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You always want a snow tire to be as narrow as possible. The 19s can help with this. Also, 19s are far cheaper and have a larger selection when it comes to snow tires for our cars.
FWIW, when I bought my GTS (with 20" wheels) my dealer simply threw into the deal a take-off set of 19" wheels with Conti all season tires. They weren't worth much of anything to the dealer. So my suggestion is to check around with dealers - especially where you bought your car - and see if they have anything they can sell you cheaply. I have the 19" Panamera Turbo wheels. Suncoast also sets wheels with snow tires premounted.
DMoore
'13 Panamera GTS
'15 911 GT3
Looking good.. They might have an extra set somewhere in inventory
I see about 50/50 sales of Michelin vs the Pirelli. The Michelins will give a bit better deeper snow traction but the Pirelli feels a bit more like an all season tire on dry days. If needing to drive in deep snow, I would go with the Michelins. Please call me if I can help.
........and NO, August is NOT too early to be thinking about this
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I use the Baden 5 spokes from Viktor Equipment. Great quality for what they cost - all in for the wheels, tires (alpins), TPMS mounted was about $3k. I love them.
Did you have any issues with aftermarket TPMS? Or did you go with Porsche sensors?
Thought you guys might want to see what my eBay find + powdercoating turned into no better way to get cheap Porsche Genuine parts looking good! And, it has already snowed in the mountains, so after my next trip - they will be getting the Alpins and going on the car.
summer performance was terrible of course.
