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YOUR RESEARCHAnyone else put 997 wheels on their 996?
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Now being in sunny south Florida where there's no such thing as parking near a curb, I'm ready for some new ones or one hell of a repair job.
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So 10,000 miles later - everything is tight and there are no negative effects of running Porsche 19" rims on a Porsche - who'd have thought!
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No change in wheel stud sizes are needed to run the spacer?
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My wheels are severely scarred from years of being a city car. Now being in sunny south Florida where there's no such thing as parking near a curb, I'm ready for some new ones or one hell of a repair job. How do you think these 18" wheels (meant for the 997) would look on my 996? Would they even fit?
Fit? Yes. (The offsets are the same, but the rears for wide body cars (C4S and Turbo) will only fit other wide body cars - not narrow body cars (either 996 or 997).)
Look good? Yes. (Especially if you lower the car a little with one of the performance suspensions - which should be nice on the smooth roads of Florida!)
These might look good on a green car (although they're 996 wheels):
Those are what I want to put on but I keep reading that the rear offset wont work on my narrow body car. Can anyone explain this to me as it seems that I have seen several?
5mm get's you back to stock, but 15mm gives a better stance and works really well - as here:
As for rear offset - look for the correct offset stamped on the Porsche wheel as here:
Rear-offset 67 fits the 996 perfectly
I'm running those exact wheels. They fit and look great even without spacers. The only minor issue is up front. To avoid using a spacer you need to go with a slightly narrower tire. With a spacer you'll fit fine, but personally I try to avoid spacers when I can.
You can apparently make it work with the turbo wheels porsche fits to the cayman S, but if you'd like to save yourself a lot of money, call carlos or roland over at wheel dynamics, they can sell you direct fit replicas at much lower price, email
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(no affiliation, but they are good people)
I have those exact wheels on my car, 18"x8" and 18"x10". As Cdodkin says, spacers should be used for the front, but the rears bolt on perfectly. I'm using the same spacers as Cdodkin.
I have a narrow body 2003 C2. Here's a low quality cell phone picture of them on my car (slightly dirty!).
Just be sure and re-torque your suspension pieces every 5,000 miles. The stresses introduced by the 19 inch wheels, in particular, can wreak havoc on a 996 suspension over time.
So you're basically saying just stick with the 18" wheels? After picking myself up off the floor from my "new wheel price" heart attack I've decided to try and find out what it would cost to just have the wheels repaired. (Assuming it's possible) I need to visit a couple of body shops anyway as my car is now 9 years old and I'm thinking about having the paint re-sprayed.
I had this pitch from my Stealership as well - giving me the disapproving stares etc etc.
But so far it appears to be completely groundless - and more a case of Porsche wishing to cover themselves in case of any future issues with the car.
i.e. Legal BS
Cdodkin - Why does the dealership have to re-torque the suspension, and which pieces?
Edgy - I couldn't find anything at renntech either. I'm probably searching incorrectly, can you point me to any independent info on the re-torquing?
I am curious about this, and not afraid of a torque wrench. After all you can't really do any serious harm if you're just torquing back to spec right?
I can imagine extra weight could magnify certain events, but I imagine this would have more to do with weight or even width /effective track than wheel diameter assuming the same rolling diameter. I am not however a Porsche Engineer.
- Hans
They don't torque anything - that's the point
They just 'suggest' that should anything happen in the future, that it's all my fault and they told me that big wheels might be bad for my car eventually.
It's all about plausible deniability for them - they can't be seen to approve of anything in case they get sued later on.
So 10,000 miles later - everything is tight and there are no negative effects of running Porsche 19" rims on a Porsche - who'd have thought!
Well I figured the worst would be no response, I appreciate your great performative response. I'll leave the link to a spacer and bolt kit here if it helps anyone in 2024 or beyond.
https://4wheelspacers.com/shop/porsc...cers-bolt-kit/
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