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Well, if it can actually be done, and if the cost is only 2g, not to be flippant but that's trivial. If the car cost 140-150k, and the new wheels are 6-9k for HRE or similar forged offerings, and that's what a person wants, what's another 2gs? Granted, taking 7,000-dollar wheels up to 9000 makes for an expensive wheel set, but in the grand scheme of things...
Upon further review and read of more of this long thread on the 997 GT3 forum, you've got $2000 and a few hours labor at each corner, and a complete suspension alignment after converting. If I recall, the numbers bandied about in 2012 were closer to $4000+ before you considered the replacement set of 5 lug wheels. Porsche changed their tune a few times with new assembly instructions and torque values for the CLs. In the end, they provided a mileage limit when the hubs should be replaced. It caused a lot of consternation in the GT3 track crowd. Just as on a full race car, Porsche was setting limits to repair before failure. I have no idea if anything was changed in the 991. I've heard that the GT3 RS cars got a beefier design.
Mdkrp, can you post a pic of current wheels? Hard to see in small avatar pic.
Maybe?:
1) do a polished rim in silver, leave rest black
2) do a sapphire blue ( I think that's your color) accent or red, rim accent, like the new 991.2 GT3 wheels
Thanks! Totally changed my outlook on life. Okay, maybe not that drastic. But I went from always having a little twinge of disappointment with how the car looked (unless it had bright sun streaming in from the side so the wheels were well lit) to loving it under every circumstance. Even when the wheels are dirty, which is a lot of the time.
I liked them in black just fine when they looked like this:
But most of the time it was more like this, and they sort of disappeared in the dark wheelwells:
I think the painted silver wheels look amazing on your car NoGa. I have debated whether I want to do something with mine, such as paint or just go with new HRE style. Did you have any luck with your re-finishing, finding a clear coat that repels brake dust?
Mdkrp, can you post a pic of current wheels? Hard to see in small avatar pic.
Maybe?:
1) do a polished rim in silver, leave rest black
2) do a sapphire blue ( I think that's your color) accent or red, rim accent, like the new 991.2 GT3 wheels
Here is a pic of my current rims.
I will probably have them plasti-dipped in GT silver and if like it then will have them polished and just keep the center locks.
Yeah, I was a little confused about that as well. If you just want silver, have them painted by a local wheel painter. Here are my GTS wheels (originally black satin) in GT Silver with the satin clear coat over top of them.
NoGaBiker... where did you have this done? I'm also in ATL and want to have the CLs on my GTS repainted in GT Silver... thanks... CP
03-11-2017, 01:03 AM
