lowering the rear end

[sking]

i have billestine shocks on the rear of my 914 and i have sway braces.i want to lower the whole car.i know how to lower the front but not the back.can anyone tell me.

[JP Noonan]

If they are like my Bilsteins, raise the car by its frame. The springs should be slack but if not they are stock height springs and you may want to get lowered, higher rated springs so you don't bottom out. Anyway, once the springs are relaxed look as the body of the shock for grooves cut all the way around it. Make sure then are clean and not corroded. Then lift the spring perch plate and you'll see a grand daddy of a C-clip. Move the C-clip down, make sure it is seated completely into the groove, ,then lower the spring perch then the car. Drive it a block see if it rubs, or is still too high, and adust it again.

Very quick and easy job.

[piperpilotduane]

When you lower the car, there is still a great deal of travel with the stock springs. The aftermarket springs in 140,165, and 180LB lower the car 1 1/2 inches and also stiffen it up. This equals better handeling, less body roll, but does ride a little stiffer. Good luck!