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Okay guys, fairly new 911 owner here, 3 months. I have a 2000 C2 coupe, tiptronic with aerokit, and 18" sport design wheels. The PO put lowering springs on the car and although the car looks great it is way too low. Most shops cant drive it onto ramps to work on it. Plus, the roads I drive are being torn up by big rigs so I am very worried about tearing out the bottom end (no protection plate). At the front you can just see the top of the tire and at the rear it is about 1" below the top of the tire. I read the spring/shock report from Panorama and decided to measure my fender well arch height. These are my specs LF 25.25", LR 24.75", RF 25.75", and RR 24.875". Those values are similar to a standard GT2 in the front and about 10 mm lower than a GT2 in the rear according to the article. That is way too low for a daily driver on less than pristine roads. I got a chance to look at the suspension when I was having tires changed. Interestingly, I had to find a shop that had a drive on lift in the ground. Anyway the springs are yellow and say Eibach for Champion Motorsport. I know the car is from Champion Porsche. Okay, so I am going to change the springs and was looking at just going right back to stock. Whether it is standard (car did not come with M030) or M030 is up in the air. I have a friend with a '95 993 and he has stock suspension. When I looked at his car I thought it was sitting too high for my tastes. My understanding according to the Panorama article is that the M030 and standard suspension have the same height just that M030 is stiffer. So, I might actually consider some other aftermarket springs but want to make sure that the car will sit a little higher than it is now. I would like the wheel arch to just expose the top of the tire. So can others out there with various suspension combinations let me know where their wheel arch ended up (measured through wheel centerline with full gas tank)? I am just wondering if these Eibach springs I got were a special option and regular Eibach's would not be this low. The stiffness of the springs is "okay?" but I don't want to bottom out. All impressions are welcome. BTW, these springs will be up for sale when I take them off. Also, I am cheap and have already put money into the car so I won't be buying PSS9's or whatever >$1500 suspension kit. Thanks

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