Lowering 981 Cayman s - Page 2 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK

Hi y'all. Does anyone know if you have to reset the geometry after lowering the car. I'm having Techart 25ml lowering springs fitted. One company says you do and one says not. It seems I do after reading the other lowering article. Any Info's appreciated. Thanks Edited by Mark981cs on Wednesday 18th June 23:29

Yes always must do a geo after lowering. But you should wait for 48 hours after lowering to allow the springs to settle, otherwise you'll end up having to have it done again (which is what happened to me).

Isysman said: Yes always must do a geo after lowering. But you should wait for 48 hours after lowering to allow the springs to settle, otherwise you'll end up having to have it done again (which is what happened to me). Thanks for the advice. Now I know why my old Clio 197 never felt right after a so called expert added lowering springs

springs don't take 48 hours to settle fit springs drive round the block, get geo. would have been a great time to fit the x73 kit. Edited by mrdemon on Thursday 19th June 07:55

yes, and what all the reviews are now raving about, even though they did not in the beginning. https://www.suncoastparts.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Ses... 4 new shocks and springs and 2 new ARB seems quite cheap and will prob make your car the best car in the Porsche line up today.

mrdemon said: springs don't take 48 hours to settle fit springs drive round the block, get geo. would have been a great time to fit the x73 kit. Edited by mrdemon on Thursday 19th June 07:55 Is the x73 kit just the sports suspension option from the configarator Edited by Mark981cs on Thursday 19th June 08:58 Edited by Mark981cs on Thursday 19th June 09:00

mrdemon said: yes, and what all the reviews are now raving about, even though they did not in the beginning. https://www.suncoastparts.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Ses... 4 new shocks and springs and 2 new ARB seems quite cheap and will prob make your car the best car in the Porsche line up today. Didn't see the ss till it was too late. Spent around 15grand modding my car so far and run out of money. think I'll wait for the car to be a bit older and ready to track before I change the pasm. Edited by Mark981cs on Thursday 19th June 09:09

Mark981cs said: Didn't see the ss till it was too late. Spent around 15grand modding my car so far and run out of money. think I'll wait for the car to be a bit older and ready to track before I change the pasm. Edited by Mark981cs on Thursday 19th June 09:09 Mark, any update on the upgrades? The lowered ride is not a major problem, but I have a had a few close shaves:

mrdemon said: yes, and what all the reviews are now raving about, even though they did not in the beginning. https://www.suncoastparts.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Ses... 4 new shocks and springs and 2 new ARB seems quite cheap and will prob make your car the best car in the Porsche line up today. Biggest difference on the X73 is the rear sway bar. It's 46% stiffer than stock ! Edited by Goofnik on Sunday 6th July 21:59

redback911 said: Mark981cs said: Didn't see the ss till it was too late. Spent around 15grand modding my car so far and run out of money. think I'll wait for the car to be a bit older and ready to track before I change the pasm. Edited by Mark981cs on Thursday 19th June 09:09 Mark, any update on the upgrades? The lowered ride is not a major problem, but I have a had a few close shaves: That's how a 991 turbo with Aerokit should look like. Grumble. Grumble.

perfect kit for you and better adjustable rear toe links inc.

Carl_Docklands said: That's how a 991 turbo with Aerokit should look like. Grumble. Grumble. Went to TechArt germany last week. Had a play with their 991 Turbo car. Wow. The only thing that compares to the acceleration is an Aventador and Macca MP12C, it was brutal. TechArt piggyback system remaps to 620 BHP with 750 NM, they guarantee the engine so whats not to love. anonymous said: [redacted] Love a bit of negative camber, looks good as well. I will dig out the Tech9 geo settings for my 981 with the TechArt springs. mrdemon said: perfect kit for you and better adjustable rear toe links inc. Yum... Personally, I would love to have a kit that provides an upgrade, adjustable but retains the PASM to provide comfort to and from a track.

