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redbox986 11-17-2020 08:22 AM

How I achieved perfect wheel fitment on my 986.
 
This year, I decided it was time for my car to stop looking like a monster truck. (See before photo) https://i.imgur.com/2v8cEPy.jpg

However, I had already recently replaced the shocks with Koni units, so coilovers were out of the question. I wanted to get a set of lowering springs that fit the Konis. Lucky for me Eibach pro kit springs were made for street use on Koni shocks. I found a set in Europe, ordered and installed them. After installing them, the car sat like so:
https://i.imgur.com/x1BBKV1.jpg

It looked okay from afar, but I was not satisfied. It was too low and the wheels still suffered from the terrible, too narrow offset. There was also way too much camber in the rear. It rode much better than I had expected, however!

To fix the alignment issues, I bought demonspeed fully adjustable toe arms and had it hand aligned by an indy mechanic who focuses on Porsches.

It drove better, with slightly less camber, but the super low height and camber made it look ridiculous. I needed to raise the car up a little bit.

I ended up installing some cheap spring spacers between the strut plate and the springs themselves. There was a very small, if any, change in ride quality, but the car was now the perfect height! That means I can add my wheel spacers now! I was afraid of rubbing, but it rarely rubs, only in the rear and when hitting a large bump going much too fast. If it becomes more of a problem, I will get 15mm or 17mm spacers for the rear wheels.

Note: I also changed a few things on the front and rear of the car. :)

Final Product: Koni Struts, Eibach Springs, Spring spacers, 20mm rear spacers, 5mm front spacers.

https://i.imgur.com/WEpD474.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/ybCHYDM.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/At8qAt0.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/EnTp6PI.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/9o494af.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/sywdu9h.jpg

If you made it this far, thanks for reading, and feel free to ask any questions!

Hasbro 11-17-2020 09:38 AM

Pics no worky.

redbox986 11-17-2020 10:23 AM

Pics Fixed
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Hasbro (Post 626780)
Pics no worky.

Sorry about that! Check it out now.

maxnine11 11-17-2020 11:06 AM

Very low!
Very red!
Very NICE !!

alynch 11-17-2020 11:07 AM

Those pictures (and the car) are stunning. Well done!

jaykay 11-17-2020 01:18 PM

Perfect man........I would interested in your spring seat spacers

Where are your camber settings front and rear? I have had problems with rubbing under high speed compression and had to reduce to 20 mm. My rears are pretty much stood up though

Starter986 11-17-2020 02:37 PM

That's a Beauty.

redbox986 11-17-2020 07:59 PM

Alignment
 
Thank you all! Appreciate the love.

The rear camber is around -2 on each side. The front is around -.5 to -1. The toe is about two thousandths of a degree in. Its really well done.

Van914 11-18-2020 03:12 AM

Beautiful car and great stance

beater986 11-18-2020 03:44 AM

Holy ****************, this is the most gorgeous 986 I've ever seen. Looks like a modern day car.

Where did the headlights come from?

redbox986 11-18-2020 06:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beater986 (Post 626819)
Holy ****************, this is the most gorgeous 986 I've ever seen. Looks like a modern day car.

Where did the headlights come from?

Thank you!! I made them myself a few years ago with a retrofit kit.

BruceH 11-18-2020 06:37 AM

Thanks for the write up, beautiful :cheers:

beater986 11-18-2020 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redbox986 (Post 626823)
Thank you!! I made them myself a few years ago with a retrofit kit.

Could you be bribed to produce another set? :)

redbox986 11-19-2020 06:11 AM

Headlights
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by beater986 (Post 626855)
Could you be bribed to produce another set? :)

You wouldn't want my shoddy work. Check out 996retrofits on facebook and Instagram, he makes amazing sets and you can get the customized them how you please.

subieworx 01-19-2021 04:03 AM

What size tires?

Spyder_Man 01-19-2021 11:26 AM

Looking good! Just for clarity you're running 986 spec MY02 5 spoke wheels, right? Not the slightly wider 996 spec?

Ciao 01-19-2021 01:42 PM

Spot On! Perfect!

particlewave 01-23-2021 05:42 AM

Strange...my wheels fit perfectly, stock. :p

Sorry, just messing around. :)


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