if you had to pick one, which would you get? buying advice

[TriGem2k]

DJ, your photoshop drop looks exactly as low as my car right now.

Would you be able to drive that in the snow?

BTW, Are you wheels always that freakin clean? I love the reflection of the Caliper off the lip!


P.S. Everything you listed is a must..........so just pick one.........you gotta start somewhere.

[mdex]

Springs.... Cosmetics are nice, but the springs will actually improve the handling a bit.

Marc

[racer_d]

Performance trumps appearance. (unless you like being a poser )

[bmx672]

Not to hijack a thread...

But, you can just do springs? When I did my Audi everyone insisted I do Shocks AND Springs...

If I can get away with just doing springs I'll drop my car this winter!

[Gary in BR]

Sure you can do just springs.
I dropped my 99 with just springs using oem struts for over 80k miles.

DROP IT!!!

[bmx672]

WOW! I'm glad I read this thread today! It's going to be dropped!!!
Heck, I even got my Bentley book this past weekend too!!!

[nola911]

I would do the springs, no doubt. it's performance and looks. You wont need the skirts after the drop.

[Perfectlap]

yes you can do just springs, although I don't think its a good move on a car with high mileage shocks.
My old mechanic refused to do it on a previous car. He knew I would not be happy with even less travel on an already low sitting car and he dreaded the idea of having to charge me to undo it.

As for the choices.

I think side skirts is by the far the best bang for the buck mod I have splurged on.
With 18" or larger wheels, side skirting really balances out the lower aspect of the car. Makes the car look bigger and wider, less roadstery if you will.
LItronics being the worst bang for the buck.
Bumperettes are nice if you can get them cheap, and if you never park your car publicly. Those rubber pegs have saved me many times.
I don't care for the difusers, makes it too busy for my taste. adding a Euro spec rear bumper seems like a better mod for $1200 or so.

[porsche986spyder]

Originally Posted by racer_d

Performance trumps appearance. (unless you like being a poser )

Oh sure, thats all fine until you bottom out your car because you mis-judged the angle of a driveway or didn't know that pothole you ran over was deeper than it appeared because it was filled with water. I'm just speaking from experience. I think our Boxsters are low enough as they come from the factory. Yes, it looks better and will help perform better, but it's just not practical for me as a daily driver. To many bad roads here in Dallas. :dance:

[jwilson95]

I say go from the bottom up like NickCats said earlier.