lowering a 944
 

hi,i have an 88 944 lux,how do i drop it at the back?</P>


cheers.</P>

lowering a 944
 

new adjustable coilovers, check ebay... they usually only cost a hundred or so dollars for all four springs

lowering a 944
 

You can drop it at the back by the eccentric bolt on the trailing arm. Should give you about an inch or so. 944's handle alot better with the rear lowered. They were put a little high to meet US regs on bumper height.

lowering a 944
 

What they didnt tell you was that it is a big job. If you add coil overs , you have to remove the torsion bars. If you want , you can also lower by going another notch on the torsion bar itself. Either way, you need to drop the rear off of the car which is a good days work.</P>


I have done it when I added 25.5 mm turbo torsions to my 83 944. I also heard that the shock point/bracket was not designed for the extra load that a coil over set up offers.</P>


Pat Leber</P>

RE: lowering a 944
 

You could put an overweight person in the hatch area.

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did you just call me fat?

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my butt hurts cuz i lowered onto a 944

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oops, wrong forum or is that what yo was talkin bout, im really stretched out

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The rear eccentric bolts are a major PITA to mess with. Get a really good breaker bar and have fun getting it under there. Torque spec is like 300 ft-lb IIRC.

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Morbidly obese.http://img141.exs.cx/img141/6817/emotbuttertroll0nq.gif

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bet it doesn't hurt as much as tubgirls butt

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From what i understood, if you lower the car from the rear only, you would have two problems. 1) Car would handle in an oddly manner and 2) It would look silly.

A general rule is that lowering the car anything between 1"-1.5" front and rear is the max, unless you mod the suspention completely (real coils, stiffer springs/shocks, bushing etc) which is a different case.........

RE: lowering a 944
 

Cheers..mint

Two ways to lower the rear end. One is by the eccentic adjustment located on the spring plates. This method is only going to lower or raise the car a total of .75". The eccetric has around 1 inch of travel total. So the best it will lower the rear is close to 3/4". This was placed on the car for USA rear ride height standards. USA specs require a higher rear ride height. Euro is not as high so if you own a Euro 944 it may be reasonably low as is. There are 2 hex bolts one is the eccentric adjustment the other a lockdown. This is a fairly straight forward adjustment and can be done in little time/effort.

The other method is to reindex the torsion bars by moving the spring plate up or down and re aligning the splines on one end. Each bars has 2 different counts of splines one larger than the other. By pulling the spring plate off and moving it in a upward direction lowers the car. This is not a job for the average DIY'er but can be done. There are a couple of ways to reindex, from dropping the entire rear torsion carrier to reindexing while carrier is on the car. Either takes some skill and patience. I tried to keep this as basic as possible for you to get an idea however there is much to consider/know if doing the reindex. If your mechanical knowledge is beyond basics I can elaborate more later.

I hope this helps you.

Helmut

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speaking from experience?? I bet you set a new school record for receiving wedgies, dork!