aftermarket replica wheels - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Quickurt · 06-19-2008, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by CJ_Boxster

The Diamond black BBS RS-GT's are freaken beautiful!!!! if i could justify the expense, i would buy these

Brumos has them on a Meteor Gray C4 in the showroom. I get a woody lookin at it!

Quickurt · 06-19-2008, 12:30 PM

You need to get out of New Jersey, Perfect lap. I've never dented a wheel, down here in Florida. I did ruin two on my Acura CL on Long Island.......

Perfectlap · 06-19-2008, 12:46 PM

I go down to FL every month to visit family and friends.
Roads are great but man to a city guy FL can be zzzzzzzzzz.

Quickurt · 06-19-2008, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Perfectlap

I go down to FL every month to visit family and friends.
Roads are great but man to a city guy FL can be zzzzzzzzzz.

Ha, hahhhhh!! We are known for our layed back lifestyle, lapman! I go to the city and can't figure out why you guys are all running around with your heads chopped off. We'll get it done, take it easy!
If you go near the area, you MUST go to Mt. Dora. It's northeast of Orlando.
Magnificent.

Perfectlap · 06-19-2008, 03:51 PM

Yep I was up there on my last visit. Took a drive to that little park with the big lake, they were having some kind of fair over there and closed off he roads. Reminded me of The Waltons!

blinkwatt · 06-19-2008, 04:34 PM

I wish people wouldn't comment on the replica wheels unless they have had them or know someone that has.........

On my 99' I had Italian made replica Carrera Lightweights. The rear driver wheel was dragged along a side wall when I crashed it,all that happened was it was scratched and slightly bent. It didn't shatter,it didn't fall apart or crack.

My Dad has replica Carrera Classic on his 996,no problems to date and balanced perfectly to spec.

I have replica Sport Technos on my 986 S. No problems to date.

By the way,each time we ditched OEM ones for replicas. Would we prefer OEM ones,sure but I'm not forking over $4k for new wheels anytime soon too many other mods to do.

Ask around on the forum everyone that has had them here likes them.

Quickurt · 06-19-2008, 04:43 PM

I don't know where you came from to get to Mt Dora, but the back roads - 452 and 315- going up to and around Ocala were fun.
But then, don't know what you're driving in Florida, either!!
My dad and I went to Watkins Glen every year from 71 to 78, for the F1 race. Talk about some neat roads up from Corning! Wish I would've had the box then! We took my 64 356 C the first trip, but it was really cramped for that trip from Hialeah!
We went five times in my grandfather's 63 Dart station wagon! A Miami bargain special: slant six, push-button automatic and NO HEATER! White w/red simulated artificial naugahyde (crappy sheet plastic) interior. Oh, those were the days. The damned thing thing never missed a beat.

Quickurt · 06-19-2008, 04:47 PM

Thanks Blink. We all get to dreaming (wet on some of them!) and BSing, but your post was the info I was looking for. I think you're going to have a hard time making any decent wheel fail without slicks. Street shoes just don't have the grip. Banging them doesn't count, you can break anything on a curb or pothole.