Wheels: BMW is to BBS. MB is to AMG, Porsche is to ???

[tomvcarter]

Im tempted to get some new alloys for the GT3 as the originals are looking a little dated iom. But i want somethi9ng traditional... ie not to styled!
BMW is to BBS, MB is to AMG, Porsche is to ??? who are the Porsche aftermarket wheel Specalists?

[Ian_UK1]

HRE P40 Monobloc. Ultra light, forged, and look sensational.

http://www.hrewheels.com/p40/

[tomvcarter]

Ian_UK1 said:

HRE P40 Monobloc. Ultra light, forged, and look sensational.

http://www.hrewheels.com/p40/

I know HREs well as i had some P40s on my M3... but i can't afford them this time...

[carter711]

I'd say BBS are best known for their VW/VAG alliance. Porsche are very close to that lot, owning it and all.

Get some BBS on your Porsche.

[carter711]

Ooph..

[tomvcarter]

[quote=carter711]Ooph..
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Hmmm not a fan of the split rim, looks like a 70s wheel on a modern car.

[adamb]

I've been eyeing up these, very expensive though.. http://www.design911.co.uk/fu/prod12840/19--OZ-Sup...

[tomvcarter]

adamb said:

I've been eyeing up these, very expensive though.. http://www.design911.co.uk/fu/prod12840/19--OZ-Sup...

Not tooooo bad for a set of Forged wheels...the prices on HREs and the BBS FIs are close to £6000!!!:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/260795465658?ssPageName=...

If you like OZ why not the Ultraleggera, they have a good rep:
http://www.design911.co.uk/fu/prod9062/19--OZ-Ultr...

My only issues is that you can get a set of OZ's fitted to almost anything which takes away the "specialness"... but maybe im wrong

[barchetta_boy]

There are very few aftermarket wheels that look any good on a 911 unfortunately. Sadly even Porsche themselves have taken to making halfords-esque designs.

Will they ever come up with anything as sweet as the Cup 1 or Mk2 GT3 wheel again?

Joel

[gtphile]

BBS!

The cup cars run on them, horny as....

That said, any M/S style works

[tomvcarter]

gtphile said:

BBS!

The cup cars run on them, horny as....

That said, any M/S style works

Whats "M/S style"?

[carter711]

multi spoke

[cragswinter]

BBS default choice for pork

[996ttalot]

We've been having that debate recently in the workshop and concluded today. What wheels for our project 996 turbo. The order of choice was
- safety (planning on well over 200mph)
- weight saving
- style

In the end, one of our suppliers was very kind and is providing these below. 19" Ultralightweight forged Monolite wheel RG5, which are the lightest approved TUV wheels. Will keep them in that colour but may go black potentially - see how they are on the car.

[gtphile]

tomvcarter said:

Whats "M/S style"?

Motorsport!

[gtphile]

996ttalot said:

We've been having that debate recently in the workshop and concluded today. What wheels for our project 996 turbo. The order of choice was
- safety (planning on well over 200mph)
- weight saving
- style

In the end, one of our suppliers was very kind and is providing these below. 19" Ultralightweight forged Monolite wheel RG5, which are the lightest approved TUV wheels. Will keep them in that colour but may go black potentially - see how they are on the car.

Nice choice Ken!

[theredbaron]

Whoops ! That didn't work lol. Try again !

[theredbaron]

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd312/dubkiller...
BBS for me. These are my next upgrade.

[bikemonster]

Surely the wheel most associated with Porsche has to be Fuchs!

[BertBert]

what about the PS ones...http://www.psautoart.com/ps-wheels