win win then as that all works on a PASM car ;-)

mrdemon said: win win then as that all works on a PASM car ;-) Nice, I should have investigated further when you posted. It seems the kit is $3,390 USD, and "Each set of TPC Racing Adjustable Sway Bars includes a 5-way adjustable front sway bar, a 4-way adjustable rear sway bar, and sway bar bushings for the specific application. Each hole on the sway bar represents about a 10% adjustment." I guess once fitted its worth spending time with the likes of Chris at CoG to find a good setup.

redback911 said: Are those V6 Exige wheels?

redback911 said: Nice, I should have investigated further when you posted. It seems the kit is $3,390 USD, and "Each set of TPC Racing Adjustable Sway Bars includes a 5-way adjustable front sway bar, a 4-way adjustable rear sway bar, and sway bar bushings for the specific application. Each hole on the sway bar represents about a 10% adjustment." I guess once fitted its worth spending time with the likes of Chris at CoG to find a good setup. I liked the bit where they said it's over 4 seconds faster a lap ;-)

redback911 said: Mark, any update on the upgrades? The lowered ride is not a major problem, but I have a had a few close shaves: Hi Dan. Cars done but going back on Wednesday for wheel alignment (will your geo settings help the guys doing mine?) there was a mix up and it didn't get done. Rear spoiler came lose and damaged the paint slightly so that's getting sorted also. Looks excellent with the front air outlets but still waiting for the Halifax to refund my money for the wheels so stuck with the standard 5 spoke 19s at the moment. Still have the black foil sticker to be applied to the rear. Didn't receive my car till later that Friday after you set off to nurburgring. I've had no problems with the lowering other than a couple of light scraping noises. Yours looks close to the floor on the ring. Some poor quality pics from outside Revolution Porsche in Brighouse. http://i.imgur.com/kzEMb5N.png http://i.imgur.com/7q6Y7vO.png http://i.imgur.com/J91R3iH.png http://i.imgur.com/5ROmvZD.png

Trying to decide between these wheels for mine. May just stick with the Techart ones to go with the kit. What does everyone else think? These are £3500- http://i.imgur.com/o36RFmf.png These are £6000- http://i.imgur.com/OzbuDAu.png These are £5200 + spraying- http://i.imgur.com/ACsKIZ3.png

OlberJ said: Are those V6 Exige wheels? Olber, nope. But. Wow. The V6 Exige wheels are very similar!

Mark981cs said: Hi Dan. Cars done but going back on Wednesday for wheel alignment (will your geo settings help the guys doing mine?) there was a mix up and it didn't get done. Rear spoiler came lose and damaged the paint slightly so that's getting sorted also. Looks excellent with the front air outlets but still waiting for the Halifax to refund my money for the wheels so stuck with the standard 5 spoke 19s at the moment. Still have the black foil sticker to be applied to the rear. Didn't receive my car till later that Friday after you set off to nurburgring. I've had no problems with the lowering other than a couple of light scraping noises. Yours looks close to the floor on the ring. Some poor quality pics from outside Revolution Porsche in Brighouse. http://i.imgur.com/kzEMb5N.png http://i.imgur.com/7q6Y7vO.png http://i.imgur.com/J91R3iH.png http://i.imgur.com/5ROmvZD.png Looks really great you must be pleased! They have done a really good job. We need to get both cars together. Re: Wheels... Only one option in my totally biased opinion ;-)

mrdemon said: I liked the bit where they said it's over 4 seconds faster a lap ;-) Guaranteed. ;-) Although, 4 seconds Quite impressive on the Top Gear test track, not so much on the Nordschleife.

redback911 said: Looks really great you must be pleased! They have done a really good job. We need to get both cars together. Re: Wheels... Only one option in my totally biased opinion ;-) I am mate. Trim bar for centre shaft is on now. Missing on the pics. Need to get the wheels to finish it off before getting pics together. Hoping I will be paid out from the Halifax in the next week, then it'll take around another 2 weeks for delivery of the wheels if I go with the Techart's. Photo shopped some black and red ones on to your car before mine was done to see what they looked like. Not good IMO. Think I'll go with the orange. http://i.imgur.com/rBIEiGu.png