[PaulE]

Originally Posted by Javi Cooper

I've been looking for a set of these (also in 996 sizes) for a while. I'm about to buy a set on Ebay but they need some work. Can you post specs and pics of wheels, tires and spacers once you get them figure sorted out? Thanks

My shop has them now. They are going to get checked for trueness, trued as necessary, have all the curb rash repaired and then they will be refinished in Porsche silver, or as close to it as possible, with powder coating.

The shop checked the rear wheels on my car and said I need a 20mm spacer on the rear. I won't need any spacer on the front. I am sticking with stock size Boxster tires, 225/40-18 front and 265/35-18 rear. I also did some searching on this forum and 20mm seems to be the consensus for the rears. The fronts shouldn't need any spacers since the 996 and 986 have essentially the same front suspension and body.

These are genuine 996 BBS wheels, the fronts are 8 inches wide with a 50 offset, and the rears are 10 inches wide with a 65 offset.

I have ECS 20mm hub centric spacers and longer lug bolts ordered. ECS sells it as a complete kit and this was the lowest cost option I could find for the spacers plus lug bolts. The only hitch is that ECS has them on backorder and they won't ship until August 18. If my shop can find something else in that price range that they can get sooner, I may cancel the ECS order. My shop is going to mount the tires and make sure everything fits. Once I have it all done I'll post some pictures and confirm the spacers!