By most accounts, the fronts are believed to be just under 20 lbs., and the rears a little bit over that . Personally, I question the validity of those figures. Most of the oem wheels that I have come across, have always weighted in a bit more than the published specs .

Check the spec at Tirerack, 18" tires are around 25-26lbs.

Well you asked about the stock turbo-style 17 inchers, which came in the 7.5 and 8 (front/rear) indicated. If you do have wider ones, then they're probably not the OEM wheels. What are your tire dimensions on the sidewalls?

255/40 ZR17 94H Rear = 10.03 inches wide
205/50 ZR17 Front = 8.07 inches wide

There is a picture of them on 2nd page of this thread plasti-dipped flat black. Or my old pics on the Boxster picture game thread.

It may be a model year specific thing, then. I can't remember what year yours is, but my 97 has 7in fronts and 8.5 in rears (made a typo earlier and put the .5 in the wrong spot, my bad). I've never known the 986 to have anything different for 17s. I would also say don't judge the wheel width by the tire width, since (to me, at least), the rim sits a bit deeper inside than the outermost part of the wheel, so you may very well have a half inch on either end that's just rubber.

Since the 996 had the same wheels at that same time, perhaps just with more width (just speculation on my part, not 100% sure), it could be that you have the 7 or 8.5 in front and the 9inch rear off of a 996. The style's exactly the same, it's just a deeper wheel.

Tire width != wheel width...

can't attach anything right now, was gonna do a screen grab, but go here:

Sizes To Fit Your Vehicle

ProjectM96, your tire dimensions front and rear match that of a '99 996 with 17s. Again, I don't know if that means they just threw on different size tires or the wheels were a bit wider for a 911, but I imagine it's the latter.

These are the dims for a '97 986:

Sizes To Fit Your Vehicle

Uhhhh not true.... You can always vary 20-30mm on what size tire you use on the same exact wheel....

I think his "!" before the "=" is supposed to mean "not equal to", Brad.

Sorry, bit of coding shorthand. Yes != means "not equal to"....

Here are my rims...I actually forgot the manufacturer of the rims until I saw a black set in earlier posts--->BSA 18's http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1324364430.jpg

19"s
 

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415ee539.jpg picture by andykhar - Photobuckethttp://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1333675126.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/CIMG2908.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/CIMG2907.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/CIMG2906.jpg

Sorry these are Garage pics... Classic BBS 2 piece 18's

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1350741626.jpg
http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1350741691.jpg

Heiko,
Love those Sport Classics!

Thanks Bryan, I've always loved these wheels; they're a bit of a pain to clean, but... oh well...

Who makes them?

Ok, I guess I'll throw my factory chrome wheels in the mix..
I'm old school.. chrome..
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Got more pics? I'm digging those wheels!

Thanks... Here's a couple more :-)

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01/21353524932.jpg
http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01/51353524963.jpg
http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01/91353524993.jpg
http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01/101353525008.jpg

Love those wheels Heiko!

Thanks Bruce... Some people like them and some people hate them...
The quality of these is pretty good but then i havent seen many BBS
wheels that arent good quality :-)

Here are my 19's.

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1354689100.jpg
http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1354689169.jpg
Just for fun here is the wheel in the reflection of a Cayman.
http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1354689259.jpg

And my 19"S

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1354701210.jpg

My rims...my Boxster S finally arrived!

http://s3-media2.ak.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/so-UyOYnwryGZn5nxcIQfw/l.jpgFor my 2001 black Boxster, just put Falken FK452s on VSR Darkside full black 19x8.5/10 instead of the stock 17" rims and love it.

if we're liking the sport classics i'll throw mine in the mix..

http://986forum.com/forums/images/dt...23549/1438.jpg

http://986forum.com/forums/images/dt...23549/1439.jpg

Nice color combo and rims, but they must be impossible to clean.

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1362372069.jpg
http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1362372176.jpg

Bruce and Heiko, what size tires and rims are those? I'm thinking something like that is what I may go with when my tires are ready to replace.

A different take on OEM's

http://s19.postimage.org/yc3erx3oz/IMG_6703_Large.jpg

Has anyone had bad rim damage from a kerb repaired by one of those mobile guys?

Yes they can be,

Body Kit
 

Where did you get those body kits?

Hamann in Germany produces them.

http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1363574203.jpg

See more at http://986forum.com/forums/show-tell-gallery/43078-1998-boxster-project-complete-restoration.html