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Old 11-16-2010, 05:35 PM
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A friend got a panamera 4, we are trying to figure out what would be an affordable option for winter-only wheels without going to ricer crap or paying porsche through the roof for the second set of factory wheels?

would boxster/cayman wheels fit? smaller/narrower is obviously preferred...
Old 11-16-2010, 06:07 PM
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cheapest is to pick up some OEM 18" take-off wheels (from tires shop or ebay) and mount new Pirelli winter tires on them. Should be able to do it for less than $2000. I did mine with TPMS so I pay little bit more.

not sure boxster wheels will do as tire sizes for panamera is 245 front and 275 rear for 18".
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yes that is what we are leaning towards, although having 9' wheel in the back limits winter tire choices (basically, just the pirellis you mentioned).

i wonder if front wheel with 1/2inch spacer would work OK in the back without looking too weird
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^don't do anything funny. Just go with the stock setup without spacer. I am a firm believer of stock setup. We will not know more about the car than the team that designed and built it.

Besides all winter tires are cheap anyway.



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