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Your car looks great!! I even like the decal!
Have you already posted pictures of the whole car? If not please do!

 

LOL, def a mistake... drove my first 997GT2 today, great car.

 

Thanks Can. The car actually belongs to a friend of mine. Here's one pic I could find of the whole car. There will be a lot more soon, just need some time to sort and edit some of them.

 

That car is absolutely gorgeous, I adore the GT silver over all black wheels. Your friend has a very tastefully modified turbo and props for him for having a very sportive theme.

 

dubaudi, what wing is tha? Misha?

 

Thanks for the compliments, I'll forward them to the owner.

As for the wing, PM on the way, I don't want to hijack the OP's thread.

 

Ok, springs and sways installed. Will go put some miles on it now and report back my findings. Tomorrow I will post pics and alignment settings along with the review.

The drive home already proves it was money well spent. The car responds to steering inputs quicker and taking bends at speed require less correction. Stay tuned....

 

Excellent. Mine goes in for springs on Monday. Will be interested in your alignment settings.

 

Gentleman

Thanks for your compliments and comments.

I wanted to address a few common questions and shed some light on some topics.

Our WC Sport lowering springs and sway bars are fully compatible with the standard PASM damper. The spring itself has a stepless pitch design and a truly progressive rate offering you the comfort on the road during day to day use. When pushed into a corner as the spring compresses the rate goes up offering you the handling you desire.
Matched with the sway bars this is a very nice compromise for a street car that may see an occasional track day from time to time.
We have spent a considerable time working with Eibach on a solution that would allow the spring to work in standard mode and yet have enough rate to improve sport mode without overpowering the damper.

Add to that our GMG GT dog bone kit, GMG toe steer kit and GMG thrust arm bushing kit you have a car that is signifigently more responsive than stock with out transmitting road harshness into the cabin.
It can easily deliver a lap time that is quicker than a damptronic equipped vehicle.


As an FYI- H&R lowering springs have a softer rate than stock on the 997TT. Thus the reason why many of you are experiancing the "harsh" ride.

The PSS damptronic damper set has a linear spring installed onit and has a single rate, the ride quality or comfort is controlled by the damper when it is on soft of sport mode.

Ultimately it all depends on what you are truly after. Our WC spring set is certainly not the end all be all. It is however an excellent option for those of you who drive your car on the street and want the look, performance and handling without going over board with a coil over kit.

If you wish to go lower than 20mm than a coil over kit is in order for you and the damptronic is great way to go. If you are tracking the car seriously than I would recommend a Moton kit, but you need to re code the car and eliminate PASM.

If you have any further questions about our suspension components or suspensions in general please do not hesitate to contact me directly,


I hope that sheds some light on the topic.

As always thanks for the feedback and your continued support throughout the years.............

Here are few pictures of some cars with the lowering kit installed:

Our silver WC-Turbo has 20" Champions and then is later shown with 19" Dymags for refernce.














And last but not least............. The Family

 

I put a few more miles on the car last night, pretty much driving the same roads I do on my short weekend drives I am familiar with so I can draw some comparisons.

Alignment settings shown below, rear sway full hard, front full soft.

stock vs. GMG - PASM off
Floatiness is reduced considerably as is body roll. The car still rides comfortable, no harshness, but clearly more lively than before. While suspension travel is reduced with the new springs its still plenty of travel to absorb poor road surfaces, small bumps etc.

This is exactly how I wanted the Turbo to feel right out of the box and was the biggest let down for me upon purchase. Car is very responsive to steering input even in this setting which alone creates a much better feel when driving this car.

stock vs. GMG - PASM on
Not such a dramatic difference as it was with the factory setup where I felt the stock shocks were working very hard to handle the soft factory springs creating harshness and noise over everything but the smoothest of roads.

The GMG springs feel much better matched. Small bumps and poor road surfaces are handled much better with the GMG springs even in this setting. While the stock setup tended to skip around a bit now shes a bit more compliant on such roads.

Misc.
I feel alot more confident driving the car with this setup, the connection between myself and the car has been shortened. Its no GT3 but the fun factor has been increased considerably and I can easily recommend this for the daily driver as well.

Its a small 20mm drop and as the pics show easy to live with if your worried about speedbumps or driveways.

Pics

 

Excellent. Thanks for the follow up.

 

Excellent write up on the goals of various suspension options. Can you tell describe the goals of the next step up that you describe:

Or, put another way, why would I not consider doing this with the sways and springs right away?

Thanks.

 

I've gotten my GMG springs, sways, dog bones, thrust arm bushings and toe steer kit. James and Fabryce have been very helpful. I've got an appointment at FarnbarcherLoles week after next for install and realignment to GT3 specs. Will report back but based on the feedback here and in Excellence it should be a great set of mods. Heading to Calabogie for two days right after picking up the car. Psyched!

 

I have a set of new in box techart springs i never put on my car>>>save from new...PM me if interested

 

+1 what wing is that?