Question for you all who have lowered your cars...

[mikes_box]

Thinking of lowering the box but had a question about it. Did you guys/gals who lowered your cars also change the shocks/struts? I don't know if I need to do so or if just changing the springs will be sufficient... Also the ride difference after the drop was it more harsh? thanks. :renntech:

[zegypt]

I had lower ROW springs (from Sunset Imports) Bilstein Sport shocks installed, and my 996 rides like new, practically doesn't roll at all, and the ride is less harsh/more comfortable than the stock shocks it replaced (of course, they were also worn out at around 70,000 miles).

Doing my research, I believe I read that you have to replace both the springs and shocks when lowering the car, but I can be wrong. If you have a lot of miles on your car, I'd replace the shocks because they do wear out over time and can make the ride of the car feel like new after replacing them.

[CJ_Boxster]

I had my Stock (never replaced) struts that came on my 1997 boxster and had 122k miles on them, so when i replaced the stock springs with Eibachs, i replaced the struts too. If your under 30,000 miles then i probably wouldnt replace the struts and only the springs. I tell yah what, Even with Eibach springs, the new struts make such a huge difference when driving over bumps & cracks on the road... Before the old struts felt like they would skip off the road imperfections, Now with the new struts and Eibach springs the car feels like it walks over the bumps & cracks instead of skipping or bouncing off them.