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Changing 944 to 951 Calipers Possible ???

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Old 02-25-2005 | 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Jake 944CS
ok it is NOT hard to find spindles at all. within one week of setting out to look for them i found a person about 20 minutes away from me selling a set for cheap....
I've been looking for a year now, and I have had no such luck -- I see plenty of turbo spindles, but not a TS/M030 spindles (except the pair that's on my other car!) I've even check in PartsHeaven regularly just to see if new parts car shows up! If you see another pair going up for sale, please let me know - I'd appreciate it.
Old 02-25-2005 | 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by car_slave
Correct you just need front spindles, rotors, brakes, pads, and 16inch or+ wheels.
16" boxster rims will not fit over the calipers in front (6" rim)
Old 02-25-2005 | 06:09 PM
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hey joe....i'll keep an eye out. i don't know what it is but i usually have great luck finding parts for some reason. btw...are spindles from a 951 S the same as the spindles on the 928S4? or is the only thing they share the rotors and calipers?
Old 02-25-2005 | 07:15 PM
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928S4 spindles are different, as they use an upper a-arm. Only the calipers were used on the 951S.

By the way, there is a complete 951S suspension, front & rear, on ebay right now. Not cheap.

I just bought some 951S spindles, hubs, and rotors, & calipers. The hubs seem to be interchangable with non S units, (except the non S hubs do not have the ABS "gear") and both use the same bearings. Besides taking an S4 caliper without an adaptor, the difference with the S spindle is it moves the hub out toward the fender about 1/4 inch to ensure clearance between the thicker S rotor and the ball joint. If you use S rotors and calipers on a non S spindle, you may have a problem with the rotor being too close to the ball joint. I don't know if the aftermarket caliper adaptors and rotor hats address that or not. They can't give too much ball joint clearance without interferring with the wheel/caliper clearance.
Old 02-25-2005 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Fishey
16" boxster rims will not fit over the calipers in front (6" rim)
Did not know that. I guess 15in early offset phone dials will work on an 86 turbo spindle setup. Late offset 15 pd's can work with spacers up front, but not recommended.



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