Narrow Body wheels vs. Wide Body wheels
 

I was looking at the champion RS171 wheels to fit on a carrera s, but i was told that these wheels would only fit on the wider body carreras (c4,c4s,turbo)..

But then something clicked, dont u get the option of choosing a Turbo wheel on your C2 or C2s?? If so, then why won't the rs171 fit on a carrera S? :confused:

You are correct you can have the turbo looking wheels as an option but there are not a turbo wheels. the turbo wheels are wider that's why they wouldn't fit c2. simply you can run narrow body wheels on wide body with sapcers but you can do the opposite. Also you can have the GT3 and the GT3RS as an example. Same lookin wheels with different offset. Hope that's help

turbo wheels are not wider they are 19X11 just like my C2. Offset is 51mm on the turbo.

can't we get someone from wheelexperts, champion motorsport, wheel enhancement, wheels boutique to solve this issue???

would the RS171 fit the Carrera S?

sorry I was mistaken. I thought it turbo wheel is wider

Love those wheels too. I contacted Champion and just got word back from Victor at Champion - RS171 will fit narrow body 997 C2S. Good luck

So can a 997S run GT3 wheels????....but not GT3RS wheels????

Fronts are the same for both narrow body (C2) and wide body (C4) - the rears have different offsets on the GT3 and the GT3RS.

The turbo wheel option on the C2 (narrow body) has a different rear offset than the OEM turbo wheel on the TT.

so is that a yes or a no???

Yes GT3 wheels are for the narrowbody and will work on a C2 - yes GT3RS wheels are for the widebody and will work on a C4, TT, Targa.

Awesome. Thanks for the reply. Maybe some black GT3 wheels with red lips for my car sometime........:)

Have you contacted Champion ? They have that wheel on the 997 selection page .

By the way --I love the magnesium wheels if they still make them.

http://www.championmotorsport.com/997RG5.htm

I may soon be selling a like-new set of Champion RG5B for narrow body 997. After buying them from another member in January, I think I have decided I'm happy with my Sport Designs.

Sorry to dig up this old thread but this is the closest match to the question I searched for.
I have been contemplating getting some Victor-Porsche brand wheels for my narrow body 997 but they seem to come with VERY aggressive offsets considering they are specifically designed for the 911:
The 11" rear rim from Victor for the narrow body comes with a 52mm offset - this is only 1mm "narrower" than putting a stock wide-body wheel on a narrow body car. (Stock Porsche wide body wheels have a 51mm offset.)
For reference: the 11" rear for the wide-body from Victor comes with a 25mm offset (I'm not just reading the wrong line. I think).
My car is not lowered if that makes any difference. The price is what attracted me to the Victor wheels, but will a 52mm offset really fit my narrow body 997? I would think it must since my searches did not yield any complaints about the Victor brand - except for the weight - which I cannot find the spec for.

Does someone have Victor wheels on their car? (A picture would be awesome)

Maybe if the economy stabilizes by spring I'll get the HREs I really want instead, but that's a lot of cash.

Thanks for any info.