18"...I need your HELP!!

[Boxtaboy]

Originally Posted by Y2BOX

thanks Edevlin.....Im swaying towards the carrera 18..unless anyone has good pix of a silver Box with Turbo's?

I have been offered a set of replica carreras 18" with tyres for £900, and they will trade in my old Boxster S 17" for £200 (net £700)...seems like quite a good deal...

I would be wary of buying replica wheels. Even though they may look good to the eye, there's no guarantee of the strength/integrity matching up to OEM specs on a factory wheel.

Buy the Carrera lights....nice n simple. Don't worry about the strenght or integrity and blah blah. They have been put on sooo many boxsters, that if they were weak you would of heard about it by now. at this point, these rims are so well known, that they aren't really replica's. they are just rims that look exactly like the carrera rims, is how i would put it.

The Carrera lights are a very nice UPGRADE. As the turbo rims are pretty much STOCK.

i should clarrify...i don't see anywhere that you were considering carrera lights (aftermarket) or original carrera rims. Buy the Carrera Lights (aftermarkets).

[Boxtaboy]

Originally Posted by KronixSpeed

i should clarrify...i don't see anywhere that you were considering carrera lights (aftermarket) or original carrera rims. Buy the Carrera Lights (aftermarkets).

He says, "I have been offered a set of replica carreras 18" with tyres for £900, and they will trade in my old Boxster S 17" for £200 (net £700)...seems like quite a good deal..."

Replica is what I read. Note that some replica wheels are heavier than OEM wheels too. Just cause they look the same....

YMMV

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Here are a couple pics of what I believe are the turbos on mine: