Captain_Slow

I had an 86.5 with th sport package (cashmere sport seats, limited slip, springs??, shocks). It had Bilstiens and under 100K on the clock, so everything looked original. It was a very stiff jittery ride on a gravel road. On well paved twisty roads it was amazing. I miss that. However, even on good roads the stiff sporty ride was not really GT cruiser comfortable. I felt fatigued after riding in that 928 for a few hours. I'm hoping Bilstiens with regular S4 springs will be the sweet spot. I find 8 year old Boges with about 50K to be too soft.

Mongo

Looking at Konis on Tire Rack right now. I know with the orange ones you have to collapse the strut and turn it to adjust. How many turns actually equate to medium? Are you running medium settings on all 4 corners?

soontobered84

Is Tire Rack REALLY cheaper than Roger?

1 1/2 turns would be medium. 3 full turns is lock to lock.

Seems like the car would ride strangely if the setting weren't the same

Mongo

Sorry I have not asked for a price from Roger.

Bill Ball

Agreed. I've never seen a "sport suspension" option code. M474 is "sport shock absorbers". The 3 tolerance groups for springs vary by about 10% total.

928cs

Hi ,

Is it the same on both sides?
Have you checked the fronts?

siscogts

checked and fronts are 928.....07 , red.
rear 928 ......051 16 .red
all 4 are boge.
I think they are standard shocks just wondering if it is normal to have them red .(paint seems to be original).

928cs

I think that they should be grey, but they were maybe produced during a bad day at the Boge's factory

Anyway, it may be time to replace or rebuild them, if they are original.

Gary Knox

Koni shock adjustment - I've put Koni shocks on several 928's and a few other German cars as well. I find that they do not all have the same number of turns from soft to firm. Thus, I ALWAYS check the number of turns for the model of shock I'm installing (as I recall, the 928 ones are different front vs rear). I prefer 1/3 of the way from soft to firm for street/highway driving, thus I can accurately achieve this by counting turns from full soft to full firm, then going back to full soft and performing 1/3 as much rotation.

Just my experience - YMMV!!!

siscogts

Rebuilt some years ago. Tu

Crumpler

Spot on you guys.
I pulled the old sticker.
Listed as sport shock absorbers:

Captain_Slow

Now I understand what the dots mean. I thought it was a sport spring vs. regular spring code. So maybe I don't want Bilsteins and stock springs as that appears to be what I had. Maybe new Boge or adjustable Konis. Bob V just put new Boge on his GT...hope to get a ride in his car at Camp 928 or Frenzy before buying shocks.

Strosek Ultra

The 928 is not made for gravel roads. In Germany they hardly do not have any gravel roads but here in Sweden we do have some and I avoid them at any costs. The only one I know of driving a 928 on gravel roads is Jeremy Clarkson and he made a total mess of the car.
Åke

928Myles

Project 928 book shows that a lot of testing occurred on 'gravel' roads.

I find that the 928 is a blast to drive on gravel roads with nice balance and controllability in the corners. I have been known to 'seek them out' when on long boring, otherwise tarmac, trips.

Myles

SeanR

Dude, dirt road driving in a 928 is a lot of fun.