PSS9 help
08-12-2016, 06:52 PM
#1
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
PSS9 help
My 996 has PSS9s on it from a previous owner. The car is lowered nicely, but I would like a firmer setting on the shocks and perhaps even stiffer springs. I had JIC Cross on my previous 993, and loved them as the car seemed much more controlled.
My questions are:
1) Exactly where is the adjuster for the shock, and which direction is it rotated to stiffen and soften? (I've found very mixed answers in my search)
2) Are stiffer springs available for PSS9, or am I looking at a completely new set of coil overs for a more controlled ride?
I've searched quite a bit online, and haven't found the answers, hoping someone knows for certain.
My questions are:
1) Exactly where is the adjuster for the shock, and which direction is it rotated to stiffen and soften? (I've found very mixed answers in my search)
2) Are stiffer springs available for PSS9, or am I looking at a completely new set of coil overs for a more controlled ride?
I've searched quite a bit online, and haven't found the answers, hoping someone knows for certain.
08-12-2016, 10:14 PM
#3
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
I did find the adjusters on the bottoms of the front struts, but will need to get it up on stands to read the markings. Still unsure about the rears.
08-13-2016, 12:08 AM
#4
I purchased a set of PSS9's from a fellow lister that came with a firmer set of springs, supposedly 15% or so (they were on his car when he bought it, that's the info he had from the prior owner).
Anyway, they are at my inlaws in CA waiting for me to get them at Thanksgiving or Xmas, whatever SWMBO decides... I've been toying with what to do with them and I think my preference would be to have them with stock springs instead of these stiffer ones.
The first thing I need to do when I get them is to try to figure out exactly what springs or stiffness are on there but I may be up for a swap (of the springs I mean, not the whole assembly as I don't know much about the history of them or yours for that matter and will probably have them rebuilt eventually). The only hitch is the timing as I won't have them in hand for a few months. In any case it does appear that there are stiffer springs available, mine are kind of a pale green color, haven't looked around much more yet.
Anyway, they are at my inlaws in CA waiting for me to get them at Thanksgiving or Xmas, whatever SWMBO decides... I've been toying with what to do with them and I think my preference would be to have them with stock springs instead of these stiffer ones.
The first thing I need to do when I get them is to try to figure out exactly what springs or stiffness are on there but I may be up for a swap (of the springs I mean, not the whole assembly as I don't know much about the history of them or yours for that matter and will probably have them rebuilt eventually). The only hitch is the timing as I won't have them in hand for a few months. In any case it does appear that there are stiffer springs available, mine are kind of a pale green color, haven't looked around much more yet.
08-13-2016, 12:32 AM
#5
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
I purchased a set of PSS9's from a fellow lister that came with a firmer set of springs, supposedly 15% or so (they were on his car when he bought it, that's the info he had from the prior owner).
Anyway, they are at my inlaws in CA waiting for me to get them at Thanksgiving or Xmas, whatever SWMBO decides... I've been toying with what to do with them and I think my preference would be to have them with stock springs instead of these stiffer ones.
The first thing I need to do when I get them is to try to figure out exactly what springs or stiffness are on there but I may be up for a swap (of the springs I mean, not the whole assembly as I don't know much about the history of them or yours for that matter and will probably have them rebuilt eventually). The only hitch is the timing as I won't have them in hand for a few months. In any case it does appear that there are stiffer springs available, mine are kind of a pale green color, haven't looked around much more yet.
Anyway, they are at my inlaws in CA waiting for me to get them at Thanksgiving or Xmas, whatever SWMBO decides... I've been toying with what to do with them and I think my preference would be to have them with stock springs instead of these stiffer ones.
The first thing I need to do when I get them is to try to figure out exactly what springs or stiffness are on there but I may be up for a swap (of the springs I mean, not the whole assembly as I don't know much about the history of them or yours for that matter and will probably have them rebuilt eventually). The only hitch is the timing as I won't have them in hand for a few months. In any case it does appear that there are stiffer springs available, mine are kind of a pale green color, haven't looked around much more yet.