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Perhaps this thread is to blame but my painful whining power steering pump noise has just reared its ugly head again on a very intermittent baisis. As much as I'd like to attempt this myelf, I think I'll leave it to a pro and may just use my local Porsche centre. Will have a quick squeeze of the steering boots before I put it in though to see if that's where the fluid has escaped though. Anyby MogulBoy - Main Forum
I follow what your saying but Porsche haven't seen fit to homologate narrower fronts so I'm obliged to stick with the 205/50 R17s fronts (on the 7J rims) to keep on the right side of local laws (Switzerland) that require us run homologated sizes. I'm looking forward to a slight change in handling balance though ;-) and expect that the breakaway would be more progressive if anything. My motivby MogulBoy - Main Forum
I haven't found much in the way of DIY guides out there but from what I have found, it's not terribly easy and you will need access from above as well as via the bulkhead. I must have lost some fluid at some point and ended up with a very noisy pump but 90% or the noise sent away when the fluid was topped up so I haven't faced up to the permanent solution yet.by MogulBoy - Main Forum
As promised... I've run winters in the regular 255/40's profile for the past 10 seasons but fancied a change.. The Conti's aren't 'N' rated but they are the Porsche recommended narrow option winter tyres on the 986. They look fine on the 8.5J rim to my eyes (i.e. not too stretched) but you can't disguise the fact that they are 30mm narrower per side. Looking forward to feeling a virtual iby MogulBoy - Main Forum
at this link. Doesn't look too stretched, and I didn't expect that it would given that it is one of the Porsche reccomendations for winter use so I've now decided that I'm going to go for it... It's a bit early or all this but bring on the snow!by MogulBoy - Main Forum
..of those tires on the back of your friend's S? I'm just curious to see if a 225 tire appears to be at all 'stretched' to fit the 8.5 rear. I'm not considering this to achieve a particular look but I do appreciate that the regular 255s can give a welcome amount of rim protection.. I will report back if/when I do it.by MogulBoy - Main Forum
Has anyone out there got an image of a 986 running the optional narrow rear tires? I note that the current reccomendation is the Continental WinterContact TS 830P 225/45 R17 94V XL (note that this isn't N-rated but it is the officially approved option). source: I have run the default/standard width 255/40R R17 for the past 12 seasons but have often thought that it might be fun to try the naby MogulBoy - Main Forum
n/tby MogulBoy - Main Forum