Hello all, eventually I'm going to change my suspension in my 87 s4, it's stock now, but instead of doing shock and spring kit can I just do shocks? Or just springs? If so what's good for road? Thanks

 

Since they are coil-overs you'll be happiest doing them both at once. Gotta take them apart to change either. Might as well put together the good stuff and put it in.

 

stock stock stock.....why does this sound SO familiar

but for a street 928....its hard to beat bilstein shocks with stock springs.....bummer you can't get them anymore

 

Don't make them anymore? The stock is too bouncy I want a little stiffer

 

your stock shocks are probably worn out......we'll test it at Thunderhill in a couple weeks

 

You dont want stiffer/

This is a GT car.

HEAVY car.

Wait for Greg Brown's street kit. I am.

Just learn to drive a car first..lots to learn before being a corner carver.


Thats why 16yr old indy drivers, started at 4.

 

Changing your shocks using your stock springs will give the car an entirely different feel.

 

You can learn 5x faster on crap, than you can on a setup car...in the learning phases.

Its all YOU, not the car.

 

you can probably find a used set of eibachs or hypercoils cheaper than waiting and incurring the cost of a second 4 wheel alignment. just a thought.

 

Another option is to do something like Mark Robinson's coilover conversion - either getting mounts from him or fabbing a set yourself. I've been pretty happy with the way its worked out for me.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...on-option.html

The Sears warranty on alignment is not a bad deal - as long as you can keep them from unloading the suspension before alignment.

 

Go with Koni's and Eibachs or get Carl's kit for 2.5" springs ("Hypercoils").
http://www.928motorsports.com/parts/...suspension.php

I've got Koni's with stiffer 2.5" springs. You can tune it to how your want it to feel for spring rate and rebound. Fun!

 

Now that Carl has dropped the price by $1900.00, they are looking more like a bargain.

 

No ****..really? They were...3500 for konis?

 

Those are different kits.

The link I gave is to off-the-shelf Koni's with Hypercoils and adapters for those springs.

Carl sold me the adapters to use with the Koni's I had and the whole thing worked out well.