Good effortMos6689 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 7:56 pmYup that’s it, biting the bullet. Emailed Julian at Balance Motorsport & he sorted out a bit of discount.RedUn wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 5:25 pmInteresting, if this helps, I came from a 987 years ago, the suspension is the worst part of the Z4m by far.Mos6689 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 05, 2021 12:39 am
I wasn’t planning to lower much at all to be honest. One of the factors in deciding on the KW’s was the fact it can be set closest to stock height. My old si coupe I lowered, only on eibachs & scraped the fangs so often it just became unpleasant to drive.
I’m still really torn on whether to go for the KW’s & if it doesn’t fit without changing wheels, potentially have to sell the new wheels & tyres that I’ve just spent over £1500 on or just stick with stock & keep the wheels. I don’t completely hate the ride but it certainly leaves me wanting, especially coming from a 981. God I love & hate this car so much at the same time!
From the reading I’ve done, the change in handling & ride is night & day with the KW’s. So I’m leaning towards just biting the bullet, hope they fit & if they don’t, sacrifice the wheels. As much as I love them, if I’m going to keep this car as long as I hope to, having a better suspension setup is definitely more logical in the long run.
I decided to just go for it and see if the KWs would "fix it" if they didn't I would have sold the car as it was that annoying as standard, that was probably 8 years ago now and the zeds a keeper.
If your doing it, do the top mounts front and rear, rear trailing arm bushes and Anti Roll Bars then get it set up properly.
Sod the wheels, you need it to drive right first, you can tweak the looks after once you know your keeping it
@RedUn doing the top mounts & RTAB & ARB bushes, did you go for stock or aftermarket?
From memory it was some time ago, Rogue Engineering upside down rear mounts and RTABs they are completely silent. The front top mounts are the KWs obviously but I added the Z3 additional strengthening disc and an oem strut brace to protect the front towers. ARBs and mounts are H&R, again no additional noise