There's (almost) a dozen aftermarket manufacturers of 944/951/968 struts & shocks

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07-26-2006, 12:16 AM

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I looked on the H&R site but couldnt find anything for 944s?

As Porschefile said, its listed under 944S.

H&R call it the RSS Club Sport Kit (p/n RSS37827-1)

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07-26-2006, 12:22 AM

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By my count, if we add DMS and KYB (forgot about them), we're up to 13 aftermarket suppliers.

15 suppliers if you add Sachs Boge and Porsche.

DMS North America:

http://dmsnorthamerica.com/cgi-bin/e...1&pid=232&a=dc

KYB:

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07-26-2006, 12:34 AM

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I researched the DMS coilovers a bit, and the DMS Gold 40mm sound to be decent on the street. Are you using their 50mm coilovers maybe? Those are supposed to have much stiffer valving according to what I've read. After reading various reviews on Subie and Evo forums it sounds like the 40mm actually can provide comfortable street usage. What spring rates are you running, if you don't mind my asking?

Yes, I was thinking of the 50mm. I have no experience/knowledge of the 40mm. However, their web site offers "Mark II" autox/solo (read Solo1/time trial) valving as an option on the 40mm, which makes me wonder if it is worth it going to the street 40mm from Koni yellows.

As long as you remember to account for the time zones, I'd call DMS in Australia if I were you, and talk to the folks there. When I was considering the 50mm a few years ago, I talked to them and they were very helpful. The North American DMS people are primarily gravel rally folks, and I'd be surprised if they've sold any 944 setups.

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Has anyone here ever had their Koni yellows converted to double adjustable? I've considered this, as well as having them revalved for my spring rates. Though, I'm afraid of going through the trouble and then finding out that they still ride like crap. Apparently it's fairly inexpensive to have both things done to your Koni yellows.

My 944 is running stock M030 Koni yellow's with 400lb/30mm rear torsion bars. The shocks are not valved stiff enough for these spring rates IMHO; however, changing/modifying shocks moves me up a class in both autox and Solo1 in Canada, so I live with the lack of dampening. If I wasn't restricted by rules choices, I would definitely re-valve (or change shocks).

(As an aside, the "mush" comment in my previous post was with stock M030 spring rates, so there was lots of wheel travel going on.)

Also, if your current Koni's "ride like crap," I'd check them. I blow the gas bags in the rear ones every three or four years, it seems.

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07-26-2006, 06:35 AM

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Not sure how much you guys pay for KW's in the U.S. but they have a few systems available. The Variant 3 setup would be great for a street car and I was going to get these but I opted for their 2-way adjustable race system which they custom make for you. I would think they would be pretty affordable for you guys as you seem to pay a fraction of the co$t that we do down under. Just because you don't see them on R'list doesn't mean they aren't worth checking out.