Larry Cable

+1 I'm not a fan of the S wheels...

NoGaBiker

Yeah, but according to the Configurator, GT Silver Metallic looks like Geyser Grey Eggshell. Which I would love! If Porsche is going to depict their Config colors as looking all low-sheen and non-metallic, because they realize how cool and desirable that is, why don't they just PAINT THE CARS those colors???

Ooops, got off track a little. Yeah, I had seen the configurator claiming the tires were 305s regardless of wheel, but also know that the lug wheels are 1/2" narrower, and that you can't trust what a car builder puts on their website, so I was hoping somebody who has one in their showroom or in their garage could confirm that 5 lugs are 305s. Are you pretty sure you saw them that way when you were in the showroom? All of the GTSs I've seen have been CLs.

Thanks,

GSIRM3

Yep, pretty sure on the tire size on the 5 lugs I saw. If you search the GTS threads on here, I think you will find a guy that took delivery of a GTS early in January that I am pretty sure had the 5 lug wheels. His car was the metallic white with black interior. If you find the post, PM him and ask him.

I searched for you. Looks like jmartaustin has one with 5 lug wheels. PM him.

https://rennlist.com/forums/991/8495...gts-yet-2.html

NoGaBiker

Thanks GSIRM3. In the meantime, I've flopped back to deciding on CLs for my order (this Saturday when I get back in town! Woo Hoo!)

CL Pros:
Love the look of the actual wheel, also love the look of the centerlock portion.
It is the "definitive" wheel for the 991 GTS, and its absence sorta renders the GTS bit a little more stealth.
Will want the CLs when resale time comes.

CL Cons:
DONT like all-black wheels. Even with a polished barrel I like them a lot better, but truth be told I'm not a black wheel guy.
There's absolutely NO mechanical advantage to me of having CLs, and the obvious disadvantage of having to invest considerable funds into a torque-wrench and breaker bar to remove wheels.

Resolution: This will not be a tracked Porsche (other tools better suit that purpose.) So how often will I take the wheels off? I've had my current Turbo for 2 years and haven't taken them off yet.
If I don't bond with the blackness of the CL look, options include painting the whole wheel, painting the barrels, swapping them for a set of HRE CLs. It's not the end of the world.
If I decide I can't live with the CLs in the future, options include trading the GTS, or spending the money to convert them. Yes, spendy, but again, not the end of the world.

So I'm flopped back to the CL side.

For now.

GSIRM3

I think you made a good decision on the CL wheels. I had them on my previous 997 GTS for 3.5 years and never had any issue with them. Like you, I didn't track the car, so frequent wheel changing was not an issue for me. My dealer matches Tirerack prices, so I go to them for tire work. No problems for me, and I agree, the CL's are part of the GTS. Now, if I tracked routinely and needed to do frequent tire wheel changes, I might look at it differently.

I am usually not a huge fan of all black wheels either, but I think it is just part of the GTS, and looks very nice on a GTS. I am partial to a white GTS since that is what I have (my 997 GTS was white also), but I think the black wheels really look good with a contrasting body color.

hinckley

This whole GTS wheel thing pisses a lot of us GTS owners off. I just can't figure why the 911 is the only GTS model with a limited wheel selection.

With that little rant, I think your conclusion is right on. I do think that black wheels work best with colors like carmine, sapphire and the whites and silvers. But I decided to give them a chance on my DBM, and I'm now glad I did.

As a quick aside, I bought my first 911 off the lot 15 years ago. It was silver over black - with red seatbelts. RED seatbelts!! Who would order a 911 with those?? Well, it was '99 and dealers would do anything to move a unit off the lot. So as part of my deal negotiation, I required them to switch out the red belts for normal, black ones. Of course I almost immediately regretted not give myself time to grow into the style. My more fashion-forward friends thought I was crazy in '99 and those same friends love the black wheels on the GTS.

So fast forward to today . . . Due to weather, my GTS has not made its way out of my dealership since it arrived over a month ago (and it's now looking like the snow won't stop falling in Boston for another six months). But I looked at the car again this weekend while I was there for a Club event, and to my surprise, I think I've already gotten there with the black CLs. The car's very aggressive looking with them and it screams "GTS". Also, the more I see GTSes with those very standard looking 5-spokes, the more I'm glad I made the choice I did.

Nothing's ever final, but I think I've made the leap to acceptance.

Larry Cable

good man! - should have ordered the snow-plough option for the GTS!

VintageRacer

Is Sonnen Porsche in the U.S.?

Larry Cable

google is your friend. Marin, Ca.

STG

Not always Larry .,.

http://www.dailydot.com/politics/goo...g-ruined-life/

Larry Cable

So you think searching for Sonnen Porsche on Google counts as a potential act of international terrorism?

What then if one were to order a "GTS Cabriolet" from Brett "Axis of Evil" Payne?

should we be discussing this on the "dark web" version of RL?

STG

I guess Google isn't bad for Chuck. Where else would he get all his "busty women of the month" pics from?

He'd have to start subscribing to magazines again.

Larry Cable

What else is the internet good for except finding images of scantily clad dominatrix?

Cheekymonkeyman

Pass....

Sonnen Porsche

Still available guys!