11-09-2011, 12:31 AM
Over the past vew months I have been working through maintenence and a few upgrades on my suspension. My goal was to supplement the sport suspension but still use as my daily driver. Oh, and not to break the bank
Front: new control arm bushings (the rubber version with Sport hardness from Paragon; derlin sway bar bushings and sway bar mount brace, 225 lb Hypercoil springs, stainless brake lines, wheel bearings. Dampers are original with new bump stop and covers. Added lower brace to supplement the tower brace and replaced the old rubber upper strut mount with solid aluminum replacement from KLA. This was more due to me not wanting to spend way too much on factory original rubber/metal. I was concerned that the solid strut mount would provide too much road feel
Rear: rebuilt Koni shocks from Truechoice, stock springs, new sway bar mounts, bushings and solid drop links along with stainless brake lines and new CV joint boots.
Lowered about .75 inch, the shiny like new rear shocks are half a turn above softest, I am still working through the firmness adjustment on the front. Im lucky that the car came with the M030 sport suspension, so the sway bars and brakes are already sturdy and stout.
Initial impressions: Very good! The concern about the solid upper strut mount is not an issue- there is some additional road feel, but not noticibly more than the sport suspension. I kept the control arm and sway bar end bushing rubber so there was some ability to dampen vibration. Generally feels more precise and handling is very responsive without being at all jittery or jumpy. Feels like I am driving a new 968 off the dealerships lot.
Front: new control arm bushings (the rubber version with Sport hardness from Paragon; derlin sway bar bushings and sway bar mount brace, 225 lb Hypercoil springs, stainless brake lines, wheel bearings. Dampers are original with new bump stop and covers. Added lower brace to supplement the tower brace and replaced the old rubber upper strut mount with solid aluminum replacement from KLA. This was more due to me not wanting to spend way too much on factory original rubber/metal. I was concerned that the solid strut mount would provide too much road feel
Rear: rebuilt Koni shocks from Truechoice, stock springs, new sway bar mounts, bushings and solid drop links along with stainless brake lines and new CV joint boots.
Lowered about .75 inch, the shiny like new rear shocks are half a turn above softest, I am still working through the firmness adjustment on the front. Im lucky that the car came with the M030 sport suspension, so the sway bars and brakes are already sturdy and stout.
Initial impressions: Very good! The concern about the solid upper strut mount is not an issue- there is some additional road feel, but not noticibly more than the sport suspension. I kept the control arm and sway bar end bushing rubber so there was some ability to dampen vibration. Generally feels more precise and handling is very responsive without being at all jittery or jumpy. Feels like I am driving a new 968 off the dealerships lot.
