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Old 01-01-2015, 04:41 PM   #1
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but the seller only has the rears in 9.5 or 11' wheels.
Trust me, you don't want to put on 19*10.5" wheels made out of cast metal on a little boxster. They are extremely heavy... spoked or not. You'll see your gas consumption bill almost doubling not to mention the lack of power (ask me how I know). Had those heavy wheels once - and glad they are gone now.

If you ask me, the 9.5 is what you want, I wouldn't go wider than that for a cast wheel. In the 19" sizes anyway. Might be different for the 18" dunno
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Old 01-01-2015, 05:04 PM   #2
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The previous 19" set I had was 13kg (26lbs?) on the rear. That didn't work at all.... cast alloy wheels in the 10.5 config. NO GO

The one that I have now a little better, 9.6kg and considered ultralight by our industry professional standard, but still... feeling sluggish dunno. Definitely not the same as those SUPER light and cheap 17" cast wheels that came original with the car.

Mind you mine is a the fastest Boxster of all, the mighty TWO point FIVE liters! Might be less noticeable with the 3.2L engine
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