So I am going to try to "spruce up" my 2000 996 C2 cab (triple black) as I figure that will be much cheaper than buying a new car. Given that it is likely to crap out the minute I put any real money into it, I am am trying to keep things reasonable in terms of time and money.

First step is a new rear window (as the original one is now completely opaque and is starting to detach from the canvas). I have a place nearby that should do this for a reasonable fee (ie. less than the $960 the dealer wanted....). If I dont do this, I can't use the car in teh rain, or wash it etc.. so I have no choice here.

The next step is new wheels (probably 19" black Axis porsche penta, with hankook 235/285 tires) - currently I have the plain old stock 18s with Potenza SO2 tires. I can get the Pentas and Hankooks for not much more than a set of SO2s, so in my mind I have justified them already as my current SO2s are about done.

The car is still on the original factory suspension and it definitely needs some adjusting as I am feeling every bump in the road. So I am going to take the opportunity to lower it at the same time. What's the best way to do this, considering I am going to 19s at the same time? I am not going to be tracking the car, so I don't need ultimate performance solution, but I want it to look good and still be a reasonable car for daily driving. This is justified as a safety upgrade, since the current suspension is shot I have to do something.

Next thing will probably be some sort of aero kit, or maybe just a different spoiler - I would justify this since there are so many scratches that I need to get some paintwork done as there is no point doing the window, wheels etc if the car still looks like a 10 yr old Porsche!

thanks!

 

Lots of posts on the topic of lowering, both on 6speed and Rennlist and others.

FWIW, as a quickie reply in a nutshell, for strictly street use there are three basic options:
1). Springs and shocks (e.g. H&R springs + Bilstein Sports) 1-1.25" drop
2). Porsche RoW M030 (comes with sways too) 20mm F/10mm R drop (also X74 as factory option for lower drop 40/30mm?, harsher and pricier too)
3). Coilovers (PSS9/10 seems to be the most "streetable" setup, plus adjustable drop, others include H&R and JIC; Motons and JRZ more for track)

Guess it depends on how much you want to spend, how much you want adjustability/how low you want to go, and the ride quality you're looking for.

 

thanks - after researching each of those options it seems like the RoW MO30 is probably the way to go for me (assuming I can get one). Seems like about $1,000 plus install.

The adjustable drop from the PSS9 sounds good, but the reality is that I would likely set and forget, so why pay the extra for adjustability I won't use.

I think the 20/10 drop is going to be enough, along with the new wheels to get a new look, and stave off the desire to go buy a new car (for a while at least....)

 

If your trying to be cost concious I would definitly go with H&R springs and Bilstein Sports I just put them on my car and it rides like a brand new Porsche.

 

If you're looking to lower your car the ROW M030 may not be the ticket.
I understand it helps the handling of the car tremendously but doesn't lower the car much if at all. I've taken measurements given by folks that are running the ROW M030 and compared it to my stock car and it's exactly the same height.
The best bang for your buck right now may be the X74 set up from Carnewal (can I say that?) without the sway bars for under $2k. Very good deal because everything comes preassembled with factory parts.

 

Because you can fine tune the stance which can't be done with fixed height springs.