Pics & Review of My Bilstein PSS10 Lowered Red Turbo by cannga

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5-9-2014

One other reason that I changed back to rubber bushing is that while the rear bushing is easy to lubricate, the front one I don't know how to get to it - I think you have to take off that bottom plastic tray and even then it might be difficult getting there (Chris is it true?). In fact I had to have my tuner Lucent change the front bushing for me. Basically I am busy with work and car is daily driver; I don't want the hassle of having to bring car to a shop to lubricate that front sway bar.

For lubricant, I've read different things so not sure (anyone correct me as needed), but I believe that while you could use either SYNTHETIC or PETROLEUM based grease for polyurethane bushing, you should use only the synthetic stuff, ie the Super Lube on ebay I quoted above, for the stock Rubber bushing,

For those new to this topic, remember that after-market suspension components are not maintenance free. This bushing is one good example, but these other links with metallic (heim) joints also have to be inspected for wear and tear - they do wear. The inspection could be every couple of years for street use, and more frequently for track obviously. A little more work but in return, car handles with aggressiveness and that's why people still do it.

Sway bar is an important part of suspension tuning, if you are curious, ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW  about sway bars is here, scroll to post #72: Pics & Review of My Bilstein PSS10 Lowered Red Turbo

5-24-2014

Question for GMG spring owners please - real question :-) for a friend who is asking me, not meant to be critical at all (I think it is among the "best" lowering springs on market):

As has been discussed a few times on this forum, some people feel (as I do) that the stock 997.1 Turbo's PASM has this Jekyll and Hyde character, Normal setting is too soft and Sport setting is too stiff/jittery. Porsche engineers as well discussed this at the time of 997.2 release; how they fixed this problem with release of 997.2 Turbo (which did feel much better). My question is, what happens to this character when you add the GMG spring?

1. Does GMG spring improve both modes? I don't know if it's possible but does Normal mode feel less mushy and Sport mode feel less stiff? 

2. What mode do you drive in most of the times when you have the GMG spring and why please?

3. On scale of 1 to 10 for stiffness, if stock Normal is 3 and stock Sport is 8, where would you rank the 2 modes with the GMG springs installed? Just want to have a general idea so a brief ranking would be very helpful. TIA