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Old 06-13-2019, 10:09 AM
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Default Rims: Carrera Sport or Carrera S?

Been itching to upgrade my 19” rims to 20”.

I like the HRE FF04’s but I can’t stand the center caps, unless there is a solution for how to replace it with a Porsche emblem.

Thoughts?




ETA: Carrera S in platinum.

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Carrera Sport all day long.
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Those Sports do look good on that Targa cos of colour combinations. But I would go with the S's every time, painted satin platinum perhaps and with coloured centres. In these times of ****e roads, alloys need to be easy and cheap to repair. Polished, two-tone and diamond cut are not. The S's are surprisingly easy to clean as well, despite the number of spokes.
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One vote for Carrera Sport here.....

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Originally Posted by OliverK68
Been itching to upgrade my 19” rims to 20”.

I like the HRE FF04’s but I can’t stand the center caps, unless there is a solution for how to replace it with a Porsche emblem.

Thoughts?
The easiest solution is to purchase an aftermarket set of Porsche center caps that come in the same diameter size as the HRE center caps.

Not only would the FF04's look better than the OEM options but they'd also be more lightweight and stronger.


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Carrera S for sure.

The other ones remind me of these

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S looks better to me, I know many love the sport but those thick 5 spokes look dated to me and doesn't mesh well with the sleek lines of the 991
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Carrera Sport. That being said, RS Spyder > Carrera Sport.
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Carrera S in Platinum Satin. The satin color hides brake dust really well compared to silver.
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With the large number of quality aftermarket options available, I would be loathe to purchase OEM wheels, especially at P car post order pricing.
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Ordered mine with the Carrera ones, the five-spoke design is timeless for me.

Also less spokes, less crevices to clean.
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Originally Posted by WheelsB

The easiest solution is to purchase an aftermarket set of Porsche center caps that come in the same diameter size as the HRE center caps.

Not only would the FF04's look better than the OEM options but they'd also be more lightweight and stronger.


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Carrera S wheels.
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What model do you have? Ive got a set of OEM S wheels from my T in gloss brake dust color (titanium) for sale if u dont get the ff04. However, if you get the ff04 and dont like them we can figure out a trade, assuming no one else bought my wheelset by then.
I also have a set of silver 20’ FF15 with porsche center caps
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Carrera S!


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