jlsmith1970
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I've been lurking on here for a while now and have enjoyed reading many threads and picking up useful tips. I wanted to contribute for a change and thought I'd share my very recent experiences relating to refreshing the suspension on my 2007 3.6 and then having the car set up by Center Gravity in Atherstone.
In terms of refresh, I chose to replace my OEM springs with one of Eibach's pro handling kits and at the same time fit some new Bilstein B4 shocks. In addition and to complete the stance I was looking for, I fitted some H&R spacers (15mm at the rear and 7mm at the front). Whilst these were fitted, we also opted to have droplinks, control arms and top mounts replaced where appropriate - fortunately some of this work had been undertaken prior to me buying the car.
Pete at CG fitted all of the this and then undertook the usual suspension tuning work that they are famous for.
Before fitting any new parts, a test drive highlighted that my suspension set up was way off which had led to the car being quite fidgety which if I'm honest I had put down to the quality of the country roads around where I live. Funnily enough, I watched a YouTube video before I booked of a car reviewing his experience of his Cayman at CG and my car was behaving in a number of similar ways.
Having got the car back and driven it for a couple of days, I'd say both the look and handling are both transformed. The suspension is very supple, despite being lowered quite a bit and is now very sure footed and feels very planted, behaving exceptionally on the country roads I previously thought was normal to be a bit frenetic. Ultimately my confidence in the car is significantly higher - something which will increase further once the roads get a little drier and the temperature warms up.
If you haven't tried Center Gravity, I couldn't recommend them highly enough. Both Chris and Mike are both incredibly engaging, encouraging me to be in the garage as much as I wanted whilst they did their work as well as clearly knowing how Porsches should behave and how to resolve the sorts of issues my car had, which was mostly down to just bad geometry set up. They were also extremely accommodating in terms of recommending a place to stay overnight, as well as dropping me off at the place I was staying.
I'll try and post some before and after pictures in case like me, someone who is thinking of going down a similar route, may find useful.
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997 Gen 1 Carrera
Sold:
968 Coupe
3.2 Carrera
964 Carrera 2
In terms of refresh, I chose to replace my OEM springs with one of Eibach's pro handling kits and at the same time fit some new Bilstein B4 shocks. In addition and to complete the stance I was looking for, I fitted some H&R spacers (15mm at the rear and 7mm at the front). Whilst these were fitted, we also opted to have droplinks, control arms and top mounts replaced where appropriate - fortunately some of this work had been undertaken prior to me buying the car.
Pete at CG fitted all of the this and then undertook the usual suspension tuning work that they are famous for.
Before fitting any new parts, a test drive highlighted that my suspension set up was way off which had led to the car being quite fidgety which if I'm honest I had put down to the quality of the country roads around where I live. Funnily enough, I watched a YouTube video before I booked of a car reviewing his experience of his Cayman at CG and my car was behaving in a number of similar ways.
Having got the car back and driven it for a couple of days, I'd say both the look and handling are both transformed. The suspension is very supple, despite being lowered quite a bit and is now very sure footed and feels very planted, behaving exceptionally on the country roads I previously thought was normal to be a bit frenetic. Ultimately my confidence in the car is significantly higher - something which will increase further once the roads get a little drier and the temperature warms up.
If you haven't tried Center Gravity, I couldn't recommend them highly enough. Both Chris and Mike are both incredibly engaging, encouraging me to be in the garage as much as I wanted whilst they did their work as well as clearly knowing how Porsches should behave and how to resolve the sorts of issues my car had, which was mostly down to just bad geometry set up. They were also extremely accommodating in terms of recommending a place to stay overnight, as well as dropping me off at the place I was staying.
I'll try and post some before and after pictures in case like me, someone who is thinking of going down a similar route, may find useful.
_________________
997 Gen 1 Carrera
Sold:
968 Coupe
3.2 Carrera
964 Carrera 2
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