Suspension de-tuning

[PaulDash]

Thanks, jakeru, for your very first post ever!

pharaohjb, thanks for the offer, but decided against changing the whole setup.

[jakeru]

You're welcome! (Your thread was enough to bring me out of lurk mode. )

I had another idea - you might also want to look into whether your springs have settled so the ride height is below factory specifications. This happened on my 986 (which originally came with the standard/non-sport US-spec spring, but I found in measuring the ride height that it has settled to now have basically the ROW M030 specification ride height!)

Too low a ride height for the spring rate could mean more crashing on the bump stops more than the designers intended. For that matter, check out whether your bump stops are still in good shape. You can do this easily without disassembling anything. My rear ones appear ok on my 110k mile 986, but the front ones are badly crumbling apart and need to be changed. These bump stops effectively become part of the spring when the suspension is under compression.

Best of luck!