19" Wheels on my 97 Boxster - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

97 Boxster · 05-14-2012, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Overdrive

I'm too much into erring on the side of caution with my 97, but I do have to say that those look excellent and much nicer compared to the chromed stock style. It's amazing how much of a difference that makes just eliminating some tire sidewall with wheel.

I had a 987 owner who has 18s from a Cayman on his ask me if my wheels were 16s or 15s, and his face kind of contorted when I told him they were 17s. It can make one feel a bit inadequate at times with today's cars being so upsized on everything. Still, I just can't take the risk of going up any sizes unless I know the car will be ok, and the answer is pretty much MY98+ to be assured of that.

I'm throwing some jealousy your way, 97, but only in good ways. The car looks sharp, the chrome was very blingy and out of place to me.

Thanks OD. I have heard and read of oversized wheels on the 97's being an issue when tracking the car but thats about it. I baby this car although I do rev it on occasion to "keep the juices flowing" in the car and in myself

so I hope I am OK. The chrome was BLINGY but those wheels were some of the cleanest/straightest used set I have seen on a boxster since I bought mine so I kept them for about 3 years. It was time to let them go and "UPGRADE" if you call it that.

Thanks for the kind words and NO jealousy is needed. We all have our 5 seconds of fame and this was mine. LOL

On another note. I took the wheels to get them balanced on Saturday to a shop by my house who USED to do all my work. Lately I have had issues with them working on my Hummer (forgetting the skid plate bolts, oil cap not fastened properly and washer fluid not filled as requested) and I thought i would give them another chance after they said they would make good and rebalance my new wheels. Well, I got them home, installed them and went for a ride in the evening and guess what?? Shaking like crazy. I checked out the weights and they were all over the place. Terrible job and so I called today and let them have it. They said to come back and give them a chance to fix it- I DECLINED. Went to a reputable high end wheel shop and VIOLA now its perfect as it should be. Sorry for the rant.