Car looks great. Congrats. Consider a set of REIN mounts. May save you some money, noise and vibration.

 

I got some Rennline Tunable semi solid, very happy with them.

Any more exterior modifications in the works?

 

Great to see all the love you are giving your 996 these cars deserve it, I lived through the 1974-77 911s no one wanted look at values now, the 964 was considered totally ugly with impact bumpers look at values now, our fried egg cars are a great ride with AC that really works😀 and a nice tight vehicle. As an owner of 4 street 1999 996s, a 1999 996 race car, and a bit different 996 a 2000 Porsche SuperCup GT3 but it does have visual street 996 clues including fried egg headlights. Hang in there the more love you give the more love you get.
Rich

 

The issue with the lowered car is you can't correct camber with the rear upper control arms. Stock arms are fixed length. When the car is lowered, the stock length can't push the wheel out at the top to correct the camber. So, my stock arms limited me at -2.5 degrees rear camber. Sure, you could drive with the wheels like that, but it will burn up the inside tires pretty quickly. I just put on new 4s tires and I like going on road trips, so correcting camber was pretty important for me. From Phenix: When lowering your 996, it causes the toe and camber to change in the rear, resulting in reduction of contact patch of the tires as well as a drastic change to the thrust angle. This is unwanted and can result in the rear of the car always feeling like it is dancing around and might surprise the driver with snap over-steer at any moment. This makes for a tiresome drive as requiring the driver to continually correct the car to ensure it stays out of the bushes.
RSS: The RSS Adjustable Rear Link Kit is the proper way to correct the rear suspension geometry of lowered 996 and 997 models when necessary. Greatly improves handling and feedback by removing rubber bushing deflection. Lowered vehicles with stock links may have additional negative camber in the rear which can prematurely wear out rear tires as the factory eccentric bolts do not offer enough adjustment to properly re-align the car to desired specifications. Vehicles that have not been lowered can also benefit from these components and experience better handling and control.

RSS, Demonspeed, and Phenix all make nice dog bones, but none are cheap. They are all $650-$1000 bucks. You can see the dog bones up top. Toe links at the bottom in this picture.



Toe links are different. Ideally, both are better. The stock cam design toe links suck. One of mine was actually frozen in place and had to be replaced anyway. They were designed to increase the range available over the stock cam style tie rods to aid in correcting the thrust angle on the rear of your lowered 996. Correcting the thrust angle aids in high speed stability, better tire wear and a much easier car to drive.

RSS Ride quality is great. Way better than H&R sport springs/B6s. I liked that setup, but it was hard compared to RSS. Very compliant ride. I've been very happy with them. I considered Ohlins and PSS10, but my buddy has used RSS for a while and loves them.

Regarding engine mounts, I have the RSS mounts. Very high build quality. Also, great people to deal with. Many people here use these mounts.
624 RSS Performance Engine Mounts - RSS / Road Sport Supply

 

@GC996 I already pulled the trigger on OEM clubsport mounts from FVD. Thank you for the recc though!

 

Good luck with it. Can't go wrong with FVD Brombacher. enjoying your thread!

 

Hopefully i can find a taco wing and skirts for the full aerokit look. Otherwise I need to refinish these wheels and calipers. I keep trying to find fresh "fried egg" lights with amber reflectors but theyre incredibly hard to find. Mine have melted the inside lens and look cloudy/ruined.

 

@uscarrera Thank you for the kind words Rich, awesome cars you have there! This year was a big one for the 996 and it has risen in popularity. I think as it ages further and cars get even more disconnected they will continue to gain favorability from buyers who want a great sports car.

@diddy2003 Thanks for this write up! im going to have to go down the suspension rabbit hole. This is super helpful and a good starting point, especially sharing your own review of the H&R RSS coils. If im not lowering too much (1" max) then maybe I could get away without upgrading everything at once.

 

Been almost a month since i've updated here. Haven't been driving since I needed the motor mounts. Finally got everything installed and WOW the car feels brand new. Total night/day difference on the ride quality and overall confidence in the car.
-H&R RSS coilovers installed with new OEM strut mounts
- FVD Clubsport motor mounts
- Poly bushing transmission mount

The new clubsport motor mounts are actually very calm. If you told me they were OEM i'd believe you. No noticeable increase in NVH but the car feels much "tighter".

Some quick photos from a random NYC parking garage. The car is at the highest setting recommended by H&R in the rear, but the front may need to be raised a little. It looks slammed but rides incredibly well and doesn't rub at all. My wheel fitment is really weak but Im digging this look for now:





I put about 100 miles on the car since picking it up and I have fallen in love with the car all over again. Things are finally starting to take shape. Next I need to get this GT3 bumper installed, some nice sportback seats (or maybe recaro?) and get an exhaust since it's incredibly quiet.

 

Car looks fantastic! Look at Fister D for the exhaust, it won’t attract too much attention under 4K rpm.

 

looks great, watch out for the NYC potholes 😀
Rich

 

Hey silver996 as a fellow NYC member I’m in Staten Island
I use my 99 as much as possible you’ll have be careful with any front lip you use I’ve already smashed a few lips and had to have my bumper redone
damn streets suck *****
I have the Ohlins and actually have raised it from the gt3 to the standard x71 ride height

 

I just have such a hard time justifying $900 for something that looks/acts like my stock exhaust with a gundo. They are super high quality, idk maybe I will.

 

Nice! I'm right in Queens off the belt pkwy. Pot holes have been kind to me this week but I do agree. Might need to raise the front a little bit, especially when I put the GT3 bumper on this winter (hopefully)

 

Local muffler shop charged me ~$150 to do it.