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Old 06-09-2009, 01:53 PM   #1
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Do a solid search before buying a rear bar for your car. From just my prelim looking around.. the MO30 is nothing more than a stock S rear bar..


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Old 06-09-2009, 01:54 PM   #2
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Retail on the 99634370190 GT3 bar is $408 from Porsche.


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Old 06-09-2009, 02:06 PM   #3
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As you are already finding out, there is a lot of steer manure on the internet posing as "Boxster Performance Upgrades". Take your money they will, make your car measurably faster... not so much. I appreciate your enthusiasm. Choose wisely.

If you are running 245/40/17 RE01Rs x 4 you are on very competitive tires for street stock. If you are not already outrunning all of the stock 996s and most of the stock 997s in Auto-X... it ain't the car.

With $1000 to spend to get the most real performance gains I would:
Lower the car 1", get a performance alignment, and remove 100lbs of weight. Maybe you will still have a little left over to take honey out to dinner.
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Old 06-09-2009, 02:27 PM   #4
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My favorites are the front and rear strut tower braces..
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Old 06-09-2009, 02:30 PM   #5
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My favorites are the front and rear strut tower braces..
Rear tower brace? Are you serious? I've always thought the rear would be stiff enough with the roll bar...

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No no.. they are a JOKE. The Boxster (compared to the CaymanS) has a huge STEEL bridge between the rear shock towers!!! The Cayman has nothing. In the front of a Boxster, it has two FACTORY braces in place.. and Porsche thought they were good enough for the GT3 CUP CARS!! and yet I still see people selling strut tower braces (WTF??) Most people never pull back the front plastic and SEE the damn things!! LOL They instead bolt a new shock tower brace OVER them.. LOL


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Old 06-09-2009, 03:06 PM   #7
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on my 2000 Boxster S that I use for daily driver and track days (DE), Should I go with ROW M030 or Bilstein PSS9?

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