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Old 09-03-2019, 05:46 PM
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295 on 12" is not recommended. 295 maxes out at 11.5" wheel.

Buy a Porsche pre built winter wheel set and save your self the likely damage that will happen from 2x year mountings and wheel weight removals.

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Originally Posted by scottlma
Thats great news - thank you everyone for your help. Now I need to decide if I will buy another set of wheels or have the snows mounted on my painted Carerra wheels. Other than putting my wheels through the punishment of an Ohio winter, is there any reason not to just swap the tires back/forth on the same wheels ? Presuming I have my P dealer do the swaps, is there any wear/tear on the wheels/tires (ex: tire bead) I should worry about ?
I was told its not good to remount performance tires. I purchased a second set of rims.


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Originally Posted by Jack F
295 on 12" is not recommended. 295 maxes out at 11.5" wheel.

Buy a Porsche pre built winter wheel set and save your self the likely damage that will happen from 2x year mountings and wheel weight removals.
Am I safe to presume that if I make an investment in the 20” wheels that I could put them on any 991.1 , 991.2 or 992 I might have in future, including a narrow-body ?
Old 09-04-2019, 12:19 AM
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Originally Posted by scottlma
Am I safe to presume that if I make an investment in the 20” wheels that I could put them on any 991.1 , 991.2 or 992 I might have in future, including a narrow-body ?
I dont think u can switch rims between narrow body and wide body if my memory is correct
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Originally Posted by *991*
I dont think u can switch rims between narrow body and wide body if my memory is correct
How about between different wife bodies (4S, 4GTS, Turbo, GT3 ?)
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In the 991 generation, the AWD cars can interchange wheels because they are all wide body. Unsure about the GT3, other then you will need CL wheels unless you did a 5 lug conversion.
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Originally Posted by scottlma
Am I safe to presume that if I make an investment in the 20” wheels that I could put them on any 991.1 , 991.2 or 992 I might have in future, including a narrow-body ?
I don't see how you could (fully) do that with a 992, they use staggered wheel sizing, either 20/21, or 19/20 on the base.
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Originally Posted by Jack F
295 on 12" is not recommended. 295 maxes out at 11.5" wheel.

Buy a Porsche pre built winter wheel set and save your self the likely damage that will happen from 2x year mountings and wheel weight removals.
The 295 rear tires fit on the 11.5" rear wheels (because other threads have photos that show it isn't too stretched) but my dealer refused to do it. Porsche wants you to put the 295s on 11" wheels.

Here's what they want to to use (i.e. sell to you):

Summer wheels/tires:
Front axle: 8.5 J x 20 RO 49 with 245/35 ZR 20 (91Y) tires
Rear axle: 11.5 J x 20 RO 56 with 305/30 ZR 20 (103Y) XL tires.

Winter wheels/tires:
Front axle: 8.5 J x 20 RO 49 with 245/35 R 20 91V M+S tires
Rear axle: 11 J x 20 RO 56 with 295/30 R 20 97V M+S tires.
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Originally Posted by NiteJav
In the 991 generation, the AWD cars can interchange wheels because they are all wide body. Unsure about the GT3, other then you will need CL wheels unless you did a 5 lug conversion.
I believe that the Turbo and GT3 cars are “mega wide” bodies, slightly wider than the C4, C4S, and GTS. I’m not sure if that impacts wheel offset or not.
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Originally Posted by digits
The 295 rear tires fit on the 11.5" rear wheels (because other threads have photos that show it isn't too stretched) but my dealer refused to do it. Porsche wants you to put the 295s on 11" wheels.

Here's what they want to to use (i.e. sell to you):

Summer wheels/tires:
Front axle: 8.5 J x 20 RO 49 with 245/35 ZR 20 (91Y) tires
Rear axle: 11.5 J x 20 RO 56 with 305/30 ZR 20 (103Y) XL tires.

Winter wheels/tires:
Front axle: 8.5 J x 20 RO 49 with 245/35 R 20 91V M+S tires
Rear axle: 11 J x 20 RO 56 with 295/30 R 20 97V M+S tires.

How do I determine what width my wheels are ? Can I measure this without dismounting the tire ? I have painted Carerra Sport Wheels (build sheet code was XRD)
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Originally Posted by scottlma
Thats great news - thank you everyone for your help. Now I need to decide if I will buy another set of wheels or have the snows mounted on my painted Carerra wheels. Other than putting my wheels through the punishment of an Ohio winter, is there any reason not to just swap the tires back/forth on the same wheels ? Presuming I have my P dealer do the swaps, is there any wear/tear on the wheels/tires (ex: tire bead) I should worry about ?
I always mount snows on OEM wheels and buy cool set (P101 this time) for summer
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Originally Posted by scottlma
Am I safe to presume that if I make an investment in the 20” wheels that I could put them on any 991.1 , 991.2 or 992 I might have in future, including a narrow-body ?
not a safe assumption. lots of variability and Widebody to Narrow is an issue. Even between WB 991.Xs there are spacers needed and some may be incompatible so going to 992 Im sure has lots of risk including different size wheels front and rear on some(all?) models.
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Originally Posted by Jack F
295 on 12" is not recommended. 295 maxes out at 11.5" wheel.

Buy a Porsche pre built winter wheel set and save your self the likely damage that will happen from 2x year mountings and wheel weight removals.
Porsche recommends 295 on their 20" wheel. Thats what dealers sell.....its in the manual too.



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