Bodge50 Posted June 11, 2019 Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 Will 7mm /15mm spacers and longer bolts off my old 987 fit on my 981 Cheers guys for any advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
718as Posted June 11, 2019 Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 What wheels do you have on at the moment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge50 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 20" on my 981 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
718as Posted June 11, 2019 Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 Thanks The 20's can be 9.5" or 10" width at the rear, and also the fronts can be 8" or 8.5" do you know what you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge50 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 Sorry not sure - Tyre width same as 987 - 235 and 265 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
718as Posted June 11, 2019 Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 Assuming they are standard 8s and 9.5s, spacers should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge50 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 Cheers 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
718as Posted June 11, 2019 Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 No worries, do share a before and after pic for others to see 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge50 Posted June 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 Will do - just need some dry weather !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
718as Posted June 11, 2019 Report Share Posted June 11, 2019 Its dry down South 🙂 All the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temporarychicken Posted June 12, 2019 Report Share Posted June 12, 2019 The ones available on Porsche shop dot co dot uk are really nice. They come with quality bolts too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxob Posted June 12, 2019 Report Share Posted June 12, 2019 1 hour ago, temporarychicken said: The ones available on Porsche shop dot co dot uk are really nice. They come with quality bolts too. My experience has been entirely different. They introduced terrible wheel wobble. Had to remove them and go with another brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temporarychicken Posted June 13, 2019 Report Share Posted June 13, 2019 Did you get the hub-centric ones? Its vital to get this type of spacer to avoid wobble. The shim-type ones in thinner sizes around 7mm will wobble. I have some 9mm hub-centric ones and they are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxob Posted June 13, 2019 Report Share Posted June 13, 2019 2 hours ago, temporarychicken said: Did you get the hub-centric ones? Its vital to get this type of spacer to avoid wobble. The shim-type ones in thinner sizes around 7mm will wobble. I have some 9mm hub-centric ones and they are great. Yes hub-centric (and 9mm) but they were not engineered to a tight enough fit to the hub i.e they moved on the hub. @Southy had the same issue from that retailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvw Posted June 13, 2019 Report Share Posted June 13, 2019 12 minutes ago, Boxob said: Yes hub-centric (and 9mm) but they were not engineered to a tight enough fit to the hub i.e they moved on the hub. @Southy had the same issue from that retailer. Same with me, I had the hub-centric 9mm from them and had to remove due to bad wheel wobble. I swapped to H&R 7mm shimms (not hub-centric) and they have been fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southy Posted June 13, 2019 Report Share Posted June 13, 2019 3 hours ago, Boxob said: Yes hub-centric (and 9mm) but they were not engineered to a tight enough fit to the hub i.e they moved on the hub. @Southy had the same issue from that retailer. Yep, I got sucked in on these, 9mm hub centric, yet wheel wobble at around 65mph, took them off tried refitting them, took them off again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
718as Posted June 13, 2019 Report Share Posted June 13, 2019 These do the job. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15MM-30MM-ALLOY-WHEEL-SPACERS-BOLTS-FOR-PORSCHE-911-996-997-991-2B10P45/361153933012?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temporarychicken Posted June 14, 2019 Report Share Posted June 14, 2019 I can confirm that the Porscheshop hub-centric 9mm spacers fit reasonably tightly to the 981 hub-faces. Technically, the 986 should have the exact same flange diameter, but there must be slight variations given that several 986 owners above haven't experienced this at all. Bear in mind that the hub-flanges are designed to be ever so slightly 'spring loaded' so you should feel a slight push as the wheel goes on as it self-centralises on the hub. Same should occur with the spacer into the wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge50 Posted July 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 UPDATE---Was unable to fit spacers till now- neighbour reversed into Boxster - claimed off his insurance through mine and car is now repaired (cost £1,660 ) Have had a couple of nice courtesy cars while work was done MSport 850i - amazing acceleration -huge car - no room for passengers in back unless ch Sport 435d Pleased to get my car back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonewolfgjp Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 10 minutes ago, Bodge50 said: UPDATE---Was unable to fit spacers till now- neighbour reversed into Boxster - claimed off his insurance through mine and car is now repaired (cost £1,660 ) Have had a couple of nice courtesy cars while work was done MSport 850i - amazing acceleration -huge car - no room for passengers in back unless children Then this one https://i.imgur.com/wWShiNW.jpg [/img]MSport 435d nice car - bit draughty with top down Glad to get my car back- Before After Am I going blind as I can’t see the damage😩 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge50 Posted July 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 Its been repaired 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonewolfgjp Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 It was the before and after bits that was confusing me😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mneil Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 Sorry to hear about this, your new car and all. Glad it's sorted, looking forward to seeing you on the next Bridgnorth outing 😃. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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