Courtshark

Yep. I keep looking at that pic... Will have these on my car some day. Perhaps we can periodically trade CIIIs for these! Once I get the Kinesis wheels ready for track use, that will work just fine, Clark.

Jadz928

What kind of spacers did you double stack to achieve 11mm?

Courtshark

Excellent info, thanks! I'm trying to do as much of this towing "by the book" as I can. Don't want to hurt myself, my car, my truck, or worst if all, someone else. As my brother said yesterday, "towing is a big responsibility." Yep.

Courtshark

A 4mm and a 7mm

The 4s are from Wheel Enhancement. The 7s are... Not. And I'd never recommend double stacking spacers. This was just for test fitting purposes. Eric's looking at some 10mm spacers that should get the job done. eBay units that are hub centric like the W.E. ones.

Jadz928

Right on. Get studded spacers. 11mm is too much for S4 lug studs (not enough lug thread engagement) .

Courtshark

I was surprised how much thread there was left to grab, actually. Seemed like plenty. Up to the bro man I suppose. These are for him.

Bonton

Sorry if you've answered this before but what are the rims on the car in your signature icon?

Hai gebissen

I like the idea of studded spacers, except the minimum spacer thickness anybody seems to have studded in our bolt pattern is 1 inch (way too thick for this application).

I think I would have to replace my stock studs with longer studs to pass through a 10 mm spacer. Losing 10 mm of lug nut engagement seems like too much (unsafe).

Courtshark

In my avatar? Those are 18" Carrera IIIs. 8s in front, 10s in rear. 57 and 58mm offset, respectively. Easiest 18" wheel to fit to a 928.

Hai gebissen

Of course, the above depends on 1) the thickness of the wheel being the same on both wheels where the studs pass through, and 2) the factory lug nut shoulders seating properly in the tapers of the 996 wheels, which I am wondering about because apparently 996 models in the 1999-2004 era used lug bolts instead of nuts on studs. Anybody know if the taper is the same as on our 928s?

Hai gebissen

Mike, you could take one of the Techno wheels and one of your factory lug nuts, and apply some grease to the nut and put it in the hole of the loose wheel (laying flat off the car). This would let you see how the nut shoulder seats in the wheel hole.

Courtshark

Absolutely. But I think the sport technos are not from 99-04. I think they're newer than that. Will check.

Courtshark

They were a one year wheel - 2003. Interesting. Will go check the taper here shortly. When I installed them, my tire iron spun at least 10 times on each lug.

Hai gebissen

I think they are from 2002-2006. Sorry to hijack your Kraken thread...I should probably start a new thread about this. Or you can with the pic of them on your car...

Hai gebissen

Do current Porsches use lug bolts, or did they go back to studs with lug nuts?