Used OEM factory Carrera 18" five spoke wheels can go for $700-$1,500 depending on condition. I cracked one a few years back and the cheapest I could find a single replacement wheel was $500 and it still needed to be refinished ($150). Be careful that they are not replicas, you can tell by the weight. Factory Carreras weight about 21 pounds each minus the tire obviously. But even the move heaiver replica wheels have gone up in price, they used to go for about $700 on Ebay, then went up to $1,100 at one point.
It sounds like this car was mostly enthusiast owned, most casual owners would not upgrade the brake ducting to the GT3 units and move to the sportier suspension, ditto for the clear bra. It's always good when you find an enthusiast owned car vs. used lot car with unknown history. Based on what I've seen in Excellence Magazine (the buyer's guide is available at Barnes & Noble now) I'd say that car is worth about $14k without the wheels. There are a ton of Boxsters for sale, but not many with all the repairs addressed. The first big one with your car is the clutch/IMS/RMS and possibly flywheel. My clutch, because of a great deal of city driving did not last 70K miles before I had to spend nearly $4k on the new clutch and upgrading the IMS. So if you drive the car about 10k miles a year you have another 3-4 years left on it depending on your driving needs and style. You should replace the water pump if its still on the original, if the pre-purchase inspection (PPI) checks out and that should include a leak down and compression test of the engine. If you get bad numbers on that the car won't be worth the hassle.
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GT3 Aero / Carrera 18" 5 spoke / Potenza RE-11
Fabspeed Headers & Noise Maker
BORN: March 2000 - FINLAND
IMS#1 REPLACED: April 2010 - NEW JERSEY -- LNE DUAL ROW
Last edited by Perfectlap; 10-05-2015 at 12:32 PM.
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