voodoo

Hey Fellas,

I picked up this 2006 997s a couple weeks go and couldn't be happier. It's everything I thought it would be!

You don't get a pic of the car on the ground because the wheels were dreadful. New wheels/tires arrive in a week or so.



She came with a set of BC coilovers and the driving experience just didn't do it for me. For now I'm going back to the factory shocks with a basic Eibach Pro-Kit



We deal with SPC quite often, and I have used their product personally for 20 years, so I am giving their coffin arms a go. First impression is for the price they are fantastic!




I will be also be adding a set of the new EIbach 997 adjustable sway bars. No photo right now as they are literally on our powder coating line (I work for Eibach).

More pics to come....

bhvrdr

Do the 997 Eibach swaybars require aftermarket end links or are they cool to run with the stock ones? This would be for a 997S coupe. Thanks,

Mike

linderpat

Sweet! Congrats on the purchase, and keep the pics coming. Beautiful car. what's the interior look like?

DesmoSD

Awesome Ryan! Can't wait to see the build. How crazy is that, we both found white 997 within a couple of weeks of each other.

voodoo

Eibach 997 bars specs:

Front – 26mm, 2-way adjustable and solid. Rates are 412/470lbs.

Rear – 25mm, 3-way adjustable and tubular. Rates are 368/401/426lbs.

Stock:

Front - 22mm, non-adjustable and solid. Rate is 305lbs

Rear – 20mm, non-adjustable and solid. Rate is 246lbs.

TheBruce

Sweet ride voodoo. Let me know how the sway bars turn out.

I installed Eibachs a few months ago and they look and perform great. A DIY writeup here if it helps: https://rennlist.com/forums/997-foru...r-997-1-a.html

Side note for your engineers: the rear wheel gap is absolutely perfect with Eibachs and 15mm spacers. However I find the front wheel gap to not be as symmetric. The front wheels look a little tucked in under the fender whereas the rears are perfectly flush and symmetric. Thats my only minor complaint. I have 7mm spacers in the front and swapping to 15mm may help.

Appraiser

Ryan, looks great. Let's go out for a cruise sometime soon - I've been hot to trot about the pro-kit for a while now.

voodoo

I will definitely mention in. This sort of thing is tough now that the 997's are a little older and quite a few will have aftermarket wheels with different widths/offsets.

I'm in.

911URGE

Looking sharp voodoo. Following this thread to see how the suspension refresh goes.

devioustrap

I'm curious, what did you not like about the BC coilovers?

I have a stock setup now with H&R springs and thinking of going with the BC kit. My stock shocks are done and it's cheaper to go all coilovers than replace with stock.

voodoo

I think the rates they chose are a little off and I couldn't feel much of a difference playing the clicker on the shocks. I'd guess they ramp up from full soft (which wasn't very soft) to overly stiff within a couple clicks. I have to give these back to the previous owner of the car, but if time permits I might try to throw them on our shock dyno.

I have a set of Bilstein B16's on order now which will be an interesting comparison.

Ryan

BIG smoke

Voodoo - working for Eiback. Does that mean your idea of "STOCK", is your candy store at the end of your hall?
I would call that your inventory, or in stock.

voodoo

sober_owl

what are the effects on going front and rear sways vs just the rear...since most cars are lacking a bigger bar in the rear?

Tj40

Group buy?? Staff discount , :-) cough, cough... :-)

Somebody had to ask.... welcome to the 997 group!!