1987 Porsche 944S - Wheel repair!

Thanks!

Regarding the ramps, I'll try and remember to get measurements when I'm next over at my unit.

If I remember correctly, I just bought them on ebay randomly. I do have two sets of ramps, one is slightly longer than the other and thus has a better ramp angle for lower cars, but it's not that much of a difference.

Anyways...

last saturday I started on the rear suspension.

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Got everything out so I could remove the torsion bars as I will no longer be running them with the new coilovers.

Happy to report that all the bushings and such in the rear suspension still looked brand new, so I didn't see fit to replace them. Only a brake hose was porous so I kinda went all out and ordered new braided brake hoses, drilled discs, pads all around and two new rear calipers.

So got the main axle back on the car and that's as far as I got last week.



On Wednesday I got the trailing arms, sway bar and the coilovers in.



Today I continued on and installed the brakes and drive shafts...





And then it was finally time to put it back on it's wheels and see how it looks!






















Left side front wheel has a 15mm spacer for testing purposes, it looks good but considering that the top of the wheel will come out a bit again once the camber is corrected with an alignment, I think 10mm spacers (or 7mm since I seem to only find these instead of 10s) will be the safe bet and it will look perfect.

I'm really happy with the outcome.

Next to do is to do the front brakes which I will do sometime next week, then get it aligned.

Looks gorgeous!

That looks how a 944 should look in my mind.
Well done.

Col.

What a car- loved this entire thread, and can't wait to see more!

Yesterday we had a bank holiday here in Germany. As is tradition on this date, there was a big Porsche meet in Dinslaken. Usually over 2000 cars. I took the 944 and had a good time - and even managed to snag some inspiration for the 924...







Rest of my photos from the event can be found here: www.tiefundbreit.com/?p=12726


Also, I just got done booking my ferry and hotel for the Weekender. So stoked! See you guys at Goodwood!

Long time no update!

Weekender was a blast!












After I got back to Germany, I remembered that I had a cool old steering wheel sitting in my garage and went about freshing it up and installed it in the Porsche. 32cm diameter, so feels like driving a go kart.












After that, in June, the car was present for a few days at PS Days Hannover, a medium-sized modified car expo here in Germany.







After that, a small car meet in the woods called Unterholz. Chill vibes.









Back in August I went to the UK again for Rollhard show, together with my friend Lukas and his 944 S2.









Small shooting on the way back home:










And Lukas' co-driver took some nice rollers on the way home!












Apart from that, no major news. The car has been dead reliable this year and I've been enjoying it to the fullest.

Currently it's pulling daily duties as I've sold my Mondeo three weeks ago. Replacement daily is already sorted, but still needs some work. It's old enough to count, so I'm gonna open a thread once it's registered. I'll tell you what it is, though: It's a '96 Golf VR6.

Thanks Ian!


Took it out for it's first drive this year on saturday after I fixed a small issue





When I put it away last November, the rear hatch wouldn't close properly anymore - the left side would come open on bumps. The latches have a small rubber grommet in them that keeps the pin of the hatch secure and it was completely worn down. So I sourced some replacements, greased all the moving parts and now the hatch latches properly again.









Next up is to finally get around to giving the BBS a slight makeover - I'm pulling the tires off this week, take them apart and then get started on polishing the lips.

Thanks Nigel!

I got the tires off the BBS on friday and have started refinishing them... I'll let the pics do the talking.































One down, three to go. Now they finally look like proper BBS wheels.

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All done!

Just re-assembly left to do, get the tires back on and then finally put them back on the car. I'm excited This is how these wheels should've come from the factory.