Best looking wheels on a 996 Turbo
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I've been looking for a set of these wheels. Can anyone help me find them? The original post says they are 19" GT3 wheels, but I never seem to find this exact wheel when I'm looking for them.
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Here is the original post
A few more pictures and a copy of the original post.
I did PM the original poster.
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I did PM the original poster.
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Sportec 19 inch wheels
I went back to the OEM 18 inch hollow spoke because of the bad roads here in Northern California. I might be interested in selling the Sportec 10 spokes. One has a bit of a rash but that is about all. Ping me if you are interested. Just search for my posts and you can find some pictures showing them on my car. The rear rims have worn tires on them, the front tires still have about 1/2 of thread left as you can expect with a Turbo.
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Not a very good quality pic, but all i have at the moment. Damon warned me that the fronts might rub, but I went with the 245/35 MPSS up front and it did rub. I added 8mm spacers. These pics are actually before the front spacers were added. 295/30 MPSS rear do not rub (barely).
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40 rear, 53 front. The fronts with 245-35-19 rubbed. I added an 8mm spacer, and all is good. 45 front would be ideal, but I think 53 is all you can get.
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Not a very good quality pic, but all i have at the moment. Damon warned me that the fronts might rub, but I went with the 245/35 MPSS up front and it did rub. I added 8mm spacers. These pics are actually before the front spacers were added. 295/30 MPSS rear do not rub (barely).
Do you think a 225/35/19 would still rub up front?
That puts you at +32 all around and +45 out front. Hm.
I'm not the biggest fan of spacers but it seems almost necessary with these cars unless you get something custom made. :|
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Is it just me or does tirerack's recommendation of 225/35/19 and 315/25/19 in front and rear seem a little off? I thought you'd want to run a 295/30 with a 225/35 in the front. New turbo owner, still learning fitment on these cars. lol.
Do you think a 225/35/19 would still rub up front?
You added a 8mm spacer all around?
That puts you at +32 all around and +45 out front. Hm.
I'm not the biggest fan of spacers but it seems almost necessary with these cars unless you get something custom made. :|
Do you think a 225/35/19 would still rub up front?
You added a 8mm spacer all around?
That puts you at +32 all around and +45 out front. Hm.
I'm not the biggest fan of spacers but it seems almost necessary with these cars unless you get something custom made. :|
The tirerack recommendations keeps the overall diameter close to the original 18 diameters, but the 315/25/19 does not ride or handle as well (according to others, I have not tried them). You also have to keep the diameters close front to rear due to the AWD system. 295/30/19 and 225/40/19 would be exactly 1" taller than the stock 18's, and the same diameter front/rear. There has been discussion that the magic number is not to be more than 3% difference front to rear diameter difference. 225/35/19 would be outside of that range.
I only have spacers up front, rears fit fine at 40 with no spacer.
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The tirerack recommendations keeps the overall diameter close to the original 18 diameters, but the 315/25/19 does not ride or handle as well (according to others, I have not tried them). You also have to keep the diameters close front to rear due to the AWD system. 295/30/19 and 225/40/19 would be exactly 1" taller than the stock 18's, and the same diameter front/rear. There has been discussion that the magic number is not to be more than 3% difference front to rear diameter difference. 225/35/19 would be outside of that range.
I only have spacers up front, rears fit fine at 40 with no spacer.
I only have spacers up front, rears fit fine at 40 with no spacer.