Mixing Late offset front with early offset rear?

[very~worn~944]

Hey guys...I am looking to swap the late offset front suspension off a donor onto my 86 turbo, but don't want to swap the rear right away unless I have to. My question is have people tryed mixing offsets if you use proper backspacing of wheels and spacers to keep original track width? Is having the different suspension geometry going to create an unpridictable transfer of weight in the turns? Lemme know what you've found! thanks

[Zero10]

If you use wheels which match the suspension (i.e. early offset on the back, late offset on the front) you should be perfectly fine. When Porsche adjusted the spindles they compensated for it by changing the wheel offset. The end result should be that the suspension geometry is the same. I am sure the individual weight loading of components in the suspension has changed, but the geometry of it and the handling of the car should not be affected.

Don't forget you need late-offset tie rod arms for the steering rack (its the inners that are different). If you miss this step you will have a horrible toe-in problem.


Also, it is not a matter of "backspacing", you need the proper offset wheels. Late cars have a 52.3mm offset, this is MORE than the early offset, so the spindle sits further into the wheel. No way to fix this with spacers.