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Originally Posted by Brad Roberts

can you help me better understand the monoball uppers you posted pics of?

Are these FLAT plates that mount to the stock shock mount for the Boxster?

these replace the factory round strut top mounts. they are indeed flat monoball plates.

Originally Posted by Brad Roberts

I'm HIGHLY concerned you are running flat plates in the rear of your car.. as this can cause the shocks to BOTTOM out. The Boxster mount is XX inches taller than any flat plate mount we have. We tried the flat monoball plates from the 996's in 2000 or so.. and had to RAISE the ride height to keep the shock from bottoming out INSIDE the tube.


I know you have the super whammy shocks that adjust ride height independant of the spring perch (from what I gather) so maybe the flat plate works well??

the application for the boxster does NOT use a setup w/ ride height adjustable independant of the perches (i was mistaken); most of their applications allow independant adjustment, but not for the boxster.

i'll have to take a pic friday when i put my street pads back in; KSport chose a very short shock body for the rear to deal with the problem you're talking about. the shock body is actually matched to the monoball plate, so it works well. at a fairly racey ride height, the shock still has a few inches of compression travel. additionally, these dampers have internal and external bump stops (although i don't ever really hit them).