Hey guys, I thought this was an interesting upgrade that many would be interested in. My biggest struggle with driving the RS and other GT3s is probably shared by many others: the car sits low enough that entering/exiting driveways takes a lot of time (sometimes requiring you to stop traffic or risk danger), and the front lip is so easy to destroy in the process. Regardless of your approach angle and speed, sometimes you simply have no choice but to just grit your teeth and listen to the plastic bits be sheered away. The 2010s have this option, but the 997.1s do not.
We recently installed the TechArt noselift kit on the car to remedy this problem:
Stock suspension before removal:
Here's the kit (this was actually for a 997 Turbo we did, I don't think we snapped a picture of the GT3 kit but it has yellow springs instead):
The hydraulic pump and battery tray (also from the Turbo):
Front suspension removed from one side of the car:
Switched out to the TechArt spring and hydraulic lift:
And installed on the car:
The rear suspension also includes new TechArt springs:
The hydraulic distribution block:
The steel braided lines installed under the car, inside the belly pan:
Installing the pump and battery tray:
And finally the switch is installed:
Pic from Turbo install, hence the sunroof button.
The result:
Not the best photo to demonstrate, but the difference in height at the front of the car is about 2-inches. The videos are a better demonstration:
Video showing the kit on a 997TT:
Driving the car became a whole lot more practical. When approaching a driveway, you click the button on your home link (near your dome light) and within a few seconds your car is ready to drive in with an extra 2-inches of clearance. We recently had a 750 mile road trip with a stock GT3RS and the nose lift-equipped Kermit. The random gas stations along the Mojave desert, mini-marts for snacks, hotel entrance and so-on were covered with ease on Kermit but were often a challenge with the stock car.
We also had the car hot-lapped by Cort Wagner around Willow Springs for a few hours, and he commented that it actually felt a bit stiffer and settled than the factory GT3 RS that he drives/owns. He observed no adverse effects to having the kit installed (our car is lowered slightly over factory by about 1/2").