Lowering Springs

[blinkwatt]

I'm about to order a set of H & R springs but have a couple of questions before I buy them;

-does bottoming the car out become a major concern?

-has anyone blown out a shock doing this?

-how does the car handle w/ H & R springs compared to the RoW 030 set up?

[stcroixdrew]

Originally Posted by blinkwatt

I'm about to order a set of H & R springs but have a couple of questions before I buy them;

-does bottoming the car out become a major concern?

-has anyone blown out a shock doing this?

-how does the car handle w/ H & R springs compared to the RoW 030 set up?

I have the H&R springs......No bottoming yet.....no shock blow outs and the ride I feel is better then stock....I cant answer the comparison to the RoW 030. The H&R's are fantastic. I have no regrets at all.

[jmatta]

+1 on the H&R sports...lowers the car nicely and improves the feel over stock without changing out shocks. I had them installed on my '02 S with about 8k miles on the clock...5k miles later, no problems at all.

[Gary in BR]

Does anyone have side views of a boxster on H&R springs??

Especially with 19s.
I am interested in how much they really lower a car, if someone with H&R could measure their car height that would be great. Measure it though the center of your wheel to the start of the wheel well.

I have coilovers on my car and am getting tired of trying to get them just right, Iam considering going back to normal shocks and lowering springs. but I am very satisfied with the look of my car, and am intrested in how low I can get with the H&R's.


Thanks

[heyjae]

Here are the measurements I took before removing mine to go w/ coilovers:

Fender to ground:
Front 24 in.
Rear 23 3/4 in.

Fender to center hub:
Front 12 in.
Rear 12 3/8 in.

This is with 245/40/18 and 275/35/18 Nitto NT01's.

[heyjae]

And the pics in my signature are of the car w/ the H&R's not the coilovers. The coilovers are actually slightly higher in the front and a little more so in the rear to get some rake and because my condo has ridiculously high speed bumps. Even my Audi A8 will bottom out if I'm not careful. I even offered to pay for them to be ground down. I think they thought I was nuts.

[Gary in BR]

Originally Posted by heyjae

Here are the measurements I took before removing mine to go w/ coilovers:

Fender to ground:
Front 24 in.
Rear 23 3/4 in.

Fender to center hub:
Front 12 in.
Rear 12 3/8 in.

This is with 245/40/18 and 275/35/18 Nitto NT01's.

Thanks for the info.

You have a nice Boxster. Have you posted pictures yet??