danglerb

Thread on Pelican about a new coilover setup for the 928 using QA1 12 way adj coilovers.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...928-ready.html

Donald

That is what I have. I was the alpha-beta man.

EspritS4s

So how do you like the setup?

Frank Castle

Which configuration do you have on your car?

Fabio421

I spoke with QA-1 about suspension for our cars over a year ago and I even turned one of the 928 racers onto them when his shocks needed to be rebuilt right before a race. He bought them, maybe he will chime in.

Jon B.

Nice, another reason to spend more money on my car.

Donald

It's fine. I think more responsive (11.6 lbs vs 18.0 per corner according to my digital bathroom scale), and of course firm once again. As it was initially too harsh on rebound I simply dialed out the shocks a few clicks. I have not played with settings more than that but am pretty happy with it now.
There is more road noise transmitted on some pavement due to getting rid of the huge rubber isolation at the top. I am changing out to the production rear shackles in the next weeks and will add some material between the top of the rear mount and the body, which is now metal on metal.

I have a slightly macho 450/300 front/rear, single adjustable 12-way but I do not find it too stiff. Mark lightened the spring selection after my experience and it is probably more compliant for street/general applications. Springs are inexpensive @ approx. $50 each so tuning is not a wallet stretching exercise.

fraggle

Are these independently adjustable for compression and rebound?

blown 87

I could be thinking of some one else, but was that not the guy that had some issues with some kits a while back?

Donald

There are two different shocks; the independently adjustable for compression & rebound is about $300 more for the 4. I have the single adjustable.

No first hand knowledge of other kits, will leave comment for others. I just looked at the concept and execution of the coilover and made a decision based on that.

blown 87

For what you are getting it is priced very well, and it looks great.

genikz

I'll bite. It'll be a few months before I can comment on them though.

danglerb

No personal experience, but QA1 seems well respected in most car groups.
http://www.qa1.net/

For a street car I think factory springs and Bilsteins will be very hard to beat, but all that adjustability has to be sweet for track use.

S4ordie

Any pics of what it looks like from the top of the shock tower in the engine compartment?

Seems to me all those exposed adjustment threads would get dirty and galled making it difficult to turn the adjuster, no?

Jon B.

All coilovers that I know about have exposed threads.