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I should also say in all the years and miles I've owned 911's and specifically 996's, this is the first time I've ever used the compact spare. Take a lot of air to inflate it, but have to say it's a pretty clever design!
Looks great brother! Yeah, the standard 996GT3/3 carriers look like a toy compared to the Motorsport units. Looks like Porsche changed the design of the hubs. The last set I installed were a 991 part number but there were still of the old hub design.
Thanks for all the guidance with getting all the odds and ends for this, couldn't have done it the right way otherwise!
I'll have to check, but I believe these hubs are a 9P1 part number. If you remember we talked when I was gathering all the stuff to do this earlier this year, I ordered the 991 part number and there was some delay/back and forth with the dealer saying they weren't available and it was on back order rather than in stock and we thought for sure the hubs would be a readily stocked item and not something hard to get. The dealer ended up finding right around when I ordered is when the part number changed and once they changed to the updated part number (and price....) the hubs were available in a matter of days. I assumed it was a price related part number change rather than a design change until I opened the boxes this weekend.
That is very flexible to be able to wheel the lift out for more overheard clearance, Darrick. I knew anchoring them down was optional but did not know they could be moved by hand.
I should also say in all the years and miles I've owned 911's and specifically 996's, this is the first time I've ever used the compact spare. Take a lot of air to inflate it, but have to say it's a pretty clever design!
Luckily no damage to your car or the wheel. How do you deflate and draw the spare tire back in? Vacuum pump?
Luckily no damage to your car or the wheel. How do you deflate and draw the spare tire back in? Vacuum pump?
I haven't tried it yet, but they are supposed to collapse back to original shape by themselves just by letting all the pressure out. i noticed the valve cap on the spare has a stem removal tool built into it to dump the air more quickly.
I have the same lift - it comes with heavy duty casters that will lift up the posts when the lift is lowered onto the caster frame, and then you can roll it around. My problem is my garage door opening is only 7 feet high so I can’t get it outside, just roll it around in the garage. 😜
I haven't tried it yet, but they are supposed to collapse back to original shape by themselves just by letting all the pressure out. i noticed the valve cap on the spare has a stem removal tool built into it to dump the air more quickly.
At least you were able to use the spare, vs having 350mm rotors and needing a tow truck
I hadn't realized that inflate-a-spare doesn't work with the 350mm rotors... Fortunately on the car that had the blowout I still have the stock size rotors.
I keep some fix-a-flat in the frunk.
This one might have been just a bit past fix-a-flat!
Happened on the freeway at a good clip. When it went down, I could feel it immediately but was in the far left lane and had to work my way through heavy traffic to the right shoulder, so unavoidable to drive on it for at least several hundred yards.
There was some serious rubber transfer onto the fender lip, but it cleaned up with no paint damage. I was also surprised the wheel is as far as I can tell unblemished. Still need to get the old tire peeled off of it, but looks ok. Fortunately these were my older Apex wheels, not the new ones i just bought.
And yes, i know it is 'best practice' to use the emergency spare on the front, not the rear, and move the full size front to the rear if the rear goes flat, but It was a pretty sketchy shoulder and a extremely busy highway and I wanted to spend as little time in the death zone as possible. Fortunately this happened only a few miles from my house and I was able to limp it home with the spare on the rear.
Happy you're ok, rim is ok, and everything is ok except for the hassle.
Kept my Falken failure as a constant reminder of what it's like when things unexpectedly let go at speed ...
I rolled my 4-post out of the garage to do some deep cleaning on the undercarriages on the cars this weekend. The 911 is pretty clean so it didn't really look a whole lot different, but it's still nice to spruce it up. Some day I'll get it dry ice blasted to get what's left of the cosmoline off. Maybe when I pull the motor for a refresh.
The Talon was the real reason for making the effort to put the lift in the driveway. It's been a PNW car it's whole life so it's pretty clean, but now it's about as clean as a 33 year old former daily driver can get. This winter I'm going to remove everything from under the car and paint/powder coat everything and install new bushings. While everything is apart I'll Raptor Line the undercarriage too so it will look brand new again.
And Darrick wins the prize for being the most handy - that is a really good idea - is it stable with a car on it and not bolted to the floor?
07-29-2024, 02:33 PM
