I just recently got my
cayman
back from being wide bodied and with the new wheel setup it’s too much in th wheel well and well on a full turn I’m smacking the radiators which is no good definitely I think it’s improper installation but they don’t want to help with the issue so I need help can they be replaced with just a single front mounted csf radiator or is that just a a additional one or can they be moved I’m in Southern California I’d you know someone or a shop to recommend holler
How tall a tire are you running ? Most
Porsche
sizes should be 51" front 52" rear; 25-26 diameter.
Unless you are pushing those numbers there should not be a clearance issue to the front inner wheelwell area.
And no you can't run only the center radiator especially not in SoCal
Maybe a radiator specialist could make you a bigger adequate center radiator.
The car looks good!
Work on your punctuation...
If I understand correctly, you're wanting to blame the people who installed your wide body on the rubbing?
That's not the case at all. Fender flares only line up one way and wheels only bolt straight on.
I understand having professional shops do the work, but you need to fully understand what you are trying to accomplish and be aware of the problems you'll inevitably encounter with the 987. You can only ever blame yourself for fitment issues, unless the shop is the one who specifically told you to run that setup.
Your problem is the very aggressive offset that you're now running. When I've done wide body cars in the past, I've always had to trim away material in-front-of and behind the wheels, along with usually raising the ride height slightly, and maybe even running a shorter sidewall tire.
One option is to go with smaller tires, which is a sin in my opinion. The true purpose of a wide body is stuffing wider wheels and more rubber into those wheel wells, so stretching tires negates the intended goal.
It looks like you still have the plastic wheel well liners in place. Those sit a few inches away from the radiators, so I would actually be shocked if your tire is making contact with the radiators. You have to pull the liners if you're going wide body, and you'll want to make a mesh screen to still protect the back of the radiator and other components. There's also a diagonal support that you may need to remove. If your focus is on performance, you'll want to build a better system for brake cooling and maybe some vents for releasing the pressurized air that builds up in those arches, especially with the liners removed.
As you can see here, the radiator is not pushed up against the wheel liner.
I can't tell from the pictures, but are you on air? The car looks low, but if that's static, then raising it some will help. Most wide bodies that are tucking tire are on air.
Also, have you had your alignment done? No side shots, but your castor looks like it could be off a bit.
At the end of the day, you'll still be rubbing if you push that thing through a corner too hard... It takes a lot of work to make a modified car fully functional. My car doesn't rub at all, but that was after hours spent measuring, researching, and adjusting. Some shops will help with this level of fine tuning if you write a blank check, but modifying cars (especially cars like Porsches that don't have much wasted space or excess room) is a journey for the owner.
No rubs, even under hard cornering.
Wow your car is amazing! I’m definitely pushing the limits either the meaty tires I guess... they fully built the entire car the air ride, the wheels, installed the kit and all so I feel they should’ve done a lil something to help with the clearance there’s no wheel well in there that what it is hitting is the radiator
Does anybody have any additional information on this? Starting a similar build soon (same Pandem WB kit) and this is not the first time I have heard of radiator clearance issues. Any help/info/direction would be greatly appreciated.
*edit - yes, I know it is an old thread revival.
