Any wheel experts know this one? It is on a 997.1 4S

Thanks!

 

HRE P40- expensive version, or Ruger Mesh- cheap version.

 

Pull the wheel off (just one of them), and take pictures of the engravings/markings on the backside of the wheel. These markings should tell us if it's an HRE P40 (which it could be), or a knock off wheel. Unfortunately the P40 was one of the most knocked off HRE designs ever so there are a huge amount of cheap replica companies who copied the design and re-branded it as their own so the only way to truly tell is to read the engravings on the backside to see where it was made, or if there's an HRE serial number on there.

 

Thanks. It isn't my car yet and the owner wasn't aware of which wheels they were as they came when he bought the car. If I do buy it I'll be sure to check.

 

Is it just me or do the lug nuts/bolts look strange?

 

It just looks a little out of focus with the sun reflecting off of it. Needs a good clean as well.

 

I think that the lug bolts are not the Porsche OEM but an aftermarket type. This is a clue that the rims are not from a well known manufacturer like HRE, Victor Equipment, Avant Garde, who make their wheels compatible with OEM bolts.

 

We actually machine the wheel to the end-users preference, so for Porsche for example you can select to use the OEM Ball seat again, or we can switch it up and cut the wheel so that it accepts a conical seat instead so that aftermarket lug nuts can be used instead of the factory.

 

I'm with you. Not only do the heads on the bolts look tiny, but so do the holes, which is why the bolts are socket head type and the socket won't go around the bolt head but rather has to be put into it. I bet they're knock-offs.