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Old 02-17-2006, 05:29 PM   #1
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Ready for Snow!!

Had time (with help from son "No, Dan, you still can't drive the car, but i appreciate your help!) to put these on and take pics before heading out to work.
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Old 02-17-2006, 05:30 PM   #2
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More views. Hey, these look great to me!
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Old 02-17-2006, 05:32 PM   #3
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A couple for 'instant gratification!:


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Old 02-17-2006, 06:28 PM   #4
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Whoa...nice!
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Old 02-17-2006, 07:11 PM   #5
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Thanks! I may even make them my new regular wheels!
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Old 02-18-2006, 09:42 AM   #6
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Thumbs up Awesome looking alloy!

Real nice alloys. I have the same winter tires not bad at all. I would say the Boxster is a good snow car. Problem you might encounter if you are driving in heavy snow is the ground clearance. Instead of 18's as you installed I bought from the dealer a package they had for 1850 4 tires 17". So far this is the 2 nd winter never been stuck anywhere, but I do know there are big limitations with heavy snow. My other set is with the Carrera light alloy 18" Michelins Pilot. I have to say yours looks equally nice.
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Old 02-18-2006, 05:12 PM   #7
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Real nice alloys. I have the same winter tires not bad at all. I would say the Boxster is a good snow car. Problem you might encounter if you are driving in heavy snow is the ground clearance. Instead of 18's as you installed I bought from the dealer a package they had for 1850 4 tires 17". So far this is the 2 nd winter never been stuck anywhere, but I do know there are big limitations with heavy snow. My other set is with the Carrera light alloy 18" Michelins Pilot. I have to say yours looks equally nice.
Thanks. Yes, I had thought that as well. I look in the wheel wells and that ain't very much room! You get a slushy snow and it will build up and cause problems with steering as well.
Glad to know it does handle well in the snow! With just under 1k miles on it, I'm not really ready to take it out in the snow unless I had to!
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