JPP

I don't know if I want you peeking under my cab ...

Well ... I have the invoice/receipt for the suspension install that was done at Fordahl Motorsports in Seattle in '08. It shows p/n's 965.343.531.01.504 M030 front springs and 993.333.531.11.504 M030 rear springs which matches your list, plus M030 Monroe Dampers front and rear. I think those are the factory Monroe's, right? They wouldn't be adjustable, would they?

FD Motorsports

nope, they wouldn't if they are factory shocks
I still want to see for myself.
ROW height is ROW height and it is determined by the spring when the rear shocks are not adjustable (though they can be shimmed up)

JPP

... You're such an engineer. Suspicious, jaded, incorrigible ..

MrBonus

Question about M030 - Does it require a special set of drop links for the sway bars do align properly?

JPP

I guess we'll answer that one today (after Mark peeks under my cab!! )

MarkD

uh.... well... hmmm. guilty

Drop link requirements are really driven by the rear shock choice and ride height... that is the short answer.
Long answer is very long but revolves around the sway bar being positioned above or below the toe arm.

Just try and stop me!
Can't wait to see this car

MrBonus

I appreciate the response. With the M030 ROW springs and Koni Yellows, I imagine the sway bar end likes will be above the toe arm as it should be above RS ride height.

Rinty

My apologies for the delay in posting this. I took the car out on Highway 1A, the old road between Banff and Calgary.

The ride has a very nice, compliant, feel to it, hard to describe, and is very controlled, even on rough surfaces during brisk cornering. Cornering is much improved from before, which was with stock NA springs and Monroes. On smooth surfaces the car feels very planted. The shocks do adjust to smooth and rough road surfaces. Finally, the car feels noticeably lower, which I really like.

It's been a few months since the instal, but every time I go out in the car, it still feels different; I'm really impressed with what Koni has done with these.

Here's some pics of when the stuff arrived:

"Hey Shiloh, he didn't get PSS 10s"



"These look pretty cool, though..."



And the installed items:



Finally, thanks to Jason at Paragon, for all the help.

JPP

Thanks for the feedback, these are still looking really interesting to me. Mark looked at my cab's struts yesterday and verified they are factory Monroes with no adjustment and also that my car does sit quite a bit lower than the coupe that they installed the FSD's and M033's on. Can you post pictures of your cars before and after ride height? We're still not sure why my car is so much lower.

MarkD

That should be the case depending on how far above RS height you go

Martin S.

I don't see any threading on the rear shock body.

Martin S.

I used stock drop links for my M030 RoW set up...connected to M030 22mm front sways, and 21mm 993 Turbo (Euro) rear sways.

This is a sweet set up, and cheap too. I only took it off when I had the chance to get a used set of PSS9s.

Now I use the PSS9s, TRG sway bars and Tarrett drop links...this is a pretty good set up too.

MrBonus

The Konis do not appear to be height adjustable.

Thanks, Martin.

MarkD

no, they are not.
If you said you were specifically asking about FSDs, I missed it. I answered generally

MrBonus

I'm actually looking to get the Koni Yellows, not the FSDs. I wish I could find more (or any) information on them for the 993.