I've had a 1986 911 and I'm pretty up to speed on the prices for parts (usually crazily priced!) I now have a 996 and sad to say I'm a bit clueless on used part prices. I'd like to get rid of my OEM 17" 5 spoke wheels with quite new Micheline Pilot Sport A/S 3 tires. These are the best ultra performance all seasons currently on the market. These would make excellent off-season wheels/tires for someone who wants to put their summer wheels/tires away during lousy weather.

So Best and Brightest....what are these worth on the used market?

TIA....~R

 

To give you some perspective, I bought a set of "as new" take off wheels for my Cayenne from my local Porsche dealer a few years ago. The buyer of a new Cayenne wanted 20" wheels and the wheels that I bought were the 18" wheels that were originally mounted on the new car. I paid $500 for them, minus the center caps. If you use that as a baseline and you figure in the cost of a set of slightly used tires at around $750 then it seems reasonable to ask for $1,250 for the set. That may be a little bit high. 17" wheels have fallen out of fashion except for winter wheels for C2 and C4 cars (they won't fit on the C4S or turbo), and I would imagine that most people who go to the trouble of changing their wheels for winter duty are looking for a proper winter tire.

That's my $.02 worth of advice!

 

Thanks for your post. I was thinking less than $1K...so not too far off.

If anyone else has a perspective, I'd enjoy hearing it!

 

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I would say $1k if you don't mind sitting on them for awhile until the right buyer comes along or closer to $800 if you want to sell them faster. You might also want to market them to Boxster crowd as quite a few of them aren't looking for max performance but practicality and since quite a few came with 17's as standard. The boxster will need rear spacers but otherwise should fit as long as your rear tires don't exceed 265 width.

 

Excellent. Hadn't thought of that. Thanks!