Thanks for posting this! Looks great!! Exactly the route I’m planning so it’s good to see a visual. Just ordered nerf bars and front bull bar from Europe, planing to order some underside steel skid plates, and swing hitch mounted spare carrier from Wilco. Should get me close to what I’m wanting to do for a Cayenne overlander.
where did you order your spacers from and how much were they?

 

The adapters were off ebay about $100

Here is the sellers name:
mcpowersportsoutlet

 

are you saying you add air to the shocks? Is the air nozzle on each individual shock? How much air pressure did you increase too?

 

Just bought this off forum member producerjohn -it's a 6 - manual.
I flew into Las Vegas and he picked me up in his 993 at the airport. Pretty awesome.
I am loving the Cayenne so far. I switched over from a manual X5 wich feels pretty crude compaired to the Porsche.
It has goodyear wrangler duratrac 265/65 r18 that are way too loud. Pretty much kills all the luxury of the SUV but they look awesome.
Looking forward to partaking on this forum
Photo credit to John -

 

Those look awesome and are one of the tires I'm considering. How's the road noise when traveling on the highway? Also, do you have air suspension and if so, what height setting was this picture taken?
Spacers are a good idea, but 1.5" seems a little too much for me. Quality looks good, though.

 

Road noise is minimal. I do have air suspension and use 1 notch up from normal. or 1 down from the top. At 50mph it drops to normal level automatically.

 

hi, I have a 2012 Cayenne Hybrid. Do you know if the wheel wells have been modified on 958.2 ? I also have pneumatic suspension, do you need to put in middle or high level to clear ? Thx > Awesome looking and dirty car !

 

HA! I just got mine a couple months ago and looks exactly like yours! I’m in the Everett area, so close by! I’ve been looking for some trails to play with this thing on, so far I’ve only took it up the Mount Loop highway and through the pass to Darrington.

Working on fixing a few things, like removing the parrot Bluetooth device & the K40 lizard detector/diffuser, but killed sound to the driver door woofer & midrange. Trying to locate the right wires to join back together lol oops.




sorry for the large pics!

 

Thank you for this post! It’s three years later but I’m hoping someone is still subscribed to this thread! 😂😂

I’m looking to install the same 265/65/18 on my Pepper Turbo... can you confirm that you have the air suspension and that there is no rubbing while highway driving on the low setting (which is automatic from 120km/h). As far as I am aware there is no way to disable dropping ride height at higher speeds... they do this for stability... so if you’re going over undulating roads on highway there will be a lot of body movement which could be an issue. TIA

 

Hi Tedman,

who are your ordering nerf and Bullbars through on Europe? I assume by now you have already installed them as well as Wilco spare tyre carrier... how difficult was it to mount to Wilco accessories (especially spare wheel carrier) and what was required?? Can your post (send me) pics and costs of items please... trying to prepare a budget for my CTT overlander.

TIA

 

Hello John,

if you are interested in building a Cayenne overlander and using American-made parts, you definitely want to check out this Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/484150522226556
These folks seem to have suddenly exploded the aftermarket parts availability and build discussions for Cayenne's here in the US.

For the record we just recently installed new tires and this time went with Toyo Open Country AT III mainly because they just look more aggressive. Still the same 265/65R18 size and no significant issues with rubbing. And yes since we've got a Turbo that comes standard with the air suspension. My wife is the one who drives the car and I doubt she ever sets the suspension to the low range or drives over 78 mph (125kph). You may experience some light rubbing on the plastic and if you do a little massaging with a heat gun can move the plastic out of the way I believe. At least "that's what people are saying".

 

BF KO2's 265/65/18 LT on my GTS with air suspension at max ride height, the GTS is a few cm lower than the standard S so with a software tune it will be higher, not rubbing anywhere lock to lock at low height. A little bit noisier than the 21" Michelin's I use for everyday driving but the KO'2 feel much better than the 21" at normal driving speeds, I run them at 40psi

 

Are you running factory wheels? Any spacers?

 

Yes those are factory 18" wheels I purchased separately but they are a Porsche Cayenne wheel, I believe a cayenne turbo 2 18 wheel
no spaces used, no rubbing etc.

 

I’m running 265/65/18 on a 2.5 inch lift