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Author:  Black Bat 2 [ Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:36 am ]
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I was told that they were Boxster but I can't find any pictures of a boxster with them on. Anyone recognise what they are from? They have the correct width and offset as spec by Porsche and are 16"
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As to the wheel size discussion in another thread I find that my car on 205/55-16 and 225/50-16 has a much greater tendency to tramline than my brothers 924S on the 15" wheels. Nothing scarry but certainly more noticeable. I also drove a car on 17" rims whilst looking and it was dreadful
Author:  JW590 [ Fri Oct 31, 2008 11:52 am ]
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They're older Boxster (with an 's' by the way) ones, my neighbour has them on his 2.7 Boxster.
Author:  lindsayhbrown [ Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:03 pm ]
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yep 16 inch boxster wheels either 2.5 or 2.7
Author:  JW590 [ Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:34 pm ]
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And the side repeater on the picture is off a VW Golf - if ever you need one.
Author:  944 Man [ Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:38 pm ]
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Theyre the poverty spec wheels off the first Boxster. 6" & 7". Good for a 924S but unsuitable (and illegal) for a 944.
Author:  Fen [ Sat Nov 01, 2008 5:04 am ]
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Ang uuuuugleeeeeeee.

I bought a set for the tyres and virtually gave the awful rims away.
Author:  madrob6 [ Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:18 am ]
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944 Man wrote:
Theyre the poverty spec wheels off the first Boxster. 6" & 7". Good for a 924S but unsuitable (and illegal) for a 944.


Out of interest why are they illegal?
Author:  lindsayhbrown [ Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:19 am ]
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madrob6 wrote:
944 Man wrote:
Theyre the poverty spec wheels off the first Boxster. 6" & 7". Good for a 924S but unsuitable (and illegal) for a 944.


Out of interest why are they illegal?


i'm interested in why as well
Author:  VanhireBoys [ Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:11 am ]
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944 Man wrote:
Theyre the poverty spec wheels off the first Boxster. 6" & 7". Good for a 924S but unsuitable (and illegal) for a 944.



Id like to know why as well... We have them on "Faye" and no tramlining or tyre wear problems.. She even passed the NCT last week :shock:

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Author:  tr7v8 [ Sat Nov 01, 2008 3:52 pm ]
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lindsayhbrown wrote:
madrob6 wrote:
944 Man wrote:
Theyre the poverty spec wheels off the first Boxster. 6" & 7". Good for a 924S but unsuitable (and illegal) for a 944.


Out of interest why are they illegal?


i'm interested in why as well

That makes me wonder why as well?
Author:  Black Bat [ Sat Nov 01, 2008 7:29 pm ]
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Does anyone recognise these wheels?


Yes I do, they are the wheels on my brothers 944.....:lol: :lol: :lol: .

Out of curiosity, if I twisted my brothes arm to let me have them, would they fit directly onto my 924S, oe would I need spacers?

Kelvin.
Author:  jmgarage [ Sun Nov 09, 2008 8:05 pm ]
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I am curious about the illegal bit too

I can think of better wheels for a 944, but the illegal bit is news to me
Author:  944 Man [ Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:08 am ]
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Illegal because the 6" front rims are narrower than any part that Porsche fitted. You can. of course, fit two rear 7" pairs, and Ive seen a few mismatched sets like this being sold by Simon Butterworth. Unfortunately, you could probably buy two matched sets with centres for less than buttercup charges.

The same applies to series two 944s which have Carrera 2/4 wheels fitted. The rears are similar in size to S2 wheels, but the fronts are 1" narrower 6"s...
Author:  944 Man [ Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:13 am ]
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Black Bat wrote:
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Does anyone recognise these wheels?


Yes I do, they are the wheels on my brothers 944.....:lol: :lol: :lol: .

Out of curiosity, if I twisted my brothes arm to let me have them, would they fit directly onto my 924S, oe would I need spacers?

Kelvin.


Theyd fit pretty well onto a 924S, presuming that yu have a correct mixture of 6"s & 7"s. Off the top of my head the front (6") offset is 50mm and the rears (7") 40mm. I bought a set for the crested centres and the tyres, but the wheels look quite smart on my 924S.
Author:  Fen [ Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:34 am ]
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Is it actually illegal to fit narrower rims? What did Porsche offer size-wise for "winter" rims on the 944?

I'm not advocating fitting them as they're bloody ugly, but I don't necessarily believe it would be illegal to do so.
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