911 / 993 / 996 Rims on a Boxster??

[Grizzly]

For the benefit of all 986 forum members, I've been experimenting with this whole "you can't go bigger than a 17 inch wheel on a '97" thing. When I bought my '97, it had 18x8s in front and 18x10s in the rear. I've been driving it regularly, as had its previous owner I suppose, and thus far neither of us have perished in a fiery crash. Strangely drawn to the thought of cheating death, and for the good of the order, I've decided to step up to 19s to see how far we can push the envelope. Should you not hear from me in the future, it probably means that my rear suspension disassociated itself with the remainder of the vehicle and I have plunged over a cliff to a brilliant and spectacular demise.

Stay tuned...

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by Grizzly

For the benefit of all 986 forum members, I've been experimenting with this whole "you can't go bigger than a 17 inch wheel on a '97" thing. When I bought my '97, it had 18x8s in front and 18x10s in the rear. I've been driving it regularly, as had its previous owner I suppose, and thus far neither of us have perished in a fiery crash. Strangely drawn to the thought of cheating death, and for the good of the order, I've decided to step up to 19s to see how far we can push the envelope. Should you not hear from me in the future, it probably means that my rear suspension disassociated itself with the remainder of the vehicle and I have plunged over a cliff to a brilliant and spectacular demise.

Stay tuned...

Hi,

Great! We can all tell Porsche to stop wasting their time, maybe they can now better concentrate on the RMS issue...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[RandallNeighbour]

Jim, that's a very good suggestion. The 18 inch rim debacle on 97's only affects a few of us... the RMS affects every single one of us!