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Advice on fitting 18" Panamera wheels hub cap adjustment
Hi All,
I have searched this question but I haven't been able to find the exact description of what others have done to their front hub/dust caps re trimming around 6mm from the cap.
I'm mechanically nervous so what to make sure I am going to get this right (measure 10 times to cut once).
To trimming the hub cap so that it doesn't sit too high for the wheel centre cap. Is it purely a matter of cutting around 6 mm off the bottom of the cap?
Nothing else required to allow it fit back on?
Others have found there is enough clearance between the hub nut and adjusted height of the cap?
As an aside I need to trim off some of the inner splash guard on the right rear wheel as the inner edge of the tyre is rubbing which i haven't read happening to anyone else.
happy with how she is looking though, I think the 5 spoke design works really well on our car.
Cheers, I didn't find that thread though did read in other threads that a persuasive method can work.
Just really nervous to do it as that is the type of thing that means that I usually break something....though me cutting the cap could bring about the same result....
I used a bench grinder to gradually remove material from the hub cap and then a dremel to remove any sharp edges. Took a few iterations before the wheel would fit correctly. Could have been 6mm but I didn't measure.
I have those exact wheels on my 90GT with no issues. There are two different kinds of center caps, one is concaved and the other is pretty much flat. Otherwise, it's the BFH as mentioned above, it doesn't take a lot for them to fit.
I trimmed mine about 4-5mm with a hacksaw. On installation, you'll tap them carefully back on while turning the hub and feeling/listening for contact between the adjusting nut/clamp and the cap. You'll want to push the cap on just enough to barely allow the wheel cap to fit.
The later GTS bearing caps are flatter so the cup wheel caps will fit. New GTS bearing covers are spendy, and trimming the originals was pretty simple.
Clean the caps you have. Grab a felt-tip marker and lay it flat on your worktable. Place the cap open side down, and rotate it against the marker. That gives you a radial line you can use to guide your cut.
I have those exact wheels on my 90GT with no issues. There are two different kinds of center caps, one is concaved and the other is pretty much flat. Otherwise, it's the BFH as mentioned above, it doesn't take a lot for them to fit.
Your ride height is fantastic. How did you achieve it, especially the front I still have a reasonably big gap at the front between fender and wheel. Thanks everyone for your advice.
I trimmed mine about 4-5mm with a hacksaw. On installation, you'll tap them carefully back on while turning the hub and feeling/listening for contact between the adjusting nut/clamp and the cap. You'll want to push the cap on just enough to barely allow the wheel cap to fit.
The later GTS bearing caps are flatter so the cup wheel caps will fit. New GTS bearing covers are spendy, and trimming the originals was pretty simple.
Clean the caps you have. Grab a felt-tip marker and lay it flat on your worktable. Place the cap open side down, and rotate it against the marker. That gives you a radial line you can use to guide your cut.
Thanks Dr Bob that is the step by step advice I was looking for. It pretty much what I thought but I have rushed jobs before and haven’t got a great result. Not the best DIY tinkerer.
Your ride height is fantastic. How did you achieve it, especially the front I still have a reasonably big gap at the front between fender and wheel. Thanks everyone for your advice.
The picture shows a car that's sitting on seriously sagging springs, and the car is all but sitting on the suspension bumpstops. Rides poorly, handles and steers poorly unless significantly stiffer springs and shorter dampers are fitted. Even then it rides and steers poorly.
The picture shows a car that's sitting on seriously sagging springs, and the car is all but sitting on the suspension bump stops. Rides poorly, handles and steers poorly unless significantly stiffer springs and shorter dampers are fitted. Even then it rides and steers poorly.
That car is seriously low - we put eibachs in it and the ride height way out of whack.
The picture shows a car that's sitting on seriously sagging springs, and the car is all but sitting on the suspension bumpstops. Rides poorly, handles and steers poorly unless significantly stiffer springs and shorter dampers are fitted. Even then it rides and steers poorly.
That picture was taken the day I brought the car home via a flat bed. It has Bilsteins with Eibach springs and the ride height had not been set yet. I didn't post the pic as an example of ride height but rather to show the same wheels with center caps. After the ride height was set, while a little stiff on the ride, the car handles and steers quite well.
While pondering the removal of the hub dust cap I had an epiphany, pulled the centre caps off my old 16" manhole wheels and tried them on the 18" Panamera wheels. Result was a perfect fit.
While not concave and painted like the caps that came on the Panamera wheels I think they look just fine.
07-14-2019, 10:30 PM
Advice on fitting 18" Panamera wheels hub cap adjustment
I think you'll find this thread helpful: https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...l#post10933158
