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Adam · 05-09-2005, 07:29 PM

Thankyou for your response Lux. I think I will get the spacers to fill out the wheel wells. 10mm seems like a good compromise between too large and too small of a change. I'm glad you said that about tire pressure...33/36 is exactly what is in mine right now. I go up to about 40 all around when I auto-x.

Brucelee · 05-10-2005, 05:55 AM

I just replaced a set of wheel bearings at my local dealer.

$615 per wheel.

Just thought I would add the cost element here.

Perfectlap · 05-10-2005, 10:33 AM

$615

be careful up front some drivers with spacers complain of "wheel wobble".
Its a tricky science getting the right off set/wheel/tire/spacer. Make sure those lug are properly torqued.

Lux · 05-10-2005, 03:18 PM

$615???

That's the dealer for you. Now go have them replace your brakes and see how much $$$ they charge.

It's much, much cheaper to do it yourself obviously. Usually wheel bearing replacements are a simple DIY, no? ...although I've never done one on a Porsche...

I have also heard of owners that have had wheel wobble issues with non-hubcentric spacers. You definitely want to be hubcentric. Not only does the hub need to be concentric with the spacer, but the spacer needs to be concentric with the wheel...thus making all 3 components concentric.

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