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Suspension Upgrade to '94
Posted by AJ [Email] (more from AJ) on Wed, 21 Jan 2004 06:09:00
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There's been a few messages of late about suspension work, allignment and the like, so I thought I would give some feedback on suspension upgrade to my '94 Turbo Coupe.
Both stanchion arms on my car were trashed from wearing against the subframe. Rather than replace with '94 stanchion arms (sway bar attaches to stanchion arm), I bought an upgrade kit for US$412 (OES) that upgrades to '95-1/2+ standard (sway bar attaches to control arms with flex links similar to 900 Classic). This kit comes with 2 x control arms, 2 x stanchion arms, sway bar, all bushings and fittings. A fairly easy DIY, although you do have to drop the subframe to change out sway bar which requires an engine support.
Improvement in handling has been noticable although not dramatic (still 900 not 911!). The main benefit has been much reduced steering kick back over bumpy / uneven road surfaces. I wouldn't recommend this as an upgrade if your suspension is OK, but for any '94 or early '95 NG900's requiring a suspension overhaul for other reasons, it is a pretty cost effective way to renew many major components and improve handling at the same time.
I've now got about 2000 km on the clock since the upgrade and no problems to note w.r.t. tire wear or allignment (had allignment done at dealer after doing upgrade myself).
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