[mitch968]

Due to recently slashed tires, I'm in the position of considering a wheel upgrade instead of just buying new 16" tires. I have a line on a potential good deal on 996 C4 wheels with Bridgestone S03's (about half worn).

http://www.wheelenhancement.com/index.php?...eelDetail&id=38



A couple of questions....the offsets are 55 front and rear, which seems like it will fit fine. I think the stock 17 option was 7.5 with ET65, but these should be ok for the street, right? Secondly, the tires that are on the wheels are 255/40/17 and 205/50/17 (the typical 911 config). Will I likely notice substantially more understeer in somewhat spirited street driving? I'm currently running 205/55/16 and 245/45/16.



Lastly, has anyone mounted these wheels to a 968 before? Any style thoughts? The seller is offering to let me mount them up to try them out and return if I don't like them. I'm kind of on the fence because I haven't really seen them before, but they're growing on me.

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[Richard]

The offsets of 55 should pose no problem for the 968 and for the front wheel it will push it out more than the stock wheel with ET65.



Yes, the 7 inch front wheel should cause more understeer when combined with the 9 inch rear wheel. However, you can put a 225 width tire on the 7 inchers along with the 255 on the rear to compensate some.



As far as the style, I do like the looks of those but haven't seen them mounted on a 968.

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[odb812]

mitch, i'm running the same size wheels with the same size tires. the understeer is noticable under spirited driving but it is nothing dramatic. i did need to put a 7mm spacer on the front to clear the hubs though.

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[TheMirror]

Yep, the guy at Wheel Enhancement told me about needing the spacer, its to clear the front hub dust cap apparently.



Killer looking wheels.



Cheers,

-Mirror





[quote name='odb812' date='May 1 2006, 09:22 PM']mitch, i'm running the same size wheels with the same size tires.  the understeer is noticable under spirited driving but it is nothing dramatic.  i did need to put a 7mm spacer on the front to clear the hubs though.

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[mitch968]

I've since decided to pass on these wheels and kept my 16's for now with new Toyo T1R's. I liked the look of the C4's, but I just didn't love it. If anyone else is interested, I could dig up the seller's ebay info, but I doubt they're still available.

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