Changed the wheels on 911 - What you think?

[Gibbo205]

HI there

Fitted some track wheels yesterday fitted with Michelin CUP tyres, here is some pictures:-





















Have to say I expected these wheels to look nowhere near as good as my regular Sport Design wheels, as I got them to be used as track wheels, but am pleasantly surprised at how good they actually look and certainly show of the huge brakes more so than my regular wheels.

For comparison sake, here is a picture of the car on its regular wheels:-





The cups have a little more grip that the Corsa's for sure which is superb as the Corsa is also a track R compound tyre too. The Michelins also seems more confident inspiring and quieter. Not one for the wet though as the tread design is pretty much for dry use only. Looking forward to Donnington in June now.

What you guys think of the wheels?

[AlexH997]

Prefer the originals.

Carrera s are dated

[Acf69]

They look good in black and suit your car nicely, the normal wheels aren't what you call shabby either

[Martian O]

Looking good Gibbo, have you tried Toyo 888s yet? I currently have them on my Turbo, great in the dry, not too bad in the wet but avoid standing water! A bit noisy though.

[mollytherocker]

They are standard 997 crab claws painted black?

Even so, they look better than sport designs to me.

Don't like black though.

[Gibbo205]

Martian O said:

Looking good Gibbo, have you tried Toyo 888s yet? I currently have them on my Turbo, great in the dry, not too bad in the wet but avoid standing water! A bit noisy though.

I've tried Pirelli Rosso's, PS2's, SuperSports, Pirelli Corsa and Michelin cups now.

SuperSports without a doubt are the best road tyre and all rounder. Dry grip is only marginally down on the Corsa and cups on track, but the sidewalls are a bit soft which takes away a bit of fun. But in cold dry SuperSport has way more grip, likewise for wet and they last forever.

The Corsa and cups are more fun to drive on, stiffer sidewalls and when hot have the best grip.

Would you rate R888's better than cups fr dry track use?

[Martian O]

Gibbo205 said:

...Would you rate R888's better than cups fr dry track use?

Haven't tried Cups yet but 888s are very good in the dry, certainly better than Corsas. They are a bit noisy and only come with 5mm of tread new though. Surprisingly good in the wet but standing water can be hairy! Very stiff sidewalls, you can sit on them and they don't flex!

And they look the ballhooks as well!

[stubbsy996]

AlexH997 said:

Prefer the originals.

Me too!

[Ady128]

They both look good. Thinking of getting black wheels for my red 991 Cab. Not sure which yet.

[petop]

Black on yellow looks great and prefer your new ones.

[FarQue]

petop said:

Black on yellow looks great and prefer your new ones.

+1

[Deerfoot]

They look great. Your new wheels are my favourite 997 wheel.

I even quite like the decals and usually I'm not a fan of such stuff.

[mrdemon]

R888 are a old tyre now, and came last in Track tests , they also don't heat cycle well.

Ps I love the wheels, as I don't like sport design, and sold my set of sport design wheels.

I like turbo 2 wheels ATM or OZ. turbo 2 looks new and fresh and the OZ looks like you mean business.

Edited by mrdemon on