Also wondering about this since I'm planning a 4,000-mile-plus road trip in early June to some fairly remote areas in the upper Great Plains. Always good to know what the options are while planning ...
Anyone?
Also wondering about this since I'm planning a 4,000-mile-plus road trip in early June to some fairly remote areas in the upper Great Plains. Always good to know what the options are while planning ...For the most part, I don't mind not having a spare tire.
I live in a part of the world where I'm never without a cell phone signal so the AAA/Porsche service is within easy reach.
Plus I have a truck and car trailer.
So, for all my local driving, I wouldn't bother carrying a spare tire even if I had one.
But we have talked about doing a bigger tour around the USA. I know there are parts of this country where it would be better to have a spare tire on-board. So I'd really like to carry a spare tire, even if it's a pain in the neck and chews up space.
There are plenty of Porsche 911 "donuts" on eBay or craigslist, etc. for reasonable cost
(and I know Suncoast has spare tires too, but they're pricey).
Here's my question: Will a late 911 "donut" fit on a 718?
(maybe some of you guys who own both cars have tried this?)
Even if a 911 spare will only fit on the front of my 718 and I have to swap a front wheel/tire onto the back (in the event of a rear puncture), I'm OK with that.
And I know a normal 718 wheel/tire won't easily fit inside my Cayman. Again, I'm OK with that and am willing to stuff the flat tire in a garbage bag and bungee-cord the rear lid closed to drive to service, if need be.
I did an advanced search here and didn't see any definitive answers on this.
$620 for just the wheel at ECS. O-U-C-H!The 718 Cayman parts catalog lists the emergency wheel as part #991 362 020 00 and boot as #996 361 521 00.
Yeah "cheapest" I found was around $520. I dunno $500 gets you towed and chauffeured quite a distance...$620 for just the wheel at ECS. O-U-C-H!
I'm pretty sure the spare from my Boxster will fit the Cayman S. I've not yet looked at the bolt patterns or offsets but I think they'll probably fit. If I get ambitious I can just remove a Cayman wheel and test fit the Boxster spare. The Boxster spare is 17" my Cayman currently has 19" street tires and will probably run 18" track tires but in a pinch should not be an issue using the 17" donut in the event I can't find an 18" donut.
That's my take on spare tires.
On the 911, or the Boxster/Cayman? I don't think so; only widths (atypical) and offset (typical) are different.aren't the overall diameters of the front and rear tires different?
I believe the problem with fitting the 17" Boxster spare to your Cayman S would not be the bolt pattern or offset, but the size of the calipers fitted to the Cayman S.
The standard wheels with the CS is 19" due to the caliper size. The CS gets the 911 calipers. The standard 718 Cayman gets the caliper upgrade from the 981 S models. the standard wheels on the 718 is 18"
From experience washing the wheels on my CS with 20" wheels, it is a tight squeeze getting your fingers in there to clean the wheels around the calipers. it may not be as much of an issue on the rears as the calipers there are smaller. but you couldn't move a rear tire to the front due to the width of the wheel/tire. even if the 17" spare would fit the rear.
aren't the overall diameters of the front and rear tires different?