Boxster w/19" HRE 540Rs GHL Exhaust and B & B Headers
 

Hi everyone,

1998 Boxster w/ 19" HRE 540R Black Center Wheels, 235/35/19 and 275/30/19 Continental Sport Contact 2s. Stock Height. Also, GHL Exhaust and B & B Headers.

Requesting your advise on lowering car or leaving stock height. Call me crazy but I was considering lowering just the front with H & R Springs.

Best regards,

Junior

Thats what I wanted to do just lower the front with my eibac springs the rear looks fine the front sits to high a few people said not to just lower the front that it would throw it of balance I still have to install them

Lower is Better
 

Hey Guys,

I put Bilstein PSS9s and M030 sways on my 2003 S and dropped it almost 2". It still has rake from front to back. The handling quality is terrific. The M030s keep it flat as a go-Kart. If a base boxster is a 5, stock boxster S a 7, then the current package is a 9! I have adjusted the Bilstein damping to 3 on the front to dampen rebound, and left the rear at the 5 setting so that I can hook the power up past the apex.

My wife gave me the gears saying that the ride would be too harsh. But she has now been a passenger to a radical 2 lane mountain excursion and thinks that the PSS9s are a better ride than stock. (wheww)

The Boxster can give you extreme levels of performance if you want to put the right stuff on the corners. Don't stop at a set of front springs if you want to throw your bad boy around!

Hasta,
Ike

JMO But if you are gonna lower the car, do both ends. The car has a balance that, when upset can become a handfull. Ever been in a 911 when the back end lets go? well the Boxster can do the same thing if the forward rake is too much.

how much were those HREs if you don't mind me asking?

for a sports car, boxster is too jacked up.
drop that thing man all around.

Dropping the Boxster all the way.
 

This Saturday I'm going to drop Boxster all the way around. Thanks for the input. I will post pictures next week.

Boxster dropped w/H & R Spring Specs.
 

Hello everyone,

Finally dropped boxster w/ H & R Springs. It looks fantastic! My concern was I didnt want the rear to sit lower than front and considered dropping the front only. But this forum thought me otherwise. The results are as follows.

1" drop on front

1/2" drop on rear. Yes 1/2". reason: probably because the original springs (1998) were pretty "flatten" maybe. but definately happy with outcome.

The car looks great. It looks just a tiny bit lower in front (love that)

Rd400rz you might want to sell the eibachs and get H & R since we have the same views of drop.

You will love it!

I will post pictures later.

Thank you all for your input.

H&R Spring Drop w/19" HREs
 

Here is a photo with H&R Spring drop.