964 Way to high.
 

My recently aquired C2 has a gap of about 4 inchs between the front wheels and the fender lip. Most of the lowering kits I have see quote 1.5 to 2 inches for the C2's. I reckon this will still look too high. Anyone out there lowered their C2's? which springs did you use, any pictures? Cheers.

There are adjustable spring perches on these cars. You can screw these down all the way in front and about half an inch of thread showing in back to make it look reasonable. If that is still too high, get Eibachs and adjust from there.

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Tyson Schmidt
72 911 Cabriolet
92 C-2 Cabriolet

Tyson,

Can you offer a bit more information on this? Where (specifically) are these adjustments? Should this be done at home (ie, is an alignment necessary afterward)? Should the car be in the air for adjustment? Tools needed, etc. Any other details would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike 94 C2 cab

I don't think those lower perches are designed for ride-height adjustment. There is not too much range there. They are really for corner balancing.

To move them up and down you need hook spanners. You loosen the locknut and then turn the threaded perch while the spring is under load with the hook spanner. Because the threading is so fine, it's not to hard. If you have alot of road grit on the threads you might want to brush them off first with a wire brush.

To lower the car properly you should really replace the springs with lowering springs or better yet upgrade the whole suspension to H&R with true adjustable perches.

I bought a set of H&R springs and Bilstien Shocks used for $400, put'em on myself! Lowered my car about 2 inches maybe a lttle more, looks great! How ever something to think about is ride quality, my car is now quite stiff and is not a real joy to drive on the street. Aaahh but at the track its right on!

Hi There Everyone !
I have a 90 C2 that had it nose in the air higher than a prom queen when I bought it.

I looked around at all of the available options and what I came up with worked out perfect for me. I lowered my car using M030 Porsche springs and Dopke lowering perches.

These perches allow for over 2" of adjustment in height. It let me lower the nose on my car 2 1/4" and the rear 2".

I kept the OEM shocks and it rides a little nose down (my preference)but corners flat as a board. The ride is just right(again, in MY opinion)remember this IS a sports car not a Buick !

I have auto X'ed this car and it runs like it is on rails. It's capabilities are beyond me at this time, but I'm catching up ! http://www.pelicanparts.com/ultimate/biggrin.gif

I would be hard pressed to pay $2000+ for the adjustable shocks when Clay has done the magic with these perches.

Tom Sharpes
90 C2 Targa

Thanks Tom, the spring perches look along with H&R spings seem like the way to go. The dopke website has a picture of a car thats been lowered with the Dopke perches and 1" lower springs, looks awsome.

http://www.dopkedesign.com/gallery1.html

Do you know if there are any other manufactures of these types of perches out there? Cheers.

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Hi Beetos,

I got mine from a guy on the Rennlist along with the perches - all for$300 ! http://www.pelicanparts.com/ultimate/biggrin.gif
I had heard that Clay was not making then anymore - is that true ?

If it is, you might want to look on the classifieds to see if anyone has a set.

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Tom Sharpes
90 C2 Targa
http://members.rennlist.com/myc2

Do not forget to corner balance the car after you are done with playing around with ride heights. This is a must to do for anyone adjusting ride heights.

http://users.ev1.net/~davmanku/porsche/c2/964side1.jpg


Done!!! Just need to align / corner balance. Whats interesting is the way I did this. I replaced the fronts WITHOUT removing the struts or messing with any steering gear, check it out at (web site still under construction!)


http://users.ev1.net/~davmanku/porsche/c2/c2lower.html



[This message has been edited by beetos (edited 04-30-2001).]

Nice work. A similar technique can be used to replace the front strut inserts on certain 911 models with torsion bars. Just swing it out of the fender and replce the insert; instant shortcut.