Spyder Wheels
Registered User
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 463
From: London, UK
Rep Power: 66
Thread Starter
|
Registered User
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 258
From: Hinsdale, Illinois
Rep Power: 30
Alex, thanks for the thread. Got to see the wheels on a porsche in paris.
They do look different, and I still think they are better looking than the turbo wheels.
What do you think?
They do look different, and I still think they are better looking than the turbo wheels.
What do you think?
Registered User
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 24
From: ga
Rep Power: 0
Trending Topics
Registered User
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,252
From: Reno, NV
Rep Power: 144
IMHO, just about anything is better looking than the stock Turbo wheels.
Registered User
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 590
From: Chicago
Rep Power: 70
If you go aftermarket, why in world would you spend 12k for the spyder wheels?
I can't see one positive and they aren't even that attractive.
Thread Starter
|
Registered User
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 258
From: Hinsdale, Illinois
Rep Power: 30
The spyder wheels supposedly will be @ $4k cost increase if you order car with them, but it can cost up to $12k to convert a regular turbo to those wheels. Or so I've been told by my local dealer.
Now, as for the HRE P40, those are also very beautiful rims. Are the tires same size as the oem turbo wheels that come with the turbo?
Now, as for the HRE P40, those are also very beautiful rims. Are the tires same size as the oem turbo wheels that come with the turbo?
Registered User
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 463
From: London, UK
Rep Power: 66
Before
After
<click thumbnails="" for="" larger="" pics="">Click thumbnails for larger pics
If you go for the 19" rims then no fitment issues what so ever and the P40 dimensions are almost exactly the same as the OEM wheels so that warning you get in the handbook about aftermarket wheels messing up handling becomes a mut point.</click>
Last edited by Alex_997TT; Feb 12, 2009 at 03:45 AM.
Registered User
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,252
From: Reno, NV
Rep Power: 144
One great things about the 997TT is all of the quality wheel choices. Owners can go for whatever look they are trying to achieve (including keeping the stock wheels) and the car still looks great.
I still think the 997TT wheels are more polarizing than lots of other stock wheels though. Look at the RS4 - a very high percentage of the people think the stock wheels look the best. On the 997TT, the wheels are often the first mod. You are lucky you like the stock wheels becasue the aftermarket options are all expensive.
I still think the 997TT wheels are more polarizing than lots of other stock wheels though. Look at the RS4 - a very high percentage of the people think the stock wheels look the best. On the 997TT, the wheels are often the first mod. You are lucky you like the stock wheels becasue the aftermarket options are all expensive.
Thread Starter
|
Registered User
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 258
From: Hinsdale, Illinois
Rep Power: 30
I drove my new Turbo straight from the OPC to my HRE dealer where they swapped over the tyres and TPMS sensors.
Before
After
<click thumbnails="" for="" larger="" pics="">Click thumbnails for larger pics
If you go for the 19" rims then no fitment issues what so ever and the P40 dimensions are almost exactly the same as the OEM wheels so that warning you get in the handbook about aftermarket wheels messing up handling becomes a mut point.</click>
Before
After
<click thumbnails="" for="" larger="" pics="">Click thumbnails for larger pics
If you go for the 19" rims then no fitment issues what so ever and the P40 dimensions are almost exactly the same as the OEM wheels so that warning you get in the handbook about aftermarket wheels messing up handling becomes a mut point.</click>