Dale Gribble

Lots of people have bought those turbo II solid spoke wheels on ebay

Has anyone actually weighed them to see how heavy they are compared to stock solid spoke turbo II wheels?

Anyone have any complaints about the seller or the quality of the wheel?

jumper5836

Here is some info I dug up when I did some research

Factory 996 Turbo Hollows
8x18" at 22 lbs 2oz
11x18" at 26 lbs 5 oz

Factory 996 Turbo Solids
8x18" at 26 lbs 2 oz
11x18" at 31 lbs 6 oz

Factory GT2 wheels (earlier years, Turbo Solids):
8.5x18" at 28lbs 11 oz
12x18" at 33 lbs 0 oz

Factory GT2 wheels (later years, GT3 style)
8.5x18" 25 lbs 2 oz
12x18" 29 lbs 0 oz

Factory GT3 wheels
8x18" 22 lbs 10 oz
11x18" 27 lbs 11 oz

Factory Carrera S 997 - 100 lbs, 0 oz.
8.0 x 19 - 22 lbs. 4 oz. offset 57mm
11.0 x 19 - 27 lbs. 12 oz. offset 51mm

Porsche/BBS

18" Sport Designs
7.5" Front 26.5lbs
10" Rear 30lbs

18" 02' Carrera2 5 spokes
8" Front 21lbs
10" Rear 23lbs

Porsche Factory 2002 996 Carrera 10-spoke
7x17" 18 lbs. 1 oz.
9x17" 20 lbs. 15 oz.

Porsche Carrera Sport
19" x 10": 27 lbs
19" x 11.5": 29 lbs

Porsche Sport Technos (hollow spoke)
Front 8x18" 20lbs, 11oz
Rears 11x18" 25lbs 8oz

993 18" Turbo Twists (solid)
18x7.5" Front (50mm) 24.5lbs
18x10" Rear (65mm) 28lbs

Dale Gribble

wow...996 turbo solids are heavy...

greg, which ones are the 996 sport designs and which are the carrera 10-spoke..i thought they were one and the same? :S

MarkM

Jumper, sent you a pm. Is there a place that lists the part numbers assoicated woth your list? I want to verify some wheels.

thanks.

jumper5836

One is 17" and the other 18". Though I could be wrong, thinking back I might have been also looking at Boxster wheels.

tooloud10

Ouch...I didn't realize that until now either. I'm very used to dealing with rims in the 10-12 lb. range and don't like to see that.

jumper5836

I don't think your dealing with 18" -19" wheels
These are a few others I looked at when I did some research. I have no idea how you can be dealing with 10-12 lbs range

Fiske Profil 13:
8.5X18 = 21 lbs.
12X18 = 22.5 lbs.

19" Dymags for 997S
16 lbs., 0 oz. front
19 lbs., 0 oz. rear

BBS RS-GT
19x8 21 lbs
19x11 24 lbs

CCW

c10 (estimated)
18x9 Front 19.4lbs
18x11 rears 20.6lbs.

T10s
18x9 front 20 lbs front
18x11 rear 21-22lbs (estimated)

C14 (estimated)
18x9.5 front 24-25lbs
18x10 front/rear 23lbs
18x12 rear 24lbs

BBS

The BBS Racing wheels on datax's car (aluminum centers):

18" x 8.5": 19 lbs
18" x 11": 21 lbs

The BBS Racing Magnesium centers

18" x 8.5": 20 lbs
18" x 11": 22 lbs

Champions

RG5
18x8 front 18.5lbs
18x8.5 front 19 lbs 2 oz.front
18x10 rear 19.5lbs
18x11 rear 19lbs 9 oz.


Volks

TE37
18x8.5 18lbs
18x9 front 18.5lbs (estimated)
18x10 rear 19.5lbs
18x11 rear 20.5lbs
19X8.5 20lbs
19X11 21.5lbs

tooloud10

Sure, you're absolutely right about that. To be honest, I think I'm one of the rare people not enamored with huge rims because unsprung weight has always been one of my pet peeves. Someone once gave me a number about how much 1 lb of wheel weight "feels" on the car, but I can't remember what that number was.

Of course, my FX came with 20" rims that weigh in at over 70 lbs. each with tires mounted. I let the dealer rotate those suckers.