Pugnacious P

I thought I would post some pics of my new (to me) 19" wheels. I found that the 997 rims fit the car quite well. Thanks to those of you that helped me make my decision regarding fitment.

MechanicalEng

I never liked 19's on a 996, but your car looks awesome.... I absolutely love the last pic.. is your car lovered?

Pugnacious P

Thanks, my 18" Carrera II's had one bent rim and some curb rash from previous owner, so I wanted to replace them with similar wheels, but could not in good conscience buy another pair of the same rims. I am "anti-bling" so I thought this was a good replacement. The car is standard height.

Riad

I think the wheels look really nice, great job.

Oh, just curious, are you color blind?

Phil G.

I love those wheels on the 996 - great looking car. I'm red-green color blind, but that car is green, right?

juankimalo

What size tires do you get?

Pugnacious P

Thanks guys.

OK Riad, I'll bite, why might I be colorblind? (I am not )
Phil, yes it is rainforest green.
Juan, They are 295 30 19 in rear and 235 35 19 in front.

BoulderNick

Looks nice.. the 19's look great on that car. I think Riad was responding to the color balance of your photos.. they look overly green, at least on my monitor.
Everything, and I mean everything, has a green tint to it (the silver rims, what I take to a be a white downspout on the house in the background, etc..)

- Nick

P.S. For grins, I pulled one into Photoshop and did a quick, abeit crude, color correction - does this not look closer to reality on your monitor?

Pugnacious P

Nick: OIC.... Got it.
No, I did not mess with color saturation at all, it was at dusk and I believe the fstop was something like 3.9 at iso 100 on my Leica digital. I think it might be lack of adjusting f stop, and time of day. I just snapped a few quick pics for my fellow rennlisters, so it was a point and shoot followed by quick size reduction. If you guys have seen my alternator DIY, you will know I am photoshop illiterate.

BoulderNick

Probably the combination of low light and a predominantly green scene (green car against green grass with green plants in the background) threw the autobalance off on the camera..

It's all good.. still a hella nice car, green or no green

- Nick

Pugnacious P

Thanks Nick, I haven't used color correction before, and after your post I see what you guys are talking about.

Yes, the light was too low for my fstop, I lost a few pics as they came out blurry with just going hand held. lol

Pugnacious P

I just turned the camera on, it was actually set to F2.7 at iso 100 using the autofocus. The last time I used it was at the Newport Jazz Festival and it was sunny as hell there.

Riad

Yea the colors are off... don't have photoshop on this computer but I would show you what I mean, but it really doesn't matter I was just having some fun. Doesn't change the fact that I like the look.

ArneeA

Nice wheels.

Orient Express

997/987 Carrera II wheels are a nice evolution of the 998 Carerra wheel. I personally think the 18"s are visually better balanced for a 996, and give you the ability to have a higher sidewall, which makes for a better ride, and less chance of getting curb rash.

Rainforest Green is a great color, one of the "1%" colors!