H&R spring - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

911sc · 01-02-2005, 10:19 PM

i own a 97 boxster my question is what will be the good combination for the lowering the car i getting the 18"wheel ,will 2"drop. H&R spring will be to low to drive or should i stick with 1"with 18"wheel?any one out there have a picture ?thank's

Tool Pants · 01-02-2005, 11:13 PM

The 18" wheel on a 1997 controversity.

Brucelee · 01-03-2005, 07:20 AM

If it were me, I would do the wheels first and wait. After driving a bit, you can decide. The wheels may be sufficient to your needs.

911sc · 01-03-2005, 08:29 AM

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Originally posted by 911sc
i own a 97 boxster my question is what will be the good combination for the lowering the car i getting the 18"wheel ,will 2"drop. H&R spring will be too low to drive or should i stick with 1"with 18"wheel?any one out there have a picture ?thank's

911sc · 01-03-2005, 08:40 AM

will not that i can return and exchange the wheel ,my question is will the 97 boxster take the abuse of the 18"wheel .will the 2"spring is too low for the application or should i stay with 1"drop ?i needed to know asap ,cause i have a opportunity to buy a use set of H&R 2"drop spring ,so i have see 1"drop but never on 2"drop on boxster ,so if someone out there have those application as i mention can u kindly send me a picture of it .thank's

Brucelee · 01-03-2005, 09:07 AM

Not sure wht you mean by the abuse of a 18 wheel. Can you amplify?

jwocky · 01-03-2005, 10:23 AM

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Originally posted by 911sc
will not that i can return and exchange the wheel ,my question is will the 97 boxster take the abuse of the 18"wheel .will the 2"spring is too low for the application or should i stay with 1"drop ?i needed to know asap ,cause i have a opportunity to buy a use set of H&R 2"drop spring ,so i have see 1"drop but never on 2"drop on boxster ,so if someone out there have those application as i mention can u kindly send me a picture of it .thank's

I don't even know of any springs will that drop the car 2" (other than a full coilover). Does anyone know of any?

Lux · 01-03-2005, 04:02 PM

I believe Tool Pants is referring to Porsche not recommending running 18" wheels on '97 Boxsters. Apprently, Porsche had to reinforce/strengthen some parts in order for the Boxster to run the larger/heavier wheels(?). But then again, if you're running lighter 18's than the stock 17's then I guess that logic goes out the window.

Both H&R and Eibach have a line of springs that will drop 2". Their "normal" sets will drop about 1". As for application specific to the Boxster I don't know. I wouldn't drop 2" even if I could unless it was a specific track car that won't see much street use. Your camber is going to go way negative and unless you have camber plates to bring it back closer to "normal" spec you're going to see a fair amount of tire wear. I'll be dropping mine 1" with Eibach springs. That's as far as I'd go for street use. 2" is way too much.

911sc · 01-03-2005, 04:39 PM

thank's for the info lux i think brucelee never see the 2"drop spring before H&R29779va (F) 29779ha(R) will 2"is a lot u right ,the reason i asking is because i trying to buy one of ebay ,after talking to u guy i guese 1"will be fine with the 18"wheel

Brucelee · 01-03-2005, 06:02 PM

"But then again, if you're running lighter 18's than the stock 17's then I guess that logic goes out the window. "

I would agree with you there!

tqtran · 01-04-2005, 11:50 AM

I would say not the 2" drop. I had H&R 2" springs on mine with my 18" tech wheels and it was too low for me. I had the stocks put back in right after I saw it. You will basically have a 2" clearance on your car, not worth the scrathes.
But if you do want the 2" drop, I happen to have a set for ya

Ad Sach · 01-04-2005, 03:54 PM

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Originally posted by Brucelee
"But then again, if you're running lighter 18's than the stock 17's then I guess that logic goes out the window. "

Depends on what the logic is....

If the problem Porsche had was that 1.2Gs would rip the suspension mounts out of the car, and 17" wheels can't develop that king of lateral grip, then the Porsche "logic" might hold.

If you put 18" on a 97 don't expect Porsche to pay for any suspension damage - then again on a '97 they wouldn't be likely to pay anyway.

... so that's partly why it's controversial.

jwocky · 01-04-2005, 04:03 PM

What model year did they change the suspension to be able to handle larger than 17" wheels?

911sc · 01-04-2005, 07:40 PM

it's a 98 model they have change to handle the 18"

tdog · 01-04-2005, 10:54 PM

Well, I have 97 with 1 in drop on the 18in careera with HR springs. The car have about 24000 miles on it, and still runs like a champ. With 1 in drop should be perfect for 18in wheels, I believe the springs will settle little more than a inch after breakin. Go to show and tell section and look for my user name tdog, and you will see my artic silver boxsta.

Brucelee · 01-05-2005, 06:07 AM

"Go to show and tell section and look for my user name tdog, and you will see my artic silver boxsta."

Nice!

IceBox · 01-08-2005, 05:14 PM

A 2" drop may make the car overly 'darty', which can get really annoying with the car pitching this way and that all the time. And it can also look a little 'boy racer', but that's subjective. So long as it won't break your car, I say do whatever floats your boat!

911sc · 01-08-2005, 10:04 PM

I really appericiate all the big boy advice,i have make up my choice sweet package 18"with 1'' lower not sure which to go H&R or EIBACH?

Fletcher · 01-09-2005, 04:10 PM

SC get whichever you can get the best price on shox.com seems to have some good prices. I got a better price on eibach so I went that way. I believe both will give you more than a one inch drop after settling in (more like 1.3-1.5).