smddanny

Can a lister please confirm for me that I have the rght stuff here before I pull the trigger. My car is a 96 993 TT and I wanted a set of 996 turbo wheels.

I found the following, and from all my research it looks like the right stuff... can you please verify for me??

Wheels:
Front wheel is 18x8/et50 996.362.136.04
Rear wheel is 18x11/et45 996.362.142.11


Tires:
Bridgestone SO2A / N3 Porsche spec - F 225/40/18 -
R 295/30/18 - Treadwear 140 - Traction A - Temp A.

Thanks
Danny Shapiro

TRINITONY

I would go up to at least 235 in the front...alot of folks say using the 225/295 combinatiion, you will be 'under-tire'.

ca993twin

Danny,

I can't tell from the part numbers... are those 996 TT wheels hollow spokes or solids? The hollows are quite a bit lighter and more highly valued. And I agree with Tony... if you can, try to get a wider front tire. I use 255/305.

Air Kuul TT

Danny,

I have a set of HS 996TT-S rims and the p/n are as follow:

REAR:
(M418) 996.362.142.32
(Series) 996.362.142.11

FRONT:
(M418) 996.362.136.32
(Series) 996.362.136.04

Jean

Danny you have the right wheels/tires.

If I can throw my opinion, you will be better off with 235s up front (I like 245s) but if it is for street usage I would not worry about it, I would not spend the extra money until the tires are worn out and it is time to replace them.

If you feel some mild understeer, and if you have stock suspension and sway bars, get the tire pressures closer to each other Fr and Rr. With my tires and roads, 38Fr/38Rr cold on the stock 993TT works great for me.

smddanny

Thanks Guys.!

I believe these to be the hollow spoke 996 wheels and they look to be correct from everything I have read... just wanted to get a verification before I made the same mistake another has already learned from.

These wheels come with these tires for $800... so I won't bitch too much about 'em and would like to wear 'em out before I retire them.

Jean's point about playing with the air pressures to balance the ride is well taken. The car is mostly stock with bilstein hds and eibachs.

Now if I could get my buddy to stop smoothing and re-smoothing the rs front splitters and nb bumper cover .... and spray them midnite blue.. .then I will have a runner...

Thanks!
Danny Shapiro

TRINITONY

I recently got a set a week ago that also has 225 upfront for a lil less than you did. I think they all come with 225 from what I've seen on ebay and elsewhere.

iborroel

smddanny & TRINITONY: Where did you guys find a set of hollow spokes with tires for $800? I wouldn't mind getting a set for next winter.

TRINITONY

$700 to be exact, with caps and in MINT condition. Tires only have a couple k miles left on them though.

Ebay is where I got mine, and I've seen some pretty good deals also on 6speed.

Air Kuul TT

Tony,

Any pics of them on the WHITE 993 yet?

TRINITONY

No sir, had plan on taking a couple pics but it snowed and was too cold this weekend. You can relate to that..right..lol

smddanny

I also found a set of 996 hollow spokes on Ebay. I purchased for $800 a set with 4500 miles on them .. so the rears are about 1/3 done.

I needed to refinish my 993 wheels and the rear tires would be done in another 4,000 miles, so a complete set-up in better condition made sense.

Good thing they made a lot of 996s !!!!!

Best,
Danny Shapiro

Jean

Yes but just try getting an appointment at the dealership within one week for an oil change as a result Oh.. and those Cayennes....

porschespeeddemon

I dont know how it is in that part of the country but we'd love for someone to call and setup an oil change. They ask when can they bring it down, we say how soon can you get here. Also, I don't think winter has gotten the memo about it being spring time. Just won't leave us alone to have a nice week.

Jean

Porschespeedemon, looks like I need to move back to Denver, sounds like you guys still have a peaceful and relaxed life over there