ble2011

My 997tt was lowered with H&R coilovers right before I bought it. I'm struggling with whether I like it or not. I love the look, but it rides so hard it gets difficult to drive. Hope you have better luck.

triplenet

you guys should spend the extra $$ and get the coil overs .... if you need PASM then Bilstein - but I have been really happy with the Ohlin R&T.... I don't need PASM ,,,

few twist of the damper and its soft for road trips ... then lock it down for a track day ...

PorscheStrong

For a street-only car, why spend thousands more?

TT Surgeon

I'd recommend Gmg lowering springs on B8s.

jordanturbo

For me it was not the cost that I found prohibitive with the coilovers, but limiting the use of the car. Being from Canada, if you want to drive your car year round you are pretty well stuck with lowering springs. the moisture, salt, and gravel wreak havoc on the adjusting sleeves. You can install them, but after a winter they may as well be springs because you have lost all adjustment. I have tried a bunch of things such as anti seize, protective sleeves etc. But up here the elements always eventually get to them

Jako

Interesting. Being from Vancouver, I didn't think of that. That said, I finally had my Eibach spring installed last week. Car looks perfectly balanced. Will drive it for a week then figure out which size spacers to order.

jordanturbo

Vancouver probably isn't as bad since you see little snow, which means not much salt or gravel. I use my car in Edmonton and Toronto. I dont drive it every day, but do occasionally take it out for a drive to go snowboarding etc. I find that taking it out, getting the sleeves coated in salt, gravel, and grime, then putting it back into a heated garage where the temperature accelerates the corrosive / oxidizing effects of the road crap on the unprotected sleeves.

JF22

IMO 911=all season car

jordanturbo

I Couldn't agree more

heliflyer

Remind me not to plan on buying a used car from Toronto!!!!

JG 996T

+ 1
Have the GMG springs. next B8. Dampers are ten years old anyway.

cstyles

I'll respectfully disagree with you here - for a car mostly road driven, a conservative drop such as Eibach, GMG or Techart paired with the TPC DSC controller on stock PASM dampers is absolutely fantastic on road and track - from my own experience and many other who have run the same setup. Some experienced track rats even prefer stock PASM + TPC DSC controller over coil overs unless you're spending $10k+ on a full track prep suspension setup.

skyak

I wish I could do this but as it is if I navigate the bottom of my driveway at greater than a snails pace I take chunks out of my aero lip. Argh.

TT Surgeon

Exactly right, but with b8s because stock units are too old. The stock suspension with tpc dsc will outperform most so called full track coil overs.
Skyak, just add the dsc to your stock suspension, done.

skyak

I have the DSC...absolutely love it...

I was referring to lowering springs, and if I was installing those I would change to B8s at the same time. But no go with driveway. I would need to get a system that has a lift...too much hassle.

What I have done is taken off my stock aero lip and replaced it with a cheaper fiberglass version for now. I can put the stock one back on when I move to my next house...