MattMiller

So the car was riding very low in front. Turns out the shocks were pretty beat up and old. While putting the new in we found lifting spacers. took them out, popped in all the new parts, including springs and now the car is even lower. I can't drive it on the street or it bottoms out on the oil pan. The car did not have the adjustable. What are my options? Pic of car is a before pic..

Bilal928S4

Were the lifting spacers part of the original Porsche design on the OB's?
On my 90 & 91 there were no spacers just adjustable collars.

MattMiller

These spacers were the rubber aftermarket ones. We tossed them, assuming the new springs and strut shocks were gonna fix my issue.

Mrmerlin

WARNING these shock assemblies should be handled very carefully ,
as the lower perch could suddenly come past the nubs on the shock body,
and thus release the spring,
handle with gloves and extreme care.


from the picture it appears you dont have the screw collar or the adjuster collar on the shock body,
thus the perch is sitting pretty low. and its only being held with the shock body nubs UNSAFE
Are these Boge reds?

Best bet take a look at the WSM to see how the parts of a shock should look or use the PET.

from the looks of it your missing part 15 and 14 in the first shock diagram

link with PET picture on post 7

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...,d.aWc&cad=rja

BRB-83-911SC

Did you put in new springs or re-use the old ones? Here is a picture of my 84 with original springs and green Bilsteins with non-sdjustable perches. It sure looks like the spring in your picture has one less coil than mine. Your old ones may have been cut down.

EDIT: I see you put new springs in.

MattMiller

ha we thought the old springs were cut or welded down so i picked some up off the board here.

Bilal928S4

Did you compare your old springs with the new ones you got?
I agree with Mrmerlin you are missing the adjustable perches. My understanding is all 928's came with the front's adjustable.
Maybe I am wrong?

MattMiller

yes. we did compare. these newer springs were about 1 ring taller.

BRB-83-911SC

Mine do not have adjustable perches on the front, but do on the rear. It has the sport suspension option package (code identified by VIN), which includes Bilstein shocks. And my shocks are as they came from the factory.

The non-adjustable fronts may be a Bilstein only thing for the mid-year S cars, but I have heard of other 928s with non-adjustable fronts. Not sure about the Koni or Boge setups.

MattMiller

Ya, these are Koni shocks

R.Pires

Just to add some info, Boges all around in my 83, adjustable rears, non adjustable fronts!
Regards

Mrmerlin

ON the OPs car this front shock is missing the inner threaded collar and the outer adjuster collar.

NOTE the Boge inner collars dont fit tightly to the Koni shock body so you may have a time trying to adjust ride height

jpitman2

My 83 S had factory M474 Sport Bilsteins. Fronts were not adjustable, but rears were. New front Bils from 928intl came with adjustable collars. Before replacement front height was under 150mm, is now up at spec height.
jp 83 Euro S AT 55k

ammonman

As Mr. Merlin said be very careful and don't drive the car until this is corrected. All '86 models had adjustable height front shocks. Contact 928 International and see if they have any used collars and adjusting nuts. Be sure to liberally coat the collar threads with a mix of anti-seize past and synthetic grease to make the height adjusters as easy to turn as possible. You will need to set the ride height all the way around after correcting this issue and then get a good alignment after settling the car properly.

Matt,

Shoot me a PM for the name of a shop that can properly align the car.

This is why you should have someone familiar with 928's work on your car unless you are going to do the research before attempting the work yourself.

Mike

Mrmerlin

using the WSM would have proved an invaluable resource for a DIY guy