17" vs 18" wheels (not a tire thread) - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

A Division of Pelican Parts

986 Boxster Catalog | 987 Cayman Catalog | Accessories | Performance

· Pelican Parts 986 Catalog
· Forums
· Refer Friends !
· Reviews
·General Discussion
·Performance Talk
·Autoshows
·Show and Tell
·Classifieds
·Boxster Clubs
·Porsche Lounge
·Porsche Links
·986forum Shopping
·Jump to C7forum

		986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners > Porsche Boxster & Cayman Forums > Boxster General Discussions
17" vs 18" wheels (not a tire thread)

Garage

Prev

Previous Post

Next Post

Next

10-08-2015, 09:19 PM	#11
Krieger Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Santa Rosa, CA Posts: 66	My son and I replaced the factory 18s with factory 17" on his 99 in June. The 18s are chrome and a little beat up. The 17" tires are definitely less expensive. I took the time to weigh the 17" with brand new tires vs the 18" rims with half tread in front and bald rears. The 17" were way lighter! The fronts are 5# less, the rears are 6.5# less!

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is On Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules

All times are GMT -8. The time now is 08:54 PM.