Lowered Pics :)

[Yellow986S]

Lowered on KW V2!
These are great for DD and very comfortable with a soft dampening.
I like it stiff though, I three wheel entering my driveway

[j.fro]

Looks good...where'd the black wheels go?

[jmatta]

I hear a very loud scraping noise...

[epapp]

but how quick do your rims get dirty?

[woodsman]

I love it! And the white wheels are a nice change. BigJake111 are you lookin' at this?
Yellow did you need rear camber links? I ask because it doesn't look like you've got much neg. camber- mines an inch higher and I'm at -2.

[Kenny Boxster]

Originally Posted by woodsman

Yellow did you need rear camber links? I ask because it doesn't look like you've got much neg. camber- mines an inch higher and I'm at -2.

I have the eibach pro kit which lowers 25mm. Currently at -2.4 at the rears, but the alignment guy didn't have much experience with Porsches. Going to take it to another shop and see.

[Yellow986S]

Originally Posted by woodsman

I love it! And the white wheels are a nice change. BigJake111 are you lookin' at this?
Yellow did you need rear camber links? I ask because it doesn't look like you've got much neg. camber- mines an inch higher and I'm at -2.

No, I don't need camber links yet. I still need a proper alignment but I'm guessing around -1.5 camber in the rear. When I get the car aligned I am going to go for a little more negative camber front and rear.
Thanks for the kind words!

[BIGJake111]

Originally Posted by woodsman

I love it! And the white wheels are a nice change. BigJake111 are you lookin' at this?

Yellow did you need rear camber links? I ask because it doesn't look like you've got much neg. camber- mines an inch higher and I'm at -2.

It looks good at night! I hate how speed yellow drowns out and gets a bit green at night, particularly under fluorescents but the white rims give it a pop!

[Nine8Six]

Nice job on the coilovers, looks good

Finals have already begin.... and you have no chance to win sadly

[SpyderRS]

it´s Geoffrey´s Boxster, he´s from the UK. car has an airridde installed, this height is only possible when still standing. While drivin the car is not lower then -40mm.

[rfuerst911sc]

I'm new to Boxsters but not to Porsche's. In the 911 community a common change is setting a U.S. spec car to " euro " height. Is there such a thing as euro height in the Boxster world ? And if there is how much of a change is it ? I personally do not like the slammed look but to each his own.

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc

I'm new to Boxsters but not to Porsche's. In the 911 community a common change is setting a U.S. spec car to " euro " height. Is there such a thing as euro height in the Boxster world ? And if there is how much of a change is it ? I personally do not like the slammed look but to each his own.

I believe the difference in height between a US spec and euro (row) spec is 30mm. I could be wrong tho. Search for ROW M30 suspension kit to convert from US to ROW.

Below pic is a euro spec base boxster from Germany (RoW M30 sport). Not a dramatic difference with the US spec if you ask me.



If you are looking for a perfect balance, a true exotic stance (not 'slammed') for the Boxster 986, then coilovers and a spot-on selection of offsets/spacers are required. Search "Danger Mobile" to see a perfect example

[pothole]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

Below pic is a euro spec base boxster from Germany (RoW M30 sport). Not a dramatic difference with the US spec if you ask me.

Very hard to tell what with the massive wheels, silly offsets, sill covers and whatnot!

[SpyderRS]

Here is the normal ride height from Geoff´s Boxter...

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Originally Posted by Nine8Six

Nice job on the coilovers, looks good

Finals have already begin.... and you have no chance to win sadly

[YeloFVR]

02 Boxster S

[particlewave]

I don't know...maybe I'm nuts, but I need the curve of the tire and the curve of the wheel well to be near parallel to look good.

This "droopy eye" look is just hideous at any degree, IMO.
For those of you that like it, what's the appeal? Why lower at all? Aesthetics? Surely not a performance thing...? Just curious.

[Yellow986S]

Originally Posted by particlewave

I don't know...maybe I'm nuts, but I need the curve of the tire and the curve of the wheel well to be near parallel to look good.

This "droopy eye" look is just hideous at any degree, IMO.
For those of you that like it, what's the appeal? Why lower at all? Aesthetics? Surely not a performance thing...? Just curious.

I lowered for aesthetics and performance.
BTW just upgraded to the KW V3's. They are gorgeous, I hope to swap them out for the V2's this weekend hopefully.

Lowering your car properly with performance coilovers designed to be used at lower ride heights and with stiffer springs will bring about performance benefits like lower center of gravity and less body roll. Also you can achieve some negative camber by lowering the car. Lowering your car is completely different from slamming it to the ground where it is just useless and you lose all performance benefits of going lower. just my .02

[Yellow986S]

Got rid of the **** banner!

[woodsman]

Now that's how Porsche should have shipped them out! . I think lower offset will have the fenders lips sitting on the rims... You probably have massive toe-in -- does the car steer from the rear when hitting bumps? If so you'll need adjustable rear toe links. RSS and Top Speed ( $279) make some.

[JamesEnglish]

Yellow986

What kind/where did you find these headlamps? I recently purchased a nearly mint condition 986 yellow boxster with foggy headlamps. I want to replace with an upgrade but do not want to dish out 3500 for Litronic xenons.