StormRune

It appears 20" wheels are the only option for cars with RAS. I was looking into getting a set of 19" wheels/tires with an autocross setup and finally figured out that you can't put 19" wheels on a 991.2 with rear axle steering... the inside of the wheel barrel would collide with the steering mechanism.

Thank you to Tire Rack for your configurator prompting me about RAS. I already knew getting a cleaning cloth between the barrel and the lower piece of the RAS knuckle was tough so it should have occurred to me sooner. There's probably only a ¼" or so clearance with my 20" wheel.

LavaGTS

Not to throw a rebuttal at you but I believe people in the GT3 section have managed to run 19's with RAS. Check it out, you might be in luck.

StormRune

Thanks for letting me know. On the TEquipment site, the 19" wheels have a statement saying they can't be used on cars with PCCB or RAS, so I'm pretty sure there are no OEM 19" wheels that would work.

The Tire Rack site only shows 20" wheels if you select RAS, but will show 19" snd 20" is you select no RAS. But they only carry a few brands.

So I've poked around the forum some more and found this thread: https://rennlist.com/forums/991/1042...selection.html. Someone there is saying Forgeline makes an option that will work so it seems I'll have to look around at a broader selection before I give up.

BTW, the biggest reason I was looking for 19" wheels is the RE-71R don't have a 305 size in 20" tires, but they do have 19". If it comes to it I can just use the 295s... but I was already having trouble with spinning the rears as it was with all of the torque in the 991.2. I may just have to learn to feather the throttle a bit more.

Philip Goughary

Not to highjack the thread, but y'all might get a kick out of this: My wife and I were driving from Brenham, TX to Houston, TX Saturday night in pea soup like fog with the rear fog light activated. Before we got out of Brenham, we were pulled over by local police for a, "strange issue" with our brake lights. Of course the issue wound up being the rear fog light. After I explained what the officer was seeing, turning the rear fog light on and off three times with various brake light activations, I was being thanked for my time and patience and told to drive safely home. "Twenty-two years on the force and I've never seen anything like that" the cop said to me as he shook my hand and walked back to his cruiser. I've been using rear fog lights in bad weather conditions consistently since 1996... ...I always figured they were at least common knowledge to law enforcement.

achtung6

Cool story! Had you told him that under 40mph and with the rear fog activated, your low beams re-configure more like fog lights you would have finished blowing his mind!
You gotta love these cars!

Porsche_nuts

If you have the e-brake on, you don't have to release it prior to backing up or moving forward. Caveat is that you have to have the door closed and seat belt on. So, you don't have to worry about manually releasing it and no worries if you forget, it will release automatically.

Need4S

BlueNorther

True, but then you have to put up with the momentary grab of the brake pads when you start to move.

Needsdecaf

I thought this only worked going forward.

Scottish Pete

There are two plastic clips just inside the lip of the glove compartment door on the right side to clip in a ball-point pen.

Need4S

G8tor

Peter80

Brilliant forum. I've just read all 207 fantastic contributions, learnt so much. I've got electric mirrors which retract when you lock/unlock the car. I also like to 'down' the passenger side when parallel parking against a kerb. But I can't get my head round how to get them back afterwards to their original setting. Can someone talk me through the moves. Can you preset on the door memory pad, 1, 2 or key, to quickly revert to normal? I seem to have to reset mine every time. Thanks.

stout

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but:

991 is the first 911 with a wheelbase as long as the 1970-1976 914.

Cyberbug