Porsche917K

Hey guys,

I am pretty close to locking down a deal on a C2. It has all stock suspension. I want to drop the car down to RS ride height, but since this is strictly a street car for me I don't really want to pop for coilovers or anything very expensive. I don't really care about ride quality as I am used to driving a GT3.

Can anyone tell me what is the cheapest way to attain a true RS ride height? I know the H&R greens get you close but not all the way. Has anyone done Green springs with after market spring perches?

For an example of desired ride height, this was my last 964 and I would like to get about the same thing on my new car.

Thanks!

yellowducman

H & R Springs will get you there pretty reasonably. Check my Avatar. I have the H & R Greens. Tire Rack had the best price when I got mine also.

Porsche917K

Thats close but it still looks a little higher to me. I'm probably being to particular. Has anyone put on an aftermarket spring perch?

ValveFloat

FWIW your old car was lower than RS, by about 15mm, by my measurements.
Maybe you are shooting for Cup height?

crg53

Here is a shot of mine with H&R green springs set very close to RS height, mind you it did suffer from bump steer.
The critter in the foreground is my gran daughter.

Porsche917K

Well that explains it. I need to modify my thread to say cup height cheaply...

Porsche917K

Did you do any further adjustments to the car? Or just green springs.

hawk911

H&R Reds get you lower, don't they?

Porsche917K

I thought reds were the same length as greens, just stiffer. ???

hawk911

might be- I'm not real smart on those.

crg53

Greens are slightly lower than reds IIRC. I installed Bilstein HD & H&R greens at the same time and also had it aligned to the spec given by Bruce Anderson in his book on page 206. If you want me to send them to you, please give me your fax #, and I will fire them off.

tbennett017

Steve Wiener set up my C4 to Cup height. HR Greens over Bilstein HDs.

I'm in PDX if you want to check it out.

Porsche917K

That may be the ticket. I wonder if I am pushing the envelope by trying to go this low on stock dampers...

tgage

Given the perspective of "Cheaply": You can also use Bilstiens HD's and the factory springs which require you to shave a small bit off the rear factory stock springs... Although not as good as some of the other suggestions noted above, it is much cheaper and does achieve much of the goals of lowering the car. I did this on my C4 a few years back and had surprisingly good results although now have PS9's. For normal street driving, the factory springs are not that bad... You can't lower the car to RS heights using the factory equipment. You may want to research what each of the two components solve.

-tom

Rob 97 993c2

On the 993 any stock shock is dead after 30k miles and certainly after 10 years.
Im not sure how much better stock 964 shocks will be, but isnt fair to think they are dead after 15 years .. even for a daily driver 'beater'?

So, perhaps it does make sense to find new shocks as well.