Bought these wheels yesterday

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Originally Posted by Porsche Pete

Ahhh so?? Think we may be getting somewhere here.. Yes.

Think i will ask my local tyre place to pop the tyre off..Then take back home and see how the rim fits then..

In theory the 285/30 tyre is adding 1 1/2 " fairly significant
Will see how that fits then..?

Will then be a task of replacing these with a 265/40 pair of tyres
Going to stick with 40 profile tyres as i personally think they look better and the
ride is better too..plus they fill the arches better
The front wheels are fitted with 225/40 so thats good. Will see now if Pirelli do a 265 to match?

Would love to use these wheels if i can..I love em..and .the best deal i could get on a set of Oz Alleggerita HLT with Falken rubber is £1750 thats $2700
So would save me a packet !!

Pete I bought this same 996 wheel & tire package from a Porsche dealer because they were out of the Boxster pkg for my 2000 "S". The dealer included a pair of 24mm spacers which allowed the rear wheels & 285 tires to be mounted & driven but the tires were so close to the outer fender under hard cornering the 285's would rub the fender. This setup gave about 8mm clearance from the strut so I believe about 20mm spacer would be better. If you try that & have tire clearance issues you can still do like I did & sell the 285's & run the ideal size which is the 265 width.