What sort of wheels are these? Porsche standard?

[Lurking Lawyer]

Currently in the market for a 993 and spotted this on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dl

Are these Porsche OEM wheels? They look familiar to those on the 3.8 that 911 Virgin had for sale until recently and to those on a 3.8 I saw sold in the PH classifieds a few months back. I'm not sure whether they're OEM or aftermarket though. Anyone help?

It's a bit leggier than I would like at 125,000 miles. Yes, I know I should put this to the back of mind and buy on condition! I suppose it only works out at 12,000 miles a year. It's a bit of a longshot really as I won't be able to get to look at it before the auction ends and the guy is supposedly emigrating next week so needs to sell quickly - but the wheels piqued my curiosity anyway.

[adam b]

Sport Design IIs were an OEM design I believe

look nice but must be a right pain to clean and expensive to refurb (which it says these need)

[sportsandclassic]

Hi there

seen a few 993 with these on and alot of 996 C4 with the aero kit on and also GT3 996....seen these in a main dealer from a very early age so i would guess they are Genuine porsche wheels..unless hes got a copy set of them ..

[drcarrera]

Yep - had them on my 996. They look superb but really are a b*****r to clean.

I believe they can be dismantled for refurbishment, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem provided it's done by a specialist with the right experience. It's only the lacquer which needs doing anyway according to the advert.

I wouldn't worry too much about the mileage. Buy on condition, for a decent price, and get it inspected before parting with any cash and you could potentially have a great car there - it certainly looks good from the photos.

Edited by drcarrera on Monday 4th September 13:57

[DucatiGary]

looks like a nice car in the pic's, seen a set of those sport design II alloys go for 180 pound on ebay a few days ago, which also needed a refurb. . . .

one thing I would query, the spoiler looks like it has had the "dumb ass" mod and appears to be open on all the pics.

[Patrico]

nice looking car. so what do you guys think its ceiling value is with those miles? £20K tops?

[ttturbo]

they are sport classics and they are split rim.

they all rust badly on the inside.

yes very hard / impossible to clean

[woogie]

Same as mine Mark, very difficult to clean though

Lurking Lawyer said:

Currently in the market for a 993 and spotted this on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dl

Are these Porsche OEM wheels? They look familiar to those on the 3.8 that 911 Virgin had for sale until recently and to those on a 3.8 I saw sold in the PH classifieds a few months back. I'm not sure whether they're OEM or aftermarket though. Anyone help?

It's a bit leggier than I would like at 125,000 miles. Yes, I know I should put this to the back of mind and buy on condition! I suppose it only works out at 12,000 miles a year. It's a bit of a longshot really as I won't be able to get to look at it before the auction ends and the guy is supposedly emigrating next week so needs to sell quickly - but the wheels piqued my curiosity anyway.

[Lurking Lawyer]

Cheers all. I'm used to only seeing 17" Cups and sometimes 18" Turbo alloys on 993s, so wasn't sure what to make of these.

[tertius]

There is also a 17" one piece version of those wheels which I've been looking for ages ... so if anyone has any suggestions ...

BTW, I think those wheels are the absolute dogs nuts, difficult to clean or not.

[davi]

at the starting price, with no reserve, I'm rather taken by it myself! Bit of a bugger on the timing but could have gone for that (if the wife weren't standing behind me commenting on the house extention )