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Old 11-01-2021, 02:20 PM
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... Perhaps my darker color (Agate Gray) masks the gaps more than silver?
If only that were true....


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Oh, yours looks like my Burban...




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Old 11-01-2021, 02:33 PM
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If only that were true....

Kind of weird... Mine definitely shows more gap at certain angles, but still doesn't look as high in stock form. Maybe a .1 vs .2 thing?

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Old 11-01-2021, 02:59 PM
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Perhaps my darker color (Agate Gray) masks the gaps more than silver?
Agate Gray is not as heavy a paint as silver therefore making the car quicker, not lower...


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Old 11-01-2021, 03:03 PM
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My best friend had a girlfriend as a senior in high school who bought a red Nissan Micra.

I said to her, ' you really should have gotten a blue one'.

'Why?', she said.

I then broke into a graphic descriptive that the blue one, because it was blue, had a lower drag coefficient because blue paint was slipperier.

She was angry (and blonde); she took the red car back to the dealer and demanded a blue one.
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Old 11-01-2021, 03:51 PM
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Agate Gray is not as heavy a paint as silver therefore making the car quicker, not lower...

Going with clear markers saves about 10 pounds as well...
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She was angry ... took the red car back to the dealer and demanded a blue one.
GF was a keeper!
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Old 11-01-2021, 03:55 PM
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Going with clear markers saves about 10 pounds as well...
Yeah but destroys steering feedback, not to mention overall appearance...
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Old 11-01-2021, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by 2fcknfst
I sure do...

Before:

Your .2 looks higher than my .1.

I just stuck some fingers into some wheel wells 'round here. Right at the top of the tire and straight into the well so as to "measure" "gap":
- 718T (SPASM) ~1.5 fingers
- 991.1 S (PASM) ~ 2 fingers.
- 991.1 TT (PASM) ~ 2.75 fingers.

Yours looks like it would take 3.5 to 4 fingers.

Curious. FAL was 'down?'

Curious that the 991.1 S sits ~7-10mm lower than the 991.1 TT.

Perhaps PDDC gets a bit more ride height because with the sway bar links "flacid" it can produce/tolerate/need more suspension travel?

Maybe the .2 FAL cars get a bit more default ride height than the .1s?

Dunno.

Curious these unscientific "finger" observations.
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Originally Posted by Pb Pedis
Dave, your knowledgebase is seriously impressive - thank you so much for sharing it with us! I think I learned more about suspension in 5 minutes than I have in 40 years...
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Nice write-up, thanks!
Thanks for the thanks. I know just enough about suspension architecture/design/tuning to begin to understand how little I know.



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Originally Posted by .2PDK
Yeah but destroys steering feedback, not to mention overall appearance...
But, orange markers make more downforce.
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My 991.2 TTs is two fingers w/PDCC. Not sure how many stones it weighs though.
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My 991.2 TTs is two fingers w/PDCC. Not sure how many stones it weighs though.
Ahh...the two finger rule...
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Originally Posted by .2PDK
Ahh...the two finger rule...
according to wirf928, these are standards we measure by
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Originally Posted by pfbz
You've seen @Beezupra 's thread on how he repaired his split spoiler?

https://rennlist.com/forums/991-turb...l#post17533147

I was just out with him this weekend, but didn't ask or notice how his fix was holding up. Might at least arrest the splits development (no pun intended? )


I probably have one of the higher mileage 991 Turbos around here... ~63K, and definitely used as intended. Plenty of scuffs on the lower lip areas, but thankfully zero splits.

Damn, probably shouldn't have said that, now I'm doomed...
I will be doing that at some point in the near future.
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