My new 911
My new 911
12-09-2012, 12:14 AM
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Thinking about some winter mods:
headlights - would like to do HIDs with projector lenses. I see a bunch of the H4 conversions, but no projectors. are any available except for the fake ebay ones?
wheels - Ill keep the 16s for the winter, but would like something sleeker for the summer, maybe 17 18 or 19" wheels off a newer Porsche. I know i need the 130mm bolt pattern, but Im wondering what widths I can run front and rear, and what offsets are best? With and without spacers.
lowering - I dont know if this has been lowered or not, but it sits pretty tall. how do I lower, and can I do it myself?
Let me know what you guys think!
Ryan
headlights - would like to do HIDs with projector lenses. I see a bunch of the H4 conversions, but no projectors. are any available except for the fake ebay ones?
wheels - Ill keep the 16s for the winter, but would like something sleeker for the summer, maybe 17 18 or 19" wheels off a newer Porsche. I know i need the 130mm bolt pattern, but Im wondering what widths I can run front and rear, and what offsets are best? With and without spacers.
lowering - I dont know if this has been lowered or not, but it sits pretty tall. how do I lower, and can I do it myself?
Let me know what you guys think!
Ryan
12-09-2012, 12:54 AM
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Thinking about some winter mods:
headlights - would like to do HIDs with projector lenses. I see a bunch of the H4 conversions, but no projectors. are any available except for the fake ebay ones?
wheels - Ill keep the 16s for the winter, but would like something sleeker for the summer, maybe 17 18 or 19" wheels off a newer Porsche. I know i need the 130mm bolt pattern, but Im wondering what widths I can run front and rear, and what offsets are best? With and without spacers.
lowering - I dont know if this has been lowered or not, but it sits pretty tall. how do I lower, and can I do it myself?
Let me know what you guys think!
Ryan
headlights - would like to do HIDs with projector lenses. I see a bunch of the H4 conversions, but no projectors. are any available except for the fake ebay ones?
wheels - Ill keep the 16s for the winter, but would like something sleeker for the summer, maybe 17 18 or 19" wheels off a newer Porsche. I know i need the 130mm bolt pattern, but Im wondering what widths I can run front and rear, and what offsets are best? With and without spacers.
lowering - I dont know if this has been lowered or not, but it sits pretty tall. how do I lower, and can I do it myself?
Let me know what you guys think!
Ryan
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12-09-2012, 01:35 AM
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Thinking about some winter mods:
headlights - would like to do HIDs with projector lenses. I see a bunch of the H4 conversions, but no projectors. are any available except for the fake ebay ones?
wheels - Ill keep the 16s for the winter, but would like something sleeker for the summer, maybe 17 18 or 19" wheels off a newer Porsche. I know i need the 130mm bolt pattern, but Im wondering what widths I can run front and rear, and what offsets are best? With and without spacers.
lowering - I dont know if this has been lowered or not, but it sits pretty tall. how do I lower, and can I do it myself?
Let me know what you guys think!
Ryan
headlights - would like to do HIDs with projector lenses. I see a bunch of the H4 conversions, but no projectors. are any available except for the fake ebay ones?
wheels - Ill keep the 16s for the winter, but would like something sleeker for the summer, maybe 17 18 or 19" wheels off a newer Porsche. I know i need the 130mm bolt pattern, but Im wondering what widths I can run front and rear, and what offsets are best? With and without spacers.
lowering - I dont know if this has been lowered or not, but it sits pretty tall. how do I lower, and can I do it myself?
Let me know what you guys think!
Ryan
17's will fit, I've seen guys go as big as 255's out back with a rolled fender lip, which is a lot of tire for an SC bodied car. In terms of the actual wheels you can go BBS, Fikse, Kinesis all make proper offset wheels, but they are pricey even used... you can get faux fuchs in 17" that are a bit cheaper, or if you search long enough you will find some nice Kinesis or Fikse or BBS rims with the proper offset come up for your car for a bit cheaper.
In 89 Porsche switched the rims to a differenct offset when they added ABS to the cars, those turbo twist and cup rims so yes bolt pattern wise later model 911 rims will fit, but you will need to run fairly big spacers someone correct me if I'm wrong but something like 35mm fronts 50mm rears?
As for HID's I've seen some DIY ones on Pelican that turned out nicely, honestly my H4's are bright enough where I don't really care to go HID or not... if you go on pelican parts they are a couple tech articles on the forum describing the process of HID conversion, its not that simple
Finally ride height, I probably wouldn't mess with this until you decided what wheel and tires package you're gonna run for the summer, your ride height looks nice in the photos. It's easy enough to adjust though, I suggest picking up a copy of 101 projects for your porsche 911, it is covered in there, or just search the forums the topic has been covered more than once
12-09-2012, 10:42 AM
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Great looking car. Congrats. I bought my SC in April and plan to keep it as close to original as possible. I found that the more original our cars are...the more desirable they are....I was a 996 owner prior to my 911 and just the opposite was true with that car.
12-09-2012, 11:41 AM
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Nice car, welcome!
Another vote saying 18's and 19's will look like hell on your car, and not having the proper dish makes them that much worse. Plenty of info posted on lowering, try a search-after doing that, you'll need to do a 4 wheel alignment.
The pics I've seen of 911's with projector headlights don't look good. Kind of like looking at a pretty girl, but who is cross-eyed. IMO, the best "correct" lighting package for a 911 is the H1-keep your eyes peeled for them coming up for sale. Very expensive, but worth it, IMO.
Another vote saying 18's and 19's will look like hell on your car, and not having the proper dish makes them that much worse. Plenty of info posted on lowering, try a search-after doing that, you'll need to do a 4 wheel alignment.
The pics I've seen of 911's with projector headlights don't look good. Kind of like looking at a pretty girl, but who is cross-eyed. IMO, the best "correct" lighting package for a 911 is the H1-keep your eyes peeled for them coming up for sale. Very expensive, but worth it, IMO.
12-09-2012, 01:32 PM
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oh, is it advisable to scrap the AC system? Mine doesnt work (dont know what the problem is) and I never use AC anyway. Can i just take the whole system out and save some weight at the same time?
