to lower or not to lower...
there is my vote!!, great answer tommyv
. For looks?????.......it already looks cool; it's a 911 for God's sake.
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It looks fine right now.
However, it will look better lowered.
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I vote lower 
with H&R Sport Springs, designed with a revised spring rate for increased driving convenience with great handling characteristics. OE Sport Springs offer a mild lowering to cleanup that "too high-rally-stock look." Stock ride comfort is retained.
Front lowering: 1.2 in
Rear lowering: 1.2 in
with H&R Sport Springs, designed with a revised spring rate for increased driving convenience with great handling characteristics. OE Sport Springs offer a mild lowering to cleanup that "too high-rally-stock look." Stock ride comfort is retained.Front lowering: 1.2 in
Rear lowering: 1.2 in
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If you want to lower it without giving up ride quality and handling, suggest KW or Bilstein coilovers. That way you get a moderately reduced ride height, typically 10~25mm, and actually improve cornering and shock absorption. Good coilovers also have varied valving for both low and high frequency bumps. I've had KW V3's on a car before and the improvement was dramatic. I didn't go crazy with the lowering either.
Lowering springs alone reduce needed suspension travel which adversely affects ride quality. Essentially they amplify the limitations of an already compromised OEM suspension.
Personally going back to what Tom wrote, I don't see the need to alter the suspension, especially just for aesthetics. These are driver's cars.
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US 911s come jacked up too high. ROW stock ride height is 10mm lower, with spasm is 20mm. To me the lower stance looks much better, and if you look at most of the factory marketing shots, the cars all have a lowered profile....
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I like mine lowered better as well. Ride is not that much harsher with the Techart springs. Another thing to consider is wheel spacers to bring your wheels out to the edge of the fenders
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working on it