Blisten Coilovers - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

edevlin · 10-26-2006, 02:06 PM

I was thinking of replacing my stock suspension on my 2000 2.7L Boxster. The folks at the shop are really big on Blisten coilovers, but they are expensive. They said they retail for 2300.00 and they could get them for 1800.00. That is still too expensive for me, anyone know the best place to go for good pricing on them, thanks,

Ed

blinkwatt · 10-26-2006, 02:13 PM

Just put on the RoW 030 kit. I beleive Sunset sells the front and rear shocks/springs/sway bars kit for $921.

F.Y.I. installs for about $800-$1k plus an alignment.

Sammy · 10-26-2006, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by edevlin

I was thinking of replacing my stock suspension on my 2000 2.7L Boxster. The folks at the shop are really big on Blisten coilovers, but they are expensive. They said they retail for 2300.00 and they could get them for 1800.00. That is still too expensive for me, anyone know the best place to go for good pricing on them, thanks,

Ed

My $0.02 is if you aren't doing a lot of driving events you could easily get away with lowering springs and struts which will give you a firmer ride and lower it a little and keep the price down. In my opinion, the only advantage of the coilover design is they typically couple the spring with an adjustable strut. The adjustable strut would be nice to switch from street to track, but is a lot of $$$. The adjutable ride height seems like a waste because who really adjusts their ride height that much (other than die hard racers) and everytime you adjust it you need to have it realigned.

TriGem2k · 10-26-2006, 02:28 PM

I've seen the Bilstein PSS9 Sell for as little as $1500. I paid $1800 for mine.

Sammy is right though, if your not tracking your car you can really get away with just springs and shocks. If you want it for the ride height adjustment is pretty useless, I find it a pain in the ass to adjust. If only the had a system that can be computer adjusted from inside the car, now that would be sweet.

Look around if your really interested in the Coilovers, there are always pretty good deals out there. I definitely wouldn't pay the MSRP of 2300.

Oh and for the install Blinkwatt is right, its gonna run you close to 1k.

James

edevlin · 10-26-2006, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Sammy

My $0.02 is if you aren't doing a lot of driving events you could easily get away with lowering springs and struts which will give you a firmer ride and lower it a little and keep the price down. In my opinion, the only advantage of the coilover design is they typically couple the spring with an adjustable strut. The adjustable strut would be nice to switch from street to track, but is a lot of $$$. The adjutable ride height seems like a waste because who really adjusts their ride height that much (other than die hard racers) and everytime you adjust it you need to have it realigned.

That's good to know, I will not be tracking the car much, I just would like a little tighter suspension with out as much body roll. Speaking of rolling.... Will the Boxster ever roll over with hard corning or will its low center of gravity just let the wheels break and slide?

Ed

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Sammy · 10-26-2006, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by edevlin

That's good to know, I will not be tracking the car much, I just would like a little tighter suspension with out as much body roll. Speaking of rolling.... Will the Boxster ever roll over with hard corning or will its low center of gravity just let the wheels break and slide?

Ed

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A Boxster would be extremely difficult to roll without some really, really, really stupid driving errors or a change in driving surface. NickCats can confirm that I have a tendency to spin my car during autocrosses and never once have I ever been concerned about flipping.

TriGem2k · 10-26-2006, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Sammy

A Boxster would be extremely difficult to roll without some really, really, really stupid driving errors or a change in driving surface. NickCats can confirm that I have a tendency to spin my car during autocrosses and never once have I ever been concerned about flipping.

I've tried it doesn't work, it just spins....I even tried giving it commands like "roll over" and she just wouldnt budge.

NickCats · 10-26-2006, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Sammy

A Boxster would be extremely difficult to roll without some really, really, really stupid driving errors or a change in driving surface. NickCats can confirm that I have a tendency to spin my car during autocrosses and never once have I ever been concerned about flipping.

Amen to that, brother ! I did not think it was possible to do a 360 in a Boxster on dry land, but call me a pig's uncle if I did not witness it with my own two eyes !

One of the coolest things I've seen all year

Nick