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FYI, these wheels were so heavy and crappy, I believe it caused the front diff to fail on the previous owner (replaced under warranty) even though she was running the correct tire and wheel ratio:
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It actually rides pretty well dispite how low it is now (the front is a bit stiff, but that's my fault for being too lazy to adjust the dampening).
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have quite a bit of info
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I thought I'd share my answer here too as it turned out to have quite a bit of info that someone may find useful.
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Run 3 piece rotiforms
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Here is the car now as the new owner has it lowered even further and is running 3 piece Rotiforms.
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FYI, these wheels were so heavy and crappy, I believe it caused the front diff to fail on the previous owner (replaced under warranty) even though she was running the correct tire and wheel ratio:
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Run correct tire and wheel ratio
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FYI, these wheels were so heavy and crappy, I believe it caused the front diff to fail on the previous owner (replaced under warranty) even though she was running the correct tire and wheel ratio:
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Run just 14mm in rear and 7mm in front
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But here is my old turbo 996 with Reiger 19's that looked great (think these could have used wider spacers as it was running just 14mm in rear and 7mm in front.
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Use wider spacers as it was
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But here is my old turbo 996 with Reiger 19's that looked great (think these could have used wider spacers as it was running just 14mm in rear and 7mm in front.
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So on another forum, a new C4S owner asked some questions about which wheels to run. I thought I'd share my answer here too as it turned out to have quite a bit of info that someone may find useful.
Ride height and stance makes a huge difference on these cars, especially the wide body. I have owned a few as you'll see below and have run a lot of different configurations. You may not agree with my opinions, but at least you'll have some objective comparisons.
18's generally will handle and perform better. That said, a high quality 19 will ride and perform far better than a cheap heavy 18 with lousy tires.
Here's the way I got my old C4S cab. It had some hideous cheap heavy 19's and the car is at hard core 4x4 status. FYI, these wheels were so heavy and crappy, I believe it caused the front diff to fail on the previous owner (replaced under warranty) even though she was running the correct tire and wheel ratio:
Here is the same car with factory Turbo Thrust 18's but still stock height (monster truck height)
Now look at the difference it makes having lowered the car with TechArt coil overs and utilizing spacers. 20mm rear 14mm front. At this height, it still rides beautifully. Yes that's a vinyl wrap, but that's another thread.
This was an experiment with some non factory heavy 997 turbo knock off 19's. They just looked like wagon wheels. Terrible.
But here is my old turbo 996 with Reiger 19's that looked great (think these could have used wider spacers as it was running just 14mm in rear and 7mm in front. Also with JIC Cross coils it rode very well even though super thin tires (325/25/19's in rear) and low ride height.
Here's a C4S I used to own with factory thrusts and JIC Cross coil over suspension:
Same car with Fikse 18's. These were super lightweight and added real performance compared to the heavy non hallow factory wheels, but I didn't like how the style made them look almost like 17's. No spacers either. That may have helped.
Here is the car now as the new owner has it lowered even further and is running 3 piece Rotiforms. Spectacular IMHO. I believe with the JIC Cross coil overs, it's probably riding pretty rough and required the fenders to be rolled.
Keep in mind, I'm not a purist and I prefer my Porsches harder, louder, more aggressive and less comfortable.
Here's my current 993. It's not done.
Looks like ****!
It actually rides pretty well dispite how low it is now (the front is a bit stiff, but that's my fault for being too lazy to adjust the dampening). The rear fenders are rolled quite a bit to prevent rubbing, but you can't tell without looking up into the fenders and it doesn't rub at all.
The lense on that camera makes it look like I have tiny little tires on the car in that pic. LOL
I will strongly disgree on the 19 vs 18 point, even a stupid cast 18s will ride better than 19s; the weight has far less of an impact on ride quality than the amount of rubber on the wheel. I had 18s, forged 19s (21 lbs?) and forged 17s (16.x lbs) on my M3 and the 19s rode the ****tiest by far.
As a matter of fact, the forged 17s were by far the best option:
In general I would say that the whole large wheels = wealth is about as pass� as the rap videos that it originated from.
I'm still a far of the matte wrap btw, looks great imo.
Thanks. It's not for everyone, but I really like the look. If you don't like people talking to you about your car, don't have it done, lol.
Vinyle wraps cost around $2500 give or take for a pro job. Takes a couple days to do.
You can leave it on for up to five years under warranty where I had it done. Hand wash and dry and you're good to go. It also protects the paint like a clear bra. it's basically the same stuff.
I use a company called Guardline here in Seattle. They do amazing work.
