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I popped off the wheels this week and it took about 15 minutes to lower each front wheel, no issues. I could only lower the front about 6-7mm due to having a suspension lifter taking up most of the travel. On the rear, I couldn't turn the adjusters without the silver threaded cylinder also turning, so it appears there's a tool I need to hold the cylinder still. I tried spring compressors (didn't need them on the front) to take tension off, but still no go. Will look for a tool to get the job done on the back and post here if I find it. Anyway, hundred miles later, no codes, can't detect any difference in handling, and shockingly I can actually visually notice the slight lowering in the front - I just wanted a little touch of lowering and I think it accomplished the job.
Really great info, thanks for sharing. I also noticed on the front there is very little thread to lower, you said this is because of the lift system? I’m curious if you find the tool to hold the rear cylinder, I’ll also do some research on that. I’m hearing one should also have the suspension recalibrated after the lowering. I was going to take it to a shop to get lowered 6mm (.25in) all around and have the car corner balanced. I think going any lower the car bottoms out too easy on the track and starts to give me that nervous feeling on city street roads. Keep us posted on what you find?
Just a thought on the rears, perhaps instead of lowering the collar, hold the collar in one place and rotate the shock itself to make the adjustment.. I dont seem to see any tools available to hold it otherwise in place other than with firm grip or perhpas a large adjustable wrench.
Little Update: I took a picture of the factory OEM height settings on my US 2024 GTB Base model with lift kit. It appears the front has very little adjustment before bottoming out, the rear there is plenty. I dont think I could get anywhere close to 6mm loweing on the front, maybe 3mm at most. Does anyone else have such a small amount of factory setting left like mine on their front suspension? Im wondering if they changed it over the different years as above he said he got about 6mm and I see others with their cars lowered even more. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I bought some additional coil-over adjustment wrenches in various sizes and had a 2nd go at lowering the rear yesterday - and failed. As you can see in the picture above there's a large "perch" and a smaller lockring below. I used 2 spring compressors to take the tension off, then used a large wrench on the perch and a smaller wrench on the bottom lock, turning in opposite directions (larger clockwise, smaller counter clockwise) and I couldn't get the lockring to budge at all. Maybe it'd be easier with teh whole assembly off the car? The front 2 coilovers turned with ease - the rear that I tried just seems flat out stuck. I didn't want to try anything else given what I've read about how easy the tiny aluminum threads are to mess up.
@jmX - My car looks the same 296 GTS. lift - my 2025 Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
