I might also add a CF hood. This will also have grills in behind the intake sections.

 

next week KW V3's and toe links. The all I will have to do is the GT3 sway bar and drop links.

 

^^^your boxster is going to look HOT!

we should have a GT3 sway bar and drop link installation party. i'm having mine done as well! hahaha!

"she's" at waides right now getting her calipers done!

 

The sway should take about 1 hr including the drop links.

 

Does that mean you got your Boxster running well again?

 

Nope not yet the SC may be blown. I will find out if I have to take it off and send it in today.

 

josh,

you've got email. it's re: estimate on sway bars. =)


i was quoted 4 hours of labor for both front and rear and the droplinks.

 

F That! For swaybars?!?!

Josh, let me know when it's time to do your suspension. I'm going to make you bust out your air tools this time!

 

That is why I purchased them originally. When I put the Eibachs on I had to have something.

 

You also mentioned selling the car in a year. If that's still the case, I say keep your money because it's not going to add a cent of value to the car if you drop 1500 on swaybars through cantrell.

However, if you have your heart set on swaybars, I think there's better options out there for SUBSTANTIALLY less.

http://www.tirerack.com/suspension/s...779&perfCode=S

The front bar is a little thinner and the rear bar is a bit thicker, which is going to make your car oversteer a bit more with the HR kit. If you buy the HR Kit, I'll help you install it.

But all in all, swaybars should be the last thing that you do as far as your suspension is concerned, springs/struts should be further up on your list.

 

they are really good about charging the same price as what you can purchase it for youself. the brand of the sway bars may just be more expensive i guess.

as far as selling the car, if i have any modifications done on it, i'll keep a lot longer. i completely agree with you that it makes no sense to put $$ in to it only to sell it.

my goal with the sway bars was to have it handle better around corners at higher speeds on the road, autoX, etc.

thanks for the info!

 

Sorry Mitchel but I think I'd put a lot more trust in Cantrell than your own opinions. He's got years of experience racing 997 Cup Cars under his belt. I'd trust his judgment on these matters more.

 

josh,

when you get yours done, i'll be really interested to hear your feedback on the mods!

 

MZ is back in town. He said he's ready to work on some local cars again. I already have him setup to work on 2 of mine.

If you need help with anything, just let him know.

 

First off, she's running different wheels and tire sizes than stock. I believe her rear tires are skinnier than her stock 255's.

When tuning your suspension with swaybars, you have to take tire sizes into account. I doubt Cantrell even bothered to ask what tires/sizes she was running on when recommending products and quoting the install.

Tire sizes play a HUGE role in tuning a cars suspension, they are usually the first step in tuning how your car handles. Second step is suspension, springs/struts or coilovers, then from there, you install adjustable swaybars to tune it to achieve your handling goals.

You may want to do suspension before tires, if you intend on changing the tire sizes you run on your car as it sucks to install a new suspension, then have fitment/rubbing issues.

Anyway, I recommend that Jody scrap even doing the swaybars for now, invest in some good tires for her stock 17's and spend the remainder on Proformance this year. She will benefit more from the driving school than the 1,500 dollar swaybars.