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Hello Everyone,
New to the 958 but not to Porsche. Have had a couple of 996TT's (should have held them) but on this Saturday will be picking up the 958.
the car currently has the 22X10 Turbo 2 wheels with Conti Winter tires. The Rims need to be refurbished which I will do soon (about $150 per wheel).
Here's my question: (A) I can refurb the rims and swap to new continental all seasons. (B) can leave the rims and tires as a winter set and start new with another 3 Season set.
If I go the latter route and start new the options are a little overwhelming.
265/50/ZR19 8.5JX19
275/45/ZR20 9JX20
295/40/ZR20 9.5JX20
295/35/ZR21 10Jx21
305/30ZR22 11JX22
With all these sizes from 19" to 22" I cant seem to get a handle on what is a better set up. Maybe for me its been a while but prices are high for wheels these days!
Any advice or opinions are certainly welcome
First of all you don't want your winter tires to be 22's. That's just wrong! In fact why 22's on the 958 at all. Stop at 21's and save your ride quality. If it were me, I'd look for a set of OEM 21" Cayenne Turbo wheels and shod them with som new Michelin Pilot 4 All Seasons. They are great tires. Sell that 22" pack for cheap and never look back. 20's are the best for ride quality. You probably won't be able to get 19's over those brake calipers.
I currently have have the OEM 21' turbo wheels on my 11 CTT. Tire wise I'm currently running Michelin pilot sport 4s for summer tires in 295/35/21.
I have also had Continental Extreme Contact DWS 06 in 295/35/21 for all season option. Definitely recommend both and will be going back on the EC DWS 06 when I switch back off of my summer tires.
Anything wider than 295 goes up in price pretty significantly. I'd stay with 295 width personally unless you just want a wider stance I went with spacers for
would it be reasonable to keep the 22" wheels and go with something like Continental Extreme contacts?
that way i just refinish the wheels and get new tires. Otherwise it would be a matter of looking at 20" vs 21" new rims.
it's not a track car but I'd like to fill the arches adequately
Dump those 22's. There is a set of 21's in the classifieds, which I was going to buy but don't need to, that you should look at. Freshly recoated and read to go. You'll gain back the performance those 22's robbed from you.
would it be reasonable to keep the 22" wheels and go with something like Continental Extreme contacts?
that way i just refinish the wheels and get new tires. Otherwise it would be a matter of looking at 20" vs 21" new rims.
it's not a track car but I'd like to fill the arches adequately
IMO it depends on where you live. If it is somewhere where you see a lot of snow or ice routinely I'd keep that set for winter wheels and find a cheapish set of 21' turbo wheels and put the Continental's on them. If not, I would keep the 22s if the ride quality suites you.
05-25-2023, 04:21 PM
2012 CTT - New to Me - wheel questions
