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Wheel spacer measurement and lowered set-up

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that sweet looking Cayman is owned by harajuka over on 6speedonline.com

Here's the thread where he announced the new wing:
(cut & past this link into your browser)
6speedonline.com/forums/boxster-cayman/247042-my-cayman-cup-car-wing.html

and a here's a link to his profile so you can PM him for specs:

(cut & past this link into your browser)
6speedonline.com/forums/member.php?u=24182

Good luck :)

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never seen any car on here done as well but knew where I had seen that exact car before.

You don't have to ask him questions, just need some basic reading comprehension.
If you followed the link I gave, you'd find he pretty well posted many details of his mods in that specific thread. Only suggested you PM him if necessary for more details than he openly posted. ;)

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those are 20" wheels

That doesn't look like a very "streetable" setup. Very little suspension travel without bottoming on the fenders. But you would have have to check with the owner.

Madmods,

I spent considerable time setting up and dialing in my suspension (with the guidance of a professional race prep tech of course) before I got it to where I wanted it. If you're looking to dramatically lower your vehicle, the only way to achieve it is by using adjustable coilovers . Also, depending on the width of the wheel that you're using, +23 maybe too aggressive of an off-sett .

I've got 7mm spacers with 10X18" rims on the rear and 285/40/18 Nitto Nt01 tires. That's about all that will fit, and yes, with the car lowered, I do have to be choosy about the roads I travel and especially the driveways I enter. The biggest issue is scraping the nose. The rough ride is a close second.
The RoW M030 kit will lower your car significantly, but it's not going to put the fenders down over the tires like that Cayman. To get that low, you will need at least coilovers and rear toe links. The toe links will keep the car from having a pigeon-toed alignment, but at that ride height, no matter what, you will get lots of negative camber. This looks nice and makes the rear end hook up very well in fast corners, but in street driving (particularly highway) the car will eat the inside edges of the rear tires.

Jonny (& "J"), did you have to go much stiffer on spring rates, to reduce travel and keep the tires out of the fenders?

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Originally Posted by madmods

Starting to look way down on the RoW M030 now :-/

Where is your car from? You probably already have the RoW suspension.

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Originally Posted by madmods

Johnny and yourself both sayin that I'll need something in the lines of PSS9 or similar with a set of adj toe links. Ok, confirmed, ouch. It is not going to be a cheap set-up then but surely worth every pennies I'm sure. I bet we need 20" to fill that fender but steering and weight could be a main concern... I plan on putting on a set of HRE p40 in the 19 incher 8.5"et47 front and 10"et50 rear. Those are sitting in the garage since April I think.

Anything else, other than someone that knows how to dial a PSS9 kit, that I need to get this thing looking as good as it did back in the late 90's?

(thanks for all your replies and hands on experience on this one guys. Much appreciated btw)

j.from - if you have pics of your set-up please shoot mate. Very curious.. and always good to have for motivation purposes!

For starters, you'll need to reduce the offset on the rears to around +40 in order to clear the adjustable perch on the PSS9's.

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I have H and R 23s on my rear wheels (18" 265) with no issues. Your eagle eye is correct; it puts the top of the wheel right at the edge of the fender. I have stock s ride height. I often wonder where the camber will take that edge with a lowered set up. I plan to go with the M030 eventually.

I can post a picture if it helps

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Originally Posted by madmods

To the risk of sounding childish (trying hard these recent years actually), I want my wheels to be sharp looking as those on the Cayman below. See where they align perfectly flush with the fenders... so clean and that's exactly what I hope to acheive with this Boxster here.

Yes lowered it will be... just waiting to figure out how to get a RoW M030 kit in Shanghai to get it down an inch. Now what if it needs to be lowered more to acheive this Cayman-style height.... will I need to cut the springs a bit or stuck and need to use the $4000 adjustable suspension kit only?

Also what happen when you bump hard... will the wheels rub on the fender itself? I bet that when you have a show-looking-car like this one... you are literally stuck on the best roads you can find and can kiss the adventure drive outs good bye?!

About spacers... is there a maximum width that you can't exceed? I plan on putting 23mm spacers on the rear which according to my eagle eyes will bring out the wheel at about the same width as those on the Cayman. Wheels are currently ET50 and I plan on adding a 23mm spacer to that. Safe?!

Many questions at once sorry! Last one is: Anyone has this sick looking style on his/her Boxster. How does it work for you... bump-wise?

http://tunerzine.com/tmp/cs_wing1.jpg

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H and R spacers; 265 18"; stock ride height

Here are some views......sorry for the delay

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Thanks for the kind words and glad I could be of some help. The wheels are my favorite Porsche ones..