My friend has a 87 930 and he wants to lower the car. Any advises on where to start. Thanks!

 

Just re-index the torsion bars. It's pretty simple.

 

Wow, I thought you have to upgrade shock/springs. Thanks!

 

LOL, pre '89 911's do not have coil springs....

 

As ZLP says, the don't have coil springs unless it has been converted to a coil over system. Take it to a reputable Porsche specialist and have it lowered to the european standards and then have it corner balanced and aligned. He will notice a great improvement on corners. Assuming this is a street use car you need to caution your friend that he then needs to try to avoid taking driveways head on as it will scrape. He will need to learn to angle his approaches into and out of driveways.

 

Hey Gents,

Thanks for the feedback. Not really familiar with what re-indexing the torsion bars mean; however, I've gleaned some information from another forum that explains how to adjust the ride height on the front. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to locate any information on lowering the rear...

I'm already familiar with angling the car as I enter and exit driveways due to the car being lowered and it having a front air damn...

Peter,

As always thanks for looking out for a brutha...

Jitters

 

You're welcome, Todd! Anything to help a good friend and car lover like myself.

 

I'm ditching the torsion bars altogether and installing a set of Imagine Auto RSR coilovers. I'll post details and pics once the package arrives.

 

Please do...Interested in seeing how it turns out...

Jitters

 

The RSR coilovers are really the way to go. Pull those old sagging torsion bars out of there, and update the suspension to something a bit more modern. One of my favorite upgrades on a 930. With a good suspension in the car, they are a lot of fun to drive.

 

JD and Doc, I am interested in how it works out too. I have been considering the same thing. You can have a 930/993. Doc, how extensive is the install?

 

Sorry guys, looks like I quadruple clutched the "post reply"

 

I typically charge 8 hours for install, then you also of course need an alignment. If it is for a track car, then I recommend a corner balance as well, but for a street car there is no need to go quite that involved.

Definitely not rocket science as far as the install goes, removing the torsion bars is the hardest part as sometimes they are a little stuck after 30 years. Of course to get the ride height right, it takes a lot of put the car in the air, spin the collars up or down on the coil springs, put it down, get the suspension settled, check the height at all the corners, and repeat until you get everything even....so it is just mostly time consuming.

I should be having a car coming in later this week or next that I will be doing an install on, and I plan on doing a writeup with pictures to show the procedure.

 

Guys, thanks for quick relies.

 

Doc:
Thanks so much for the post. I will be watching for the pics etc. By the way, I have talked to Stephen several times re. my 996TT and your stage 2 kits for that. I am also interested in one of your K27S turbos for the 89. Regards.