Keep an eye on Ebay. I bought mine for $2500 on Ebay...

 

Bro I am so jealous. Beautiful wheels. On their site it does not list them as being available in 19". I can't justify $5-6k for the wheels though...not baller enough I guess.

 

 

 

I love the RS97's, they look like a cleaner version of the lobsters but lighter and wider.

Dave

 

$4200 for 19" RS98's at Champion in Pompano Beach. Light as feathers.......18lbs front, 19lbs rear or aboult half of stock.

 

I wonder where do Champion wheels come from exactly. At first I believed Champion wheels were what we used to know as Speedline wheels yet Speedline was purchased by Amcast and since then I haven't heard of the Speedline name yet there are some "Corse" versions for racing vehicles looks like mostly rally racing and other applications:

http://www.speedlinecorse.co.uk/

As far as Porsche specific wheels go there are many prices:

TSW/Victor equipment are realtively cheap. My bottom line as far as cheap wheels go is TSW, well built in South Africa with virgin aluminum and euro designs:

http://tsw.com/

http://www.victorequipmentwheels.com/

not very agressive offsets though

BBS also offers what I would call the classic design and unquestionable quality, yes I know some VW BBS wheels were claimed to fail, yet I still have my doubts. I wish the offer their race line for the strret I love the ones Manthay use, yet not available in the USA, I could be wrong:

http://www.bbs-usa.com/

BBS also makes the TechArt Formula using a special forging process.

OZ wheels, named after their creators Silavo Aselladore and Pietro Zen are built in Italy from their own mill.

http://www.ozracing.com/

strong, light, with respectful designs, plus, they build many tuner wheels.

RH wheels an unused brand in the states makes reasonable wheels with applications for Porsche. Gemaballa re-brands RH wheels as their own in some cases, but they also use an Italian manufacturer, Mille Miglia I believe, could be wrong. Anyway RH here:

http://www.rh-alurad.de/

CEC announced a new Antera for Porsche. Antera wheels used to be built in Italy but I believe the moved to Geramany. Nice wheels, revolutionary designs in the 90's

http://www.antera.de/

Some wheels I love for Porsche are Sportec, here

http://www.sportec.ch/

Cargraphics are nice too...

http://www.cargraphic.de/

and many others like the American made Fikse and HRE offer tremendous performance.

But why are Champions so expensive? Must be marketing channel becuse at the rate these guys build 'em they well amortize the molds and forging process which are the two most expensive parts of the process, everything else, like design, packing and shipping are an ongoing thing in the industry for large wheel factories or mills. Smaller companies, that do forged and size/offset specific wheels have more of a problem in the fabrication and distribution sector thus more expensive.

Don't worry you have choices, look after the sponsors at the side bar...

www.wheelsexperts.com are an option, Peter knows his wheels well and even can come up with something special...

like the Rinspeed http://www.rinspeed.ch/

or phletora of custom forged wheels in a myriad of finishes,
right Peter

absolutely no affiliation to Peter or wheelexperts, just mentioning a reliable source for me, ok.

More on wheels? PM

 

Thanks to E55AMG, I also settled on the 19" RF67s which I absolutely love. Go through your dealer, they were <5k for me, although they were the 19"

Kind of a crappy pic:

 

Is silver the only finish they come in?

 

Yes, silver is the only standard finish in 19".

 

Those look excellent. My favorite! Can those be ordered in 19" sizes to fit a Carrera S?

 

That design is only available for the wide bodied cars, C4, C4S, 997 Turbo.
Please look at the wheels here for some options.
http://www.wheelenhancement.com/inde...&ijt=car&id=19

 

I also inquired about 19's for my Carrera S, unfortunately they don't make them nor are there any plans to do so.

 

thanks for the plug frissen.....

 

This wheel is available for narrow body in 20". Look at champion website. They show two different offsets. However, I do believe Alan is correct about 19".