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Old 03-11-2015, 02:14 PM   #14
thstone
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As Radium King mentioned, when it comes to coil overs, generally you get what you pay for.

Lower priced units may not have very good compression/damping characteristics, and/or the adjustment may not be very linear through the adjustment range, and/or the performance may degrade earlier, and/or they may not be rebuildable.

Will lower priced coil overs work? Sure, for 90% of street applications they will be fine. You don't need perfect compression and damping curves to go to the grocery store. Will they last? Hard to say how long they will last, but if you have 90K miles or more on your original shocks then you're already used to driving with worn shocks and you might be back there in less than 90,000 miles.

One advantage to PSS9's is that because they are the only specified shock for Boxster Spec cars, there is a large installed base with lots of experience in setting them up to work with the other components in the Boxster Spec suspension system (either PSS9 stock springs or Swift 450/500 lb springs and GT-3/Tarett sway bars).

The availability of this experience and knowledge can make tuning the suspension much easier than if you were to cobble together shocks, springs, sways on your own and have no idea how to set them all up to work together to get the car to handle as you expect.

But with that being said, if the objective is plain old street driving with a few canyons thrown in once in awhile, then it may not matter that much which shock you choose or how its set up - just adjust it to your comfort level and forget about the springs and sways and drive it. You will probably be quite happy.
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