Well, first mine looked somewhat like thrown_hammer's, and now it looks like Shaun 84 Targa's: Wheels make a big difference.

Tom
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1065105556.jpg

I never saw myself in a red car until I found this one.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1065111493.jpg

/ J

yeah, all the good ones are red...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1065112053.jpg

Rats... all this time I thought it WAS red...

Tom, beautiful car! Are those replicas or 993s? Did you have to re-align and corner balance your car after putting them on?

My car was set up for 7x8x16s and drove great. I used Wheel Enhancement spacers and put the wheels on last weekend. Initially car was a little squirrelly, now feels better that I am getting used to them. They fly on the highway, but I am a little slower around corners, hesitant. Tires are low mileage Pilots. Fuchs had S03's

Thanks for your thoughts.

Shaun

Shaun,

When I bought the car it had the BBS's on it, and it was pulling a little to the right, so I already felt that it needed an alignment. My wrench had the set of Cups (Porsche, not aftermarket) from a trade he had done on another vehicle, so he made them available to me. I jumped at the chance. They are 55mm offsets front and rear, so we needed to add spacers, but all worked out fine.

I wondered how the ride would be changed going from 16's to 17's. The 16" BBS's had Yokohama ES100 tires, and the 17's had Toyo Proxes T1-S tires. The ride has actually improved with the 17" wheels, even though the Toyo's have a shorter profile sidewall! Not what I had expected, but I am pleased. Have gotten the front alignment done, and may get corner balancing done in the future. Not because I changed the wheels, but just because I have heard of the great things it can do for the handling of the car. First, though, I am going to install the Targa Body Braces I just got last night from Pelican, and see how that tightens things up...

Tom

Thanks Tom and please let me know how the targa body braces go, I've had my eye on them for awhile.

Red's pretty cool, but I like black the best on the 74-89 Cars. Hides all the rubber trim stuff and especially the accordian bellows things.

Mine's red though.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1065119273.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1065119284.jpg

Can't resist:
Mike
'86 http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1065125743.jpg

I wanna play...http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1065129189.jpg

Are those Simmons wheels Jeff?

KTL,

Yes they are. F-Series 17 inch. I know a guy here in town that sells them. Custom made for the car. I love the offsets on the wheels, really emphasizes the larger back tire. They look MUCH better in person (or in a higher quality photo).

I've tried 3 times to post a pic of my pride and joy, an '87 3.2 Carrera Cab(Guards Red of course). Can anyone help?

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1065144636.jpg

try using only alphanumeric file names (no spaces dashes or slashes)

Is there really any other color?!!

http://www.krauses.net/Porsche0.jpg

:D

Always liked those. They look great. If you have a higher res. picture and some closeups of the front & rear wheels, could you send them to klehmann@orland-park.il.us ???

Thanks Jeff.

http://www.pelicanparts.com/pmpre/im...thumbnail1.jpg

http://www.pelicanparts.com/pmpre/im...humbnail14.jpg

KTL, I will take some this morning.

83SC, I think there was something wrong with the server last night/yesterday. I received two e-mail notifications that you had replied to the thread but your post didn't show up. Maybe try again using the "post multiple images" highlight at the bottom of the screen.

The only thing wrong IMO with red 911s (and white for that matter) is there is just soooooo many of them! I definately prefer more subtle metalics. In the 996s though, red is quite rare and they tend to look good. Kind of the opposite from the impact bumper ones.

Couldn't help myself...! Beautiful day today, an awesome bunch of pictures in this thread....had to post another one.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1065217384.jpg

Randy