981 Porsche Cayman S X73 Lowering Suspension DIY: It's quite complicated!
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
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Story of my life:
Start a project and end up paying someone to finish. Even with my wife heyyyyoooooo (I’m here all night folks)
Hahaha so true
You get points for integrity my man. Appreciate you mentioning the rear suspension fail up front. Other youtubers should take note! P.S. enjoy your time with your kids.
Just wanted to let you know this video helped me get the front done myself. This is by far the easiest route of all the videos out there for the front. I did use spring compressors that already had about 3” cut off of the bolts to make them shorter. Worked perfect.
So glad to hear!!!!
Exciting things...can't wait to see this beauty in track action!
Coming up in April
Love the addition of the Esco stands.
they're an added safety measure
That short throw shifter looks super cool!
It feels so good too
Nice one, x73 is a great upgrade, I have PASM so I could only try the sways but you can feel the difference. The sways aren't any bigger but they are solid rather than hollow.
I didn’t know about the hollow part. Good to know, thanks!!
great job Tommy
Thanks!
I really like the extra jack stand security!
Thanks!! Better to be safe
Great video tommy
Thanks you
what a video!!! i watched it with respect. goood skill
Thank you!!!!
Awesome job 🔥🔥
Thanks!!
@@TommyLGarage Will Kies do work on your 981?
GBass I’ll be paying him a visit soon!
Cool video 👍🏿
Thanks!
Nice man👌🏼
Thanks!!
Great video. More porsche content would be nice
Coming up!
Man!! This is so much complex than the f80 loool the sway bar was the complicated part for me. It turned out great! Waiting in the review of the springs
Coming right up!!
I installed H&R springs on my 991 Boxster S with base suspension. If you’re not tracking your car or competing this will probably be enough for spirited driving and is for me. I didn’t disconnect the Drive shafts on the rear suspension. I borrowed spring compressors from the local auto parts store with a refundable deposit and they are essential.
I removed the brake calipers and disconnected all the suspension links. I compressed the springs while the struts were on the car and was able to compress them enough to slide the top of the struts out from under the fender wells. I used masking tape and Duct tape to protect the paint around the wheel wheels.once I got the struts loose from the wheel carriers I loosened the spring compressors, replaced old springs with new and compressed the new springs on the struts then reinstalled the strut into the wheel carrier and slipped them back under the fenders and hooked everything back up being very careful to mark where the camber bolts were before I took those bolts out so lining them back up on reassembly was easy. This is a long laborious do it yourself but doable with some patience and the right basic tools. I did not need to do an alignment and neither should you. It really isn’t technically just requires patience and spare time. The fronts can be die. In a half day working slowly and steadily. The rears will take four hours each or so. It was worth it to me
To save on all the mechanics labor charge and very satisfying to have accomplished this mid. The car rides just as well as stock but looks A LOT better, much more aggressive, hunkered down and racier. The car leans less on turn in and handles a bit better to me. Well worth the effort if you have the mechanical inclination and time for only $332 on sale from Flat Six Motorsports. Worth every penny.
That's a good way to do it!
I wanted to do the shocks as well to have better combination since I do track it every once in a while
Can't wait to see how if it'll perform as good as the f80 at the track.
It will be better I’m sure
Nice work 👏 I'm still on the hunt for a 981 myself but can't find a clean S in my budget 😭 might have to go with a base model
I’ll Sell you mine end of the year :)
@@TommyLGarage oh man, you might sell it?! Surely for a GT4 I'm guessing? 😁
I think the extra power of the S matters more on the street than on the track, unless you're a well-trained driver. I rode with instructors in base Caymans (981 and 987) and they would have blown my Boxster S away with me driving.
Love them Porsche for Weekend and BMW daily 😂
That’s the plan!
Can you please share torque specs you mentioned in the video? Thanks.
Good video! What was the negative camber for the front and back? What size spacer did you get?
It came out to -2.1 front and back
12mm spacers all around
Excellent video 🤩 it kind builds in one confidence to attempt the same! My 981S Boxster has got PASM - would that make the process any different?
No - it would be the same. You'd just have to unplug the shocks - very easy. Follow the wire.
