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A minor cosmetic mod.....

tscaptain

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Having picked up a minor scrape on one of my rears wheels , which was annoying (just a bit![:mad:]), and having been told that colour matching may be a problem, I decided to change the colour of all four![:)] Always liked the gloss black wheels against the red so here they are - a nice job by SWWR in Exeter.

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Thanks Geoff. Yes, I think the grey looks a bit wishy-washy, especially against the red. Certainly a lot cheaper that getting another set from Porsche!![&:]
 
Alan, I'm very surprised you caught a rim!! you must have been trying hard!!
I find the Bridgestone lip to protect against most 'tight squeezes' [;)]

garyw
 
ORIGINAL: garyw

Alan, I'm very surprised you caught a rim!! you must have been trying hard!!
I find the Bridgestone lip to protect against most 'tight squeezes' [;)]

garyw
'Fraid not. Petrol pump island........(and total 'king carelessness).[:(] Never mind, £400 later and they all look splendid again![:D]
 
Glad to see you have the Porsche centre logo pointing at your valve. True professional!!
 

ORIGINAL: bobfair

Glad to see you have the Porsche centre logo pointing at your valve. True professional!!
Not quite - correct on the center cap orientation BUT the locking wheel nut should be opposite the valve on the other side of the crest.

Leart that the other day from Chris F
 
the locking wheel nut should be opposite the valve on the other side of the crest.

Come on Alan get on the pace. How could you have your locking nuts in the wrong place!! That would be 50 points off in a polishers contest
 
Apparently it does have a small wheel balance affect, not just cosmetic like the aligned crest.

Chris always puts a coloured mark where the wheels are fitted so that they always go back in the same orientation. I highly doubt other places are this meticulous to details. Part of what makes his services so great :)

Can't wait for my new wheels next week...
 
ORIGINAL: Oggy

Now how's about some weed-killer for your drive [:D]
Nah! Got the chickens and ducks to think of! It dies off in the winter........And on the subject of locking wheel nuts I was always told (and by Chris F himself) that on the wheels where the hole is in line with the valve (i.e Carrera Sport wheels etc) that the locking nut went in the hole closes to the valve - for balance purposes. How come it's shifted to the other side now?[:D] - One of the many reasons I don't do the polishers competitions...[;)]
 

ORIGINAL: tscaptain

on the subject of locking wheel nuts I was always told (and by Chris F himself) that on the wheels where the hole is in line with the valve (i.e Carrera Sport wheels etc) that the locking nut went in the hole closes to the valve - for balance purposes.  How come it's shifted to the other side now?[:D] - One of the many reasons I don't do the polishers competitions...[;)]

An old pic from a couple years ago of a Chris fitted wheel:

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Sure for that bolt hole pattern. Which hole do you put it in for this pattern then when there isn't a hole opposite to the valve?[;)]
(Sorry it's not the best photo but you get the idea)
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Pass - I guess it would be the one in-line with the valve, even though it's on the same side.
 
Alan, your wheels look great, and personally I like the greenery on the drive. However some might dock you a couple of polisher-points for not getting your bolts painted black to match the wheels ;-)

Chris F told me about positioning your locking bolts opposite the valve as well (when I was in having damptronics fitted last year) and I've followed that advice while taking trouble to position my centre-caps so the Porsche crests are fashionably off-kilter and don't point anywhere in particular.

Call me a pedantic old git but in practice the position of the locking bolt relative to the tyre valve has no effect on wheel balancing, which is usually done off the car (so with no regard to the car's wheel fastenings), and which already compensates for the weight of the tyre valve.

Just to hammer the point home, a locking wheel bolt off a 997 weighs pretty much the same as the matching-length hex wheel bolt, but even a 10-gram difference between wheel bolts would only make a gram or two's worth of difference at the wheel rim, where the stick-on balance weights only come in 5-gram increments.

Knowing Chris I think it's just about being systematic: if you know where your locking nuts are, you can put your locking key on the locking bolt without a second glance, so can get your wheels off that little bit quicker...
... that and he's got a sense of humour :)



 
Thanks Tim but the only issue I have with painting the bolts is that the wheels come on and off quite frequently and the paint wouldn't stay on very long! However, even though losing polisher's points is not of any concern I have now felt obliged to move my locking bolts..........[;)] De-weeding the drive is another matter.......[&:][:D]
 
I really like those. Was just thinking the other day that the grey does nothing to contrast with the alloy (or the body colour). Think i may get mine done,,,reckon would look good with a white car.

thanks for posting

Nick
 
ORIGINAL: tscaptain

Sure for that bolt hole pattern. Which hole do you put it in for this pattern then when there isn't a hole opposite to the valve?[;)]
(Sorry it's not the best photo but you get the idea)
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sorry got totally distracted by your air cooling modification.
 

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