Nine Two Eight

[MrB1obby]

That is gorgeous. When I was young my friends dad used to have one of these and always thought it was one of the uggliest sports cars.

Now I'm a bit older it is one of my favourite Porsches. Everything is 'just right'.

[swindler]

Smart! I got mine almost by accident 6 months ago. Planning a trip to Monaco GP. So much grunt

[castex]

OP, let's get the right wheels on there please.

[Google [bot]]

castex said:

OP, let's get the right wheels on there please.

I'm in the same position as the OP, having Boxster wheels.

I wouldn't want to go down to the 16 inch correct wheels and would like to get some 17in Cups - but they're like hens' teeth (with correct offset).

Eta and there's always a squeakier wheel more demanding of the hard-earned.

Edited by Google [bot] on Friday 6th March 01:36

[Fat Albert]

Great looking car, my Mum's 924 was in that colour (special order in 1982 with the berber interior).

I am currently in a Shed SAAB whilst we sort house stuff, but with Senior Management agreement for a return to a front-engined Porsche after we have moved next year (I have had a 944T & 968 Sport)so will be watching your experience with interest....

[peteA]

Google [bot] said:

I'm in the same position as the OP, having Boxster wheels.

I wouldn't want to go down to the 16 inch correct wheels and would like to get some 17in Cups - but they're like hens' teeth (with correct offset).

Eta and there's always a squeakier wheel more demanding of the hard-earned.

Edited by Google [bot] on Friday 6th March 01:36

I actually thought the wheels where original when I bought the car not having much (any) experience with Porches and especially the 928.

I've since been told via another PH thread that they are not original nor even Porsche - apparently Porsche never made 17" Cup III wheels? I like them so will stick with them...for now anyway.

Loving the red 928 - looks smart and suits that colour too.

[peteA]

Sun was out today and the Tamora is away for a service so took the 928 for a quick spin - wow, what a great car! It cruises along serenely one minute and then sounds all NASCAR when you plant you foot down. Quicker than I was expecting too, it sort of gathers speed quickly rather than exploding down the road if you know what I mean - good fun switching between the two.



Not really driven it much so looking forward to getting to know it better over the summer.

[peteA]

Bit of an update / thread resurrection - time flies!

Been busy at work so not had much time to spend even driving my cars let alone working on them but recently got stuck into the 928's brakes. The rears were shot so replaced the pads and discs and generally tidied up the wheel arches...





Few more jobs to do like paint the brake shroud, etc

Then moved onto the front which were in much better shape...




Generally quite please with how nearly 30 years and 110K miles of grime has cleaned away. The Porsche engineering is quite impressive.

MOT on Friday - fingers crossed!!!!

[rawkyjnr]

Nice work! Did the same job myself not so long ago but was a problem with the plate at either end of the pad lifting.

They're getting more expensive so keep it in good nick!

EDIT: See you're in the NE, as am I, if you ever need a hand I've done quite a lot to mine so can help you out if ever need be.

[peteA]

Cheers rawkyjnr - good to know there's another local!

Job jobbed as they say...

[ukshooter]

Great colour. They were the fastest proper production car of their era too.