@@TommyLGarage Thanks. I shall be brave!
Great video not much out there on this X73. I finally ordered package last week but have to wait as mine is. PDK. I was wondering should I order the rear chassis brace for the stabilizer. Think I will now I believe that part is from the 718. Can’t wait to see some track action.
I say rear chassis brace would be a good addition. It feels a lot more planted
Instead of a vice, you can compress the spring with your floor jack and tighten some industrial zip ties to keep it compressed and take it out.
I love this idea !!!!
@@TommyLGarage It actually works. I did it on my Audi. You gotta get those really big zip ties though and use two of them across from each other. A bonus is that those big zip ties are reusable since they have a release button on them.
@@TommyLGarage If you want to see an interesting forum thread with pictures using zip ties, Google this - "old guy zip tie springs" and the thread from Audizine should be your first or second result. The forum member who came up with this idea is called Old Guy and he's always full of good info.
Did you consider adding front camber plates to help dial in your set up??
Nope I’m at -2 which is enough for my liking
How was your install experience for the x73 from auto coture? Is there anyone else instead you would recommend in the New Jersey area for the same install?
It was great. Bit pricey.
RSW on route 23 in butler is great.
Great work! Is this Ohlins suspension ? Or OEM Porsche x73 suspension? I see they have the OE at suncoast but wasn’t sure if this link was correct and these are ohlins!
It's OEM X73...I linked Ohlin since I couldn't find x73 online
@@TommyLGarage suncoast is selling it for $1550 I just saw last night as I want to upgrade mine
While the strut is still in the car, and you can jack the lower suspension up, and then can put two heavy duty straps around the springs (while they are compressed) and then when you release your jack the spring magically is already compressed. This is much safer than using just the spring compressors which hold on by the skin of your teeth. Just my 2 cents.
Good tip! I'll try that next.
So Just to be clear, you linked the ohlins suspension in the description, but you actually upgraded to the X73 sport Suspension kit from Porsche right?
Oh snap. Great catch. I will correct it
For future, to remove rotor screws that appear seized. Use a hand impact, looks like a large screw driver. All you do is apply left pressure to loosen and hit it with a hammer on the back while turning to the left. It's super easy.
I went ahead and ordered one. Thank you!!!!
Your welcome
And btw way if it wasn't for your vid I would have never known about the charcoal filter in my f80 m3. So thank you.
You are welcome. We are even then! Hehe
I use WD-40, stands for ‘Water Dispersion #40’
A steering force change would indicate a change in caster.
Good point
Porsche has a complex suspension system
I wouldn’t expect anything less from the over complicated German Engineering
That is so true. I found out the hard way ha ha
I was so adamant about not paying anyone to install mine that I ended up taking a whole week lol.
I wasn’t this patient hehe
What toe settings did you set it at?
Close to 0
It’s impossible to find a x73 for my cayman s pdk right now :( let me know if you known anyone selling
Will do.
Hey have you noticed any issues with 15mm spacers rubbing in the rear with x73 suspension and 20 inch Carrera s wheels? I want to do this setup, but some owners on the forums say there is some rubbing under certain load.
@@aakashshah184 not me. But I also have my camber maxed out
Thank you
Thisnis another level to diy vs f80 lol
Haha yup. So darn complicated
Exotic including BMW 2 series🤣🤣
haha
I can understand the coil overs since you don’t have PDCC but you haven’t even had this car on track yet and let’s be honest, you aren’t exactly a professional race driver, why did you find it necessary to swap out the sway bars? Was it just because you have been reading the forums and been told it will revolutionize your handling? I just want to warn you against that. I’ve got a 992 Carrera S and every Cars & Coffee or hour I browse the forums I’m told about all the ways I can tweak it. Please update us on the ride quality of the Ohlins in the softest setting.
It comes as a package so x73 from Porsche is optimized with these anti sway bars. Normally I’d keep them stock, including in my M3 when I did my suspension. But in this case I was just following what Porsche does from the factory when you order the x73 kit for your car.
And no worries - I don’t follow trends. I set them...I mean look at my BMW mud flaps! Haha