Shogunade

What's it look like dirty? I'm thinking it'd look good. Haha.

tourenwagen

I haven't weighed them but I think they're are slightly lighter than stock according to HRE. I love the 2 piece look but unless you're going carbon barrels unfortunately its pretty hard to see any significant weight loss from them.

Your car looks great. I lived in the UK for 6 years and was into the VW/Seat scene back then (MaxPower days) and had a few different sets of wheels. Has the car scene fallen off? Is insurance killing it?

alin2

Lol.

Nothing looks good caked in red-brown brake dust...

RXP.

The 991/992 customer base tend not to mod their cars very much. At least not as much as the BMW and VW boys. That market is thriving by comparison.

Many porsche owners of newer cars tend to prefer to keep everything OEM in line with warranty etc.

I'll keep searching.

Tobeit

Same here....I kind of miss it that very few people in my area modify their Porsche's. My only pro of that is when I go to car shows and meets I am typically the lonly modified Porsche or other 100k+ sports cars. And then there are some Porsche folks who look down on you like "how dare you to modify that car that is perfect as is as delivered by Porsche". I am planning my next mod and probably will get some interesting comments here for doing it.

Shogunade

Can't wait to see what you have in store. HURRY UP! Hahah

RXP.

​​​​​​+1 looking forward to it!

ltdodge

question, I'm waiting for my new wheels to come in. what have you done for ceramic coating? is it worth doing it? what's the advantage and disadvantages? I have heard that after a few years removing the ceramic is a pain to reapply and with time the ceramic coating scratches. so what the overall consensus?

thanks

Tobeit

On my first set I had a detail shop do it prior to mounting tires.
On my second set I did it myself with torque products.
Both had same results. No scratching, easier to clean. I will reapply second set after maybe another year. It's easy to do yourself.

ltdodge

what brand did you buy?

Tobeit

Torque Ceramic Products or do you mean wheels? Wheels BCForged.

Shogunade

Before I brought it to the dealership to get the them mounted, I coated my wheels with Gtechnic C5 Wheel Armour. The water beading when sprayed with my pressure washer is awesome. I'm also sure it made cleaning them easier. It felt like the dirt/brake dust came off with little effort and agitation. I would definitely do it again. I'm also planning on doing the calipers and the car itself when it gets cooler out.

RXP.

Is everyone lowering their cars with aftermarket wheels?

Interested to see what the stock height looks like over wheels with a more aggressive offset.

alin2

I echo @Shogunade. Applied Gtechniq C5 which is very easy to use ceramic while the tires were off. It makes the wheels look great and makes cleaning the wheels and particularly the barrels way easier. The ceramic wears off eventually so no need to remove it and it doesn't really scratch by itself and isn't really protection against chips, scratches, or God forbid, curb rash.

alin2

I have not yet lowered my GTS with SPASM with my HREs which have modestly more aggressive offset. Pics upthread.