paulsoo217

Someone is selling me these wheels. Do you think these are authentic Porsche wheels? It says “Italy” so I’m having doubt. They are 18x7.5 Et50 and 18x10 et65. They should fit 996.2 narrow body with stock tire sizes, right? Thanks for the input.

lowpue

Yes, but you realize these are not hollow spoke so be sure to price accordingly.

paulsoo217

Thanks! So they're probably heavy. Would you say $600 would be a fair price?

lowpue

Yes...Anything $1000 or less and they seem to be refinished so I think that is fair for sure.

paulsoo217

Anyone has these Turbo Look I on their narrow body 996? How do they fit?

uscarrera

1999
Here you go
Rich

David993S

I ran them for a while until I got proper 8" fronts. But they fit and worked fine.

David993S

^^ P.S.

I wouldn't pay more than $500 for a set of 7.5's/10's solid spokes. That's what I paid for mine, and I sold them for the same, but mine were genuine. Those may be replicas. (someone correct me if I'm wrong).

paulsoo217

Thanks, David993S! Good info and advise there! I know my stock BBS are very light but they all have rashes and not very true, I did 2 balances to get rid of the vibrations. I'm reluctant to change them out because of the quality of the stock wheels. In a pickle here :P

paulsoo217

USCARRERA, your car is beautiful, love the color. Thanks for the pic!

uscarrera

The wheels were a factory option on my car
Rich

uscarrera

I think the ones in question are factory have never seen replicas with Porsche part numbers and they were made in Italy
Rich

paulsoo217

I hope so, but the stampings look like they're done AFTER the refinish, for everything looks clean but the stampings. I wonder what's the story on it.

Wheel Dynamics

Wheels will fit and were common 993 part numbers used on the 996.

Although the wheels look like they were refinished in a bad way, paint not fully stripped on the rears especially around the part numbers, they also painted the mounting point (hub)

I did notice this little triangle logo not commonly found on replica wheels so my guess is that they are the real deal but the true value IMO is around $600, if the finishing was done right they could fetch between $1000-1,500 on a private party sale.

Good Luck to you,





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paulsoo217

Wheels Dynamics, thanks for your expert input, you pointed out some interesting elements such as painted hub. Now, your suggestions and your inventory looks pretty nice! I'm going to have to check out your website for alternatives!