swftiii

Thanks Randy

Ray Calvo

Don't any of you idiots read anything besides this web site? Don't you read the instructions that came with your PSS9's - something called a "Porsche 993 Mounting Instruction"? If you would, you'd see that turning the **** full clockwise is the softest direction, full counterclockwise is firmest direction.

Don't have this book? Whine to the place you bought the PSS9's from! They claim no knowledge? Do a web search and whine to Bilstein!

I haven't done a major amount of fiddling on mine, but did some trial tests before I mounted the shocks. The adjustment feel was far from perfect; I seem to remember inadvertently popping the **** off a few times on one or the other shock and the click stops were pretty mushy. One reason I haven't tried any adjustments since installation last August.

Matt Vaughan

Checked the manual -- I'm wrong. Sorry Mark!

PedroNole

Another classic post from Ray....

Rob 97 993c2

Hey Ray, have you thought about being an ambassador ?

Flying Finn

And so on the money.

That was the first post that gave you 100% sure answer to the question.

Guys, if some of you get offended by Ray's posts, lighten up, that's the way Ray is, don't take it so personally.

We don't want Ray to change.

Mark in Baltimore

No problem, Matt.

winsome

Without all these responses from you guys (particularly from Ray... :-) no bloody way I am going to experience turning that brillient designed adjustment ****..... ;-0

Jastx

I have to say, the many posts I have seen about PSS9 issues just puts me off of that product. It seems Bilstein has quality issues.

Matt Vaughan

Now I have something to blame my track times on!

winsome

I have my mechanic set the pss at 8 (was 9) at all four corners. Already 10-15% stiffer then 9?! Its just because of my sensitive butt? nose dive has also been reduce. I feel 9 was a bit soft even for street use and now its perfect. Those who experience setting 1 how much stiffer (in%) can I expected compare to 8?

By the way there is a line at the front shocks for the ****, am I correct or just dreaming?

Thanks

TheOtherEric

Why don't you just reach down and adjust everything to 1 and find out?!?! You'll find that 1 is horrible on the street. Really really uncomfortable. Everybody seems to set theirs between 4 and 8 for the street. I set mine at 7 for the street, 1 for the track. Also- you should do a search on "PSS9" and "setting" to get some more opinions.

As far as **** markings, I think they are useless. The way I do the adjustments is go to the extremes then count the clicks as you dial away.

Performance Products has a graph of the damping curves in its catalog. That's the only place I've seen any detail about the different settings.

Hope that helps.

Steve Weiner-Rennsport Systems

Skip:

A word of warning; the adjusting **** has a tiny ball and spring behind it that provides the detent for each adjustment setting and when you loosen the allen set-screw to remove the ****, the ball & spring fall out easily and can get lost.

Be very careful.

Steve Weiner-Rennsport Systems

Hi John:

LOL,..Its not really a quality issue; its the result of the overall design and the limited space in the valving stack to have that many adjustments in the small diameter of these shocks.

All this takes is some practice and learning to feel the "bumps" with your finger tips. When these shocks first showed up, I took one all apart to see how it worked and I played with the adjuster using the "Braille" method so I could feel those subtle "clicks" in the adjusting ****.

With a little practice, anyone can easily tweak these shocks without looking at the *****,....all you do is "listen" to your fingers and count the detents.

PS: I also ran them on a shock dyno to observe and measure the bump & rebound forces at each setting. There are bigger jumps between 1 & 2 and between 8 & 9. One needs to experiment to determine the best street settings for your local road conditions.

mborkow

"Hey Ray, have you thought about being an ambassador ?"

ray put the *** in ambassador...