gjones1735

Hi All,

I've got my 993 up on jackstands ready to pull the JIC Cross "Competition" coilovers for a re-build and I'm having trouble getting in contact with anyone at JIC Magic. I've filled out their online form as well as called and left a message. I got Bryan's e-mail at JIC from a couple guys on the 993 forum and sent a note to him as well. It's been a couple days and no response on any front. Anyone know what's up with JIC Cross / Magic these days? I was thinking about squeezing in the PCA Carolina's Region DE at VIR in November but I'd like to re-build the dampers first.

George

JPS

I heard they were going in a different direction than suspension, but didn't realize that would mean falling off the planet. Did you find them?

pantera43

I was going to pull the trigger on a set and decided to hold off. I spoke to a reputable distributor and tech shop here in the northeast and heard the same thing. They were having problems with the main distributor getting the orders correct and service. Too bad because they seemed to offer a great product for the buck. Anybody else hear anything or have similar experience?

jaholmes

I have a set on my 993 and have called them a few times for tech support. It took me a few tries to get them on the phone, usually at the start of their workday. This was a couple years back, so things may have changed. I did order the locking wrenches and some other things from them. That took a couple of tries too. If you need something ASAP...good luck.

gjones1735

Hi All,


I had a few questions about my JIC re-build at the PCA breakfast yesterday and thought I should post a follow up to this thread.

First off, JIC is now handled by Ziel in the United States and the contact information is:

JIC-Magic USA/Ziel Sports
2007 W Mission Rd.
Alhambra, CA 91803
(626) 576-0900- Tel

ATTN: Bryan Rogers


I removed the complete coilovers from the car which took me about 5 hours or so. I'm sure a professional could do it quicker. This is the first time I have removed the suspension system from the car and I wanted to make sure it was done correctly so I spent a lot of time double checking everything and taking photos as I went. I cleaned up the coilovers and packaged them for shipping. Here's a photo of the coilovers cleaned up and about to be put in the box for shipping.





Most people will remove the springs, etc from the dampers and only send in the dampers but I wanted JIC to check everything for me and then set them up for me before they shipped them back. This extra service cost me $200 and is something that you do not have to do. Shipping from VA to CA cost me $75 with UPS.

Bryan at JIC turned them around in a little over a week. I had him replace pretty much everything in the dampers as well as upgrade them to the new style pistons. This part of the service ran $700 and shipping back to me by JIC was $50. Note, I use the standard 8 and 11 springs from JIC.

For those keeping score at home we are up to $1,025.

I wanted to make this as perfect a job as possible, so after I got everything put back together ( about 6 hours plus setting ride height ), I took the car to Lufteknic in Richmond, VA to have a real Porsche suspension specialist do the final adjustments to the suspension and the final alignment. I have a heavy TRG sway bar, tower strut, and droplinks, and as good a mechanic I think I am, I believe that this part of the job needs to be done by a true professional with the correct equipment or the overall system won't work at its best. It took the shop owner, Robert, about 3 hours to get everything exactly right and the cost was $250.

So the total to re-do the JIC coilovers "as-new" for my '95 993 was $1,275. including alignment.

All I can say about the ride now is that it is really really nice. Very precise and very smooth.


Enjoy!

George

996TT_STEVO

Wish I could say the same about JIC wen I ran them years ago