CincyScott

I know this is contrary to every piece of racecar wisdom over here, but hey, I don't race

I'm going to swap my 5 lug to Centerlocks on my 2007 Turbo. I don't track the car, have a set of wheels available to me for cheap, and really admire the look. I know the downsides, but am mechanically inclined, and don't mind.

Now that we got that out of the way, from researching all of the various options, it appears that the swap is most easily done by either finding a set from a PCCB car like mine or buying new. There are sets to buy on ebay, etc, but they all appear from iron rotor cars. Does it matter? A good RLer and I can do the swap, but he has iron rotors.

Would it make more sense to buy the kit new and have new parts (and part warranty) from Porsche, or piece it together and save a large amount of money? It's winter here in Ohio, and may well be til August of 2015 at this rate, so my car is mothballed.

Since this group probably has the most experience here, I thought I'd start in this forum. Thanks for any thoughts and if anyone has any parts lying around, I'll take them

Targa Tim

Definitely buy new.
You will never know how much track time the pre-owned setup has.
Not even worth the time to ask the seller, as he probably will say his car has never seen rain.

ngng

buy new. i will post the part #s when i get back from buttonwillow on sunday.

acf

Sounds fun. What CL wheels are you planning on putting on your turbo?

CincyScott

Thanks guys. I picked up a set of HRE 19" CL40's here locally. I am having them refinished to Carrara White to match my car as we speak (they were satin black originally). They are 9" and 12" and RS offsets.

I have to decide on tires pretty soon, I'm leaning towards 245/35 and 325/30 MPSS.

Sweeper

Buy Movit or Alcon Big Brake instead of PCCB's. In the end it'll be a better set-up, and it'll be a little less expensive to replace. JMHO

tcsracing1

i would look for a better deal on a set of 5 lug wheels...

RedRSA

I converted my 2010 GT3 from C/L to five-lug because mine is primarily a track car. I have a complete set of parts that are trusted and will save you a lot of money. Regarding the hubs, I agree that you should get new; I have a set that have very low total/track hours, but the the inner bearing races are still on them, and the races are difficult to remove without damaging the hubs. That said, you can have them for only the cost of shipping and if you're able to use them just send $100 later; honor system.

As for the other hardware, including the the four C/L locking mechanisms, four C/L nuts and 20 centering pins, those are all in excellent condition, safe and would save you a good bit of money. Please send an email to redrsa<at>hotmail<dot>com for photos.

CincyScott

Wow, that's awesome . Email sent!

Igooz

OT:
Scott, unless you have PCCB's, white wheels are a complete PIA to keep clean...brake dust! I have a CGTS with white wheels and no PCCB. I hate cleaning wheels...

CincyScott

I do have PCCB's! I had white wheels on my 996tt and you are absolutely right.

Alan C.

Scott, nice to see another person from Cincy on here. Sounds like you have a good winter project. If you aren't doing anything on Dec 6 Wright Motorsports is having a tech session at their shop. Starts at 10:00AM.

CincyScott

Thanks for the invite! That's the wife's birthday weekend (it's big one), so I better not sneak off

ray09c2s

That's OK, I'll have Alan record session for you......he's handy like that! Good luck with your winter challenge. Ray

ngng

997 361 980 07 wheel screw * 20
997 331 605 00 wheel hub * 2
999 053 054 06 angular contact *2
999 053 055 02 angular ball bearing *2
991 341 605 02 weel hub * 2