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No. The window decal is referring to the wheel known as Cup II. Those on the car are a newer wheel and what I call Boxster Turbo Twist. There may be a more correct name. And are those in the picture 18"?
As mentioned, the wheels you have are likely from a Porsche Boxster. Unknown what their width and offset is, but you can see the proper width and offset for the proper cup 2 wheels in the image of the wheel size below. A lot of of 96 817 inch wheels disappeared because they were in demand. Note that the front wheels are different width (7.5" vs. 7" and 65 mm offset versus 55 mm offset for the 7 inch wide wheel) than the much easier to find front wheels on a 911 of similar vintage.
There are serial numbers embossed on one of the spokes on the backside of the wheel, also the width and offset are embossed next to the valve stem hole (one number on each side of the hole). The numbers don't show up well in my photographs since it's a bit dark in the garage.
Last edited by regajohn; Apr 24, 2026 at 06:58 PM.
To split hairs, if your 94 968 has option code 718 and/or has the plastic engine bay beauty trims with glove storage you have a re-vin 1993 or 1993.5
In that scenario you’d would have had the Cup I 17s that are slightly different.
The twists do look good. I learned not to like them for the sole reason they’re a more modern style and I prefer the retro chunky look of Cup I on the 964, Audi RS2, 928 S4 & GTS.
Nice Pete. FYI, a nice set of 968 17" Cup2s (7.5" in front, 9" in rear) will run you $1,500. A nice set of 968 17" Cup1s will cost you ate least $3,000. Post the last 3 of the VIN and I'll tell you the details on the car.
I've been watching BaT for 17" wheels to replace the 16" Cup wheels on my '92 Cabrio and decided to create a "late offset era" quick reference for myself based on what I've seen across various owner forum posts and the 968 V-Pages. Sharing here in case someone finds this info useful:
good luck on BAT. You probably have better luck here, or possibly on eBay. About 10 years ago there was a perfect set but they wanted $5000 for them. I'm thinking I got mine from John Sheiry ... I'm pretty sure he's a Rennlist member, but he's also on the PCA 968 Facebook page. He's a 968 dismantler so he usually has lots of parts, although the wheels are hard to come by, especially the correct fronts for the 968 (993 fronts are much easier to find)
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