wayne325

Jeff,

I think this qualifies for the "post of the year" award...

Hey a nit and a question....
The nit is... the rear setup is posted twice.

The question:
"If additional lowering/raising is desired, it is helpful to know that for each 1mm adjustment on the shock results in about a 2mm adjustment in fender height."
Why is this - I don't get it. My understanding is...
The collar on the shock is adjustable up and down - this is obvious in the photos.
The lower spring perch rests on the locking collars.
The spring rests directly on the lower spring perch.
The upper perch compresses the spring a bit when it is torqued.
The weight of the car rests on the upper perch and the car is bolted to the upper perch.
So..... Lowering the collar 1 mm will lower the car 1 mm.
No ????

cabrio993

WOW!! What a great writeup Jeff.

Thanks for including the sway bar section. I'll come in handy when I do my sways.

jnx

Great write up!

AOW162435

Wayne,
I think the lowering/raising ratio is a simple by-product of the suspension design. Think lever. The A-arm pivots in one place and the strut is mounted between the inner pivot point and the hub.

The flipside would be a traditional solid axle setup found on a standard pickup. Shim the leaf spring pack, or add a coil spacer, and the truck will be lifted an amount equal to the shim/spacer. No actual lever action here.

Andreas

wayne325

Andreas,

Gotcha..... The amount of extra lowering is the ratio of: (distance between the inner pivot point
to the hub) : (distance between inner pivot point to the shock attachment point) times the amount
that you turn down the locking collars. Jeff is saying the ratio is around 2 or so. Thanks.

W.

Father of 3

Great write up. Great pics, very detailed. Thanks especially for listing the tools required to do the job. BTW, where did you get the hazet sockets?

shafo

Wow! Nice write-up.

chris walrod

Great write-up, including torque specs and tools required!! Great stuff and certainly a future reference for many years to come.

Thanks for taking the time to document and assemble this suspension installation manual. This should have a Porsche part number on it

JasonAndreas

planeguy67

Wow, Jeff, the DIY is beautiful!!!

How do you mix text and images??? When I did my SAI flush post (https://rennlist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=258460), the text came first followed by all the images run together. It still works, but not what I had in mind when I put it together.

Again, nice job.

InTheAir

Corrected. Thanks.

Rennlist forum software did not like me very much as I was posting this thread. It took a LONG time to show up between the time I hit the Submit button and the time it was displayed. It must have uploaded but not displayed for me, thus prompting me to reupload again.

I've deleted the duplicate post. Sooooo, look everyone, the amount of work to do just drop by about 1/4.

InTheAir

PG -

It might be hard to notice, but I am actually hosting the photos from a different website (my own website) and simply displaying them here using the <img> tags. You might also notice that if you click on any of the pictures above, you will be taken to the larger version on my site.

That being said, you can achieve the same effect by becoming a Rennlist member and uploading your pictures to the free gallery. You can then link to them from your gallery into your posts, me thinks (I've never tried it).

P.S. Are you a pilot?

InTheAir

I didn't intend to upload it until today. Considering how much the forum software baulks at me when I try to edit that first post, I'll leave it.

dhicks

That has to be the best DIY thread I have ever read....it makes everything look straight forward and easy to follow....very impressive.....I will now be prepared to do this on my car if my bonus allows me to go to PSS9's....Thank you

Flying Finn

Awesome write-up Jeff!

Thank you for taking the time to write it down, take the photos etc.