I bought an '02 C4 cab in September '09 that came with 18" Pirelli wintersport tires. This spring I put on summer tires and now that snow is on the way I'm thinking about getting a set of wheels for the winter tires. Any suggestions for relatively inexpensive wheels?

Thanks

 

Get some Factory 17" Wheels any kind that is cheap and some 17" Rubber

Some Wheels like these OEM Wheels CHEAP!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/17-po...Q5fAccessories

And you will need 205/50/17 Front & 225/45/17 Rear for 8.5" Wide Rear Wheels. If you get 9" Wide Rear Wheel you will need 255/40/17 Tires

33psi front & 36psi rear for Half Load and 36psi front & 43psi rear for Full Load

 

Thanks but I already have the 18" snows, Pirelli Wintersport P240's that came with the car so I thought that I'd go with 18" wheels. Will I see a significant decrease in snow performance with the 18"s? I don't intend to take the car out much in the snow anyway so I guess that it is not that big an issue anyway.

 

I tend to disagree with Zookie on the use of the 17" wheels and particularly the narrow tires. While the narrow tires will provide some benefit in the snow, particularly deep snow, by allowing the tires to dig through the snow more, you will sacrifice a lot of performance when the roads are not snow covered.

I have run the standard 225/40-18 and 265/35-18 tires, Dunlop Wintersports, for 10 years now. Great in the snow while still giving good performance on wet/dry pavement.

I don't think that 17" vs. 18" really has any effect at all in the snow.

 

Those Snowsport 240 tires suck i had them for 4 Winters, sell them...

The Reason why i suggested 17" insted of 18" Wheels because 17" wheels are Cheaper to come by and the Tires are way cheaper than 18" tires...

Thanks but i Disagress with you aswell :P 225 might be Narrow in the back for the 996, but it is a Factory Suggested Size... i am sure Those German Engineers know a thing or two...

 

I have some 18" OEM wheels from my 2000 c2 cab that are looking for a good home.
i am not looking to make big bucks so any unembarrassing offer will work.
however, they are in california and i really don't want to deal with shipping
- but let me know if you are interested.

they have a little curb rash but nothing too bad. no crashes, or serious dings etc

here's a pic of the wheels....


this is the only close up i have....

 

^^^^afletche RESIZE THAT FING PICTURE!!! lols

 

Zookie - you need to buy a bigger monitor.....

 

lol you might be right on that, my 7 year old HP 17" non-wide screen might be need updating

 

i just got a set of 19 inch pirelli sottozero 240 series 2 absolutley luv them