I lowered my car 2" with KW V1 Coilovers. I carefully checked the rake and are .250" higher at the rear than the front. The car handles very well. I can go a bit lower yet but I'm happy where it is now. I did a rudimentary alignment with a square and straight edge to get it in the ball park. I made my own rear dog bones as well. I have yet to install my adjustable rear sway bar. A couple of out of the ordinary things I've done. 225 and 285 width 18" tires, Sumitomo HTR-Z ll. Very good handling and the slight narrower rear decreases understeer and makes handling very neutral. No rear wing, no rear Turbo emblem.

I prefer the lowered stance much better. I could go some wheel spacers to bring the tires closer to the fender lips, but I'm OK with how it is.

 

Looks great! I love the stance, and agree that it's low enough. I might even toy with raising it quarter inch all around. Enjoy it.

What jammer is that, tucked in among your center slats?

-V

 

Looks great!!

 

Did you plug the post holes in the rear decklid?

 

Wow, looks fantastic!

 

That turned out awesome nick!

 

Thanks! Detector/diffusor is a built in K40 2000P.

 

Not yet, I made templates over a year ago. Haven't decided whether to go anodized aluminum, black molded silicone or another material. I custom fab stuff all day for other peoples vehicles in my job so I'd rather hike or ride motorcycles or something besides tinkering with my own stuff. It's amazing I put my coilovers on when I did.

 

Hey car looks great! How would you do the silicon plugs? I need some too as I have a wing that I use on the track, for DD I just run the the duck tail and really like the look.

 

I'd make a mold and cast them. I've done this sort of thing before, but I think I'd consult those that do it for a living to get some insider tips beforehand. I usually find an easier and better way by asking questions first.

 

Car looks great, now tell me more about those home made dog bones.

 

In my day job I custom build motors and fab parts for custom and race vehicles so building the dog bones was really simple. I did kind of have to start from scratch as I'd never even seen an adjustable dog bone. I've never really looked closely at a Porsche rear suspension even though I've had 996s over the last dozen years and still have a Boxster.

First I pulled a dog bone off my car. I measured it and looked at pics of commercially available ones. I started researching rod ends, jam nuts, tie rods, and bushings. I looked for sources for the components on line. Unfortunately I don't have an account with any of these suppliers so I had to pay retail prices and shipping charges. I had to buy each component from a separate supplier to get exactly what I wanted. The end result was awesome and very high quality at about 20% of buying these from a Porsche specific supplier. Without paying shipping 4X and retail for the parts, I could cut my cost 50%.

Best yet is the rigid dog bones I made without the rubber isolation sleeves are taught but not noisy. They give a firm feel that I like without being too harsh. I used very high quality high load rating Chromoly rod ends with a nylon teflon coated bushing. After a thousand or so street miles I'll pull one and check for wear.