiting to finally decide on which wheels I actually want to have on the car, whilst I love the look of my sport design's I think sadly I have finally decided to sell them and stick with 16"s once I have test painted the Cup 1 rep's to decide how I wamt them I will probably go with the cups for summer and the D90's for winter complete with some winter tyres. Here is a pic of one of my previous S type's and how I like black wheels to look........
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George, I have always thought that about the front bumper's a bit more classic looking I think? Colin, thanks for the comments and I do like tidy.............or is that O.C.D. [:D][:D] Just for you Craig.......[8D]
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Tart! [:D] Not a dusty mountain bike, rowing machine, broken fridge or tin of fence paint in sight! Now that is what i would like my garage to look like!!
 
Hi Andy, what rubber spoiler is that in front it looks good, I wouldn't mind doing the same on my front. Gavin
 
Hi Gavin, It is an original 944 option, bit like rocking horse poo I was really lucky to get this off eBay after a prompt from forum member on here after I had posted looking for one, it was still in packaging having never been fitted!
 
Simon - 944man Heads up - dc performance have another Spax deal on at the moment RSX118 kit £626-57 delivered, if you were still interested?
 
I will post up pics of the car as she sits at the moment at the weekend when I can get a decent photo, on measuing she is abot 10mm higher at the back. Couple of questions... How much would you expect to pay to have the rear Re-indexed looking through various forums, litrature etc it appears to be an all day job? The other thing is the rear coilovers bang a bit, I assume this is because there is not enough weight on the because the torsion bar is holding her up, does that make sense? The helper springs are compressed, if I wind them up more to close the main springs would that help in anyway?
 
10mm higher back to front? That's about right IMO. Or are you saying it's 10mm higher than it was before? Re-indexing is a big job - but maybe easier on your car as it's so clean. Are the spring plates adjusted for maximum drop now? I think the problem is that it can take several goes to get it right when you re-index, and it's a fair old job to disassemble each time. The rear coilovers should be adjusted so that the helper springs are fully compressed when the car is at rest, and just start to expand as the car body starts to lift. At rest the main springs won't be compressed appreciably, but they will be held in place by the helpers and shouldn't bang. Have you checked to see if they are hitting the body? The bottom mounts on the KW's (and the standard dampers) are offset to move the shock further inboard. From memory the mounts on the Ledas weren't. Don't know about Spax.
 
Ed, No not 10mm high than before, just as she sits now, I have dropped the rear ride height on the plates as far as it will go and did check that nothing is hitting the body or the trailing arm. Here is a rubbish pic, but you can see the difference clearly, mine does not sit like yours or Edd's [:mad:]
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I see what you mean... I think that rear height adjustability is just luck of the draw - from what I've read they used the spring plates to make fine adjustments at the factory. If you get one that's already well up the adjustment at factory height then you'll need to re-index I haven't changed my rear ride height at all - it was set just using the spring plates by Andy Moss when he fitted the KW's a few years ago.
 
Bu**er [:mad:] I read that the only reason for the rear ride height adjustment was to conform to the American bumper height law so maybe why they are set different? and as you say luck of the draw. Closing up the main springs a little wouldn't help would it?
 
Hi Andy, When you say the rear coilovers bang a bit, does it sound like a clicking? if you bounce the back end & listen can you hear a tick sound? I only ask as i fitted the Spax kit with the coilover fronts only (just rear gas shocks) and I also have a noise. I thought at first something was loose & hadn't been tightened fully but during my process of elimination i took our the bottom shock bolts & bounced the car on the torsion bar alone & no noise. I contacted Spax technical department to be told the noise would be gas bubbles bursting within the oil & the noise is amplified through the shock body. They were supposed to have overcome the noise by replacing the rubber bushes with a different density of rubber & a modified piston/valve assembly. I'd be interested to hear if your findings are the same. Regards, Alan.
 
Alan, No noise when just pushing the rear down and bouncing and there is no clicking, it is a bang when driving over bumps etc.
 
ORIGINAL: andy watson Bu**er [:mad:] I read that the only reason for the rear ride height adjustment was to conform to the American bumper height law so maybe why they are set different? and as you say luck of the draw. Closing up the main springs a little wouldn't help would it?
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Was that on an American forum? I find them hard to read because while there is some uselful information and some knowledgeable people, theres so much shite written its untrue! The cars were lifted on their splines to meet federal requirements. The adjustment is there to enable the cars to be set (reasonably) level in the factory.
 
ORIGINAL: andy watson Simon - 944man Heads up - dc performance have another Spax deal on at the moment RSX118 kit £626-57 delivered, if you were still interested?
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Only just noticed this Andy. I refer the honourable gentlemen to my post dated February the first... [:D]
 
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ORIGINAL: andy watson Bu**er [:mad:] I read that the only reason for the rear ride height adjustment was to conform to the American bumper height law so maybe why they are set different? and as you say luck of the draw. Closing up the main springs a little wouldn't help would it?
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Was that on an American forum? I find them hard to read because while there is some uselful information and some knowledgeable people, theres so much shite written its untrue! The cars were lifted on their splines to meet federal requirements. The adjustment is there to enable the cars to be set (reasonably) level in the factory.
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Simon, yes I did find that out on a US forum, can't remember which one, but I have also read I thought in one of my books. And you are so right even trying to follow a thread on one of their forums is major hard work!!
 
ORIGINAL: andy watson Because the suspension is now firmer??? yes I can see that, will check tonight
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All Ive changed so far is the leading bushes on the wishbones to PU and the rear mount to a 968 type and its made the front of the car creak. Id expect 4x new stiff dampers to shake everything thats loose (inside and out). Simon
 
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