Hi all,

I just wanted to share a picture of some of the parts I just received from Vivid Racing. I ordered the 996 Turbo Suspension package which included:

1. JIC Cross Coilover suspension
2. Agency Power Adjustable Rear Control Arms
3. Agency Power Rear Sway bar links
4. H&R 24mm rear adjustable sway bar





As you can see from the picture, the build quality and precision of these parts are apparant. Check out those camber plates! I had these installed by Doc's Grrrage in Lexington, SC and had it aligned and corner balanced by the good folks at Autometrics in Charleston, SC. They were impressed with the build quality as well.

I have yet to take possession of the car, but Autometrics set it up to the same specs as their Porsche Cup Car. I also upgraded my rotors to the Porsche GT3 Cup Rotors and Pagid Yellow pads. I am running GT2 calipers on the front and stock turbo calipers and rotors on the rears.

One controversial piece of equipment in the whole package is the front droplinks. As you can see in the picture, they are not as beefy as the rest of the components. Some 6speed members have reported breaking their front droplinks.

Dan from Vivid Racing has been very helpful during this whole process. He has reassured me that none of his customers, inlcuding himself, have had these droplinks break. Nonetheless, in 30 days, he will have available to me some new heavier duty droplinks to replace the ones above.

Thus, apparantly the fly in the ointment has finally been extracted. I can't wait for my next track day. The folks at Autometrics assured me with the new suspension and brakes, the car will perform like a whole new beast.

I will keep you guys posted!

 

Wow! Looks great. Let us know how you like it once you get it back.

 

Looks great! Congrats...

 

curious, what kind of dollars we talking about; please pm

 

Is this the 8/12 setup? If it is, I have this exact setup and I'm very happy with it. Dan also helped me with this setup. It was a huge improvement on the track than the stock suspension. As for the front drop link issue well , I haven't had that but I'd be interested to see what he has for you. I think you'll be happy with it.

 

awesome. i have a similar set up and love it

 

Have the same "Vivid setup" and it's being installed as I write...

 

Impressive.

 

Hmmm....seems like quite a few people have this set up and are generally satisfied.

Yes, it is the 8kg/12kg set up.

For those of you who have this set up: What is the quality of driving it on the street? The people at Autometrics warned me that it might be a little bit "twitchy" on the street, but will perform awesome on the track.

I'm not exactly sure what "twitchy" means in this case , however, they cautioned me to "get used to the new feel" of my car.

 

For the street I have the settings 14 from full stiff front and the rear and rear sway set in the middle. On the track I have it set at 5 from full stiff, fronts and 7 in the rears with the rear sway at full stiff. With that set up on the street it is pretty harsh. Just my .02.

 

You will need to get the H&R front sway also.

There are also many "other" Porsche suspension parts that are needed to make it completely right.

Robert

 

can you enlighten us?

 

Would love to know what else is "needed"???

 

very nice indeed m8, i have just bought a set of the very same jic coilovers for my 996 turbo and am looking forward to getting them on!

cheers robin.

 

I'd like to know these other items as well...