Lifted overland Cayennes... Hmmm

[Tim Hancock]

Dang internet.... Somehow I have started down the rabbit hole of modified Cayennes.
Apparently the Cayenne when outfitted with bigger tires and a lift makes a great off road platform.

As luck would have it, I have a high mileage '08 daily driver Cayenne that I have been getting bored with. It owes me nothing and it has served my wife and now me well. The tires are about worn out and instead of blowing a $1000 on new rubber, I have considered letting it go and moving onto a newer daily driver.

Instead I am thinking about buying some big tires and doing some suspension lifting and other mods. It would scratch my itch for a new toy and project.

Most folks are buying the parts from Eurowise. I think I can fab most of the parts myself. Would be a fun project. Some of these Cayennes are pretty neat looking once tastefully modded.

Anyone else been looking into these?

https://shop.eurowise.com/products/ewor9003

[Shaun @ Tru6]

I see a lot of these on BaT and they do look great, especially with Martini and Red Bull wraps that tie the whole look together.

955/957s are supposed to be excellent off road machines. No idea what daily driving one would be like especially with all the extra unsprung weight.

I think it would be very hard to get bored with a 957 GTS or Turbo, it is the ultimate "only one car" vehicle. Back in the 50s here, I'm putting my summer wheels back on. Can't wait for that.

[rfuerst911sc]

The Transberian look is catching on in the pepper wagon community . In my opinion a 2.5 " lift looks just right without looking goofy . Then add slightly taller aggressive tires and you have the look and performance of a true off road machine .

Then move on to body mods . Front grille bar , roof rack , side bars etc etc you can really go nuts . Vinyl graphics are fun to play with . I say go for it . You know these 6 bangers well any concerns about power/gearing moving to taller tires ?

[chapstic2001]

Yep. Ran across one of them in a local parking lot not too long ago. They look very sharp.

[Tim Hancock]

The 3.6 6 cylinders have plenty of power... So no worries about larger tire diameter.
All 955/957 Cayennes also have the offroad mode switch which locks the center diff and shifts transfer case to lower gearing for slow off roading climbing/crawling.

[Jeff Alton]

We have built 2 of them. Be prepared for tire rub with the larger tires.... but otherwise they are fun. The v6 has enough jam to work fine.

Cheers

[Tobra]

Honestly Tim, I don't see how you can not do it. Can you pull it behind the bus?

[Jeff Alton]

Just another 958 one dropped off at the shop for some work....

Not sure I will go that route with our 958 Turbo, as we do tow with it as well.

Cheers

[URY914]

as seen yesterday Werks Reunion,

[Racerbvd]

Harris Snodgrass (Bob Snodgrass of Brumos, son) Five Nine Design built the Pepperwagon below.
Pretty sure it is for sale , at least he was talking about selling it

[Tim Hancock]

Just ordered some new tires for the Cayenne as I finally wore out this set off stock sized 255/55-18's. After a bunch of googling it looks like 265/65/18 on my stock wheels is about as big as I dare go without having to due extensive trimming and extensive suspension mods. Ordered Hankook Dynapro AT2 Xtremes. Hopefully they will work for now with minimal rubbing but I eventually plan to make up some 2" lift pucks to go between the strut tops and the strut top brackets.

If that all goes well I plan to cut the lower front and rear bumper skins off, delete the muffler and build some tubular bumpers.

[Norm K]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

What's not to love about a P-car RTT?

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