I was at my local gas station who does repairs and he looked at my Spyder today to see if could lower it. He suggested a Porsche repair place a mile or so away, Bauer Porsche.
The owner Chris looked at the Spyder and his first words were "this will be easy". The plan is to begin at 1.25 inches and then see if there is room to go up to 1.75 inches. I asked him about others feeling the car was initally less stiff (I want mine stiffer) and he said that is common, however he said once lowered, I would be using the tighter coils of the Progressive rate spring, so, it should be a stiffer ride in the end.
He will be doing an alignment during the 1.25 lowering and again if he goes even lower.
If anyone is interested, I will keep you posted, the car is due to be ready today at 5pm!, Can't wait!......As I have said before, aside from the clutch life, service etc.....the handling has been my biggest complaint of this car. My other 2 cars can outhandled the Spyder at the moment.
It was also refreshing not feel like I was getting screwed on costs, I still have the vivid memory of dealing with Vince at SVFM, when I was finally able to speak to him after I left 3 messages for him, he goes and quotes me $1700 to lower my car. All he could say was, "it is a lot of work, it is a lot of work".obviously speaking out of his ass. ....My tab today is going to be $400, from a Porsche shop whose family has a racing history and appear to know what they are doing.
The owner Chris looked at the Spyder and his first words were "this will be easy". The plan is to begin at 1.25 inches and then see if there is room to go up to 1.75 inches. I asked him about others feeling the car was initally less stiff (I want mine stiffer) and he said that is common, however he said once lowered, I would be using the tighter coils of the Progressive rate spring, so, it should be a stiffer ride in the end.
He will be doing an alignment during the 1.25 lowering and again if he goes even lower.
If anyone is interested, I will keep you posted, the car is due to be ready today at 5pm!, Can't wait!......As I have said before, aside from the clutch life, service etc.....the handling has been my biggest complaint of this car. My other 2 cars can outhandled the Spyder at the moment.
It was also refreshing not feel like I was getting screwed on costs, I still have the vivid memory of dealing with Vince at SVFM, when I was finally able to speak to him after I left 3 messages for him, he goes and quotes me $1700 to lower my car. All he could say was, "it is a lot of work, it is a lot of work".obviously speaking out of his ass. ....My tab today is going to be $400, from a Porsche shop whose family has a racing history and appear to know what they are doing.