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IMO the new ride height is a great compromise between the Porsche look and real-world driveability. Everything else looks good underneath. After all, it's got less than 44k miles on it.
One correction...it DOESN'T have Turbo tie-rods. Oh...and it still drives nicely, in fact better. It was out of alignment previously.
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it looks, ride height, much better now. Enjoy it Dave.
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Thanks so much.
It's 80 degrees today in North Texas...got a special request from my youngest daughter to pick her up in "Ruby." Glad she's getting some road miles ![]()
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Pilot Dave what is the finished ride height you ended up with ? 25"
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If your shocks are bad, the car handles badly, skips over bumps and bounces...lowered or not.
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Thanks again, everyone.
Resultant ride height, 25 1/4"
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Ride height shouldn't be taken (seriously) if at the fender. There's just too many variables there. The ride height needs to be measured off of a lower suspension point for it to be truly accurate.
I highly recommend Turbo tie rods. The slop in the stock SC is enough to cause strange feedback in your steering, which isn't what you want. ![]() Car looks great btw.
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Saucy,
I am not sure if you can't read what I wrote or if I didn't explain my thought clear enough. Dave was asking about lowering his car, then do alignment. I reminded him to check on his shocks (10 mins max?) because many of our shocks are bad since our cars are old. Also, he's new to 911. In case that his shocks are bad, but he didn't pay attention to them, he will have to replace them soon in the future. If this is the case, he might need to redo the ride height, and will need to redo the alignment. Does this sounds legitimate to you?
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The steering does feel just a tad sloppy/loose...I was wondering how to approach that problem. Turbo tie-rods will tighten her up and feel totally direct?
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Dave,
People talked about the steering column plastic/metal bearings all over the place. This is one javadog talked about the OEM bearings Steering wheel bearings revisited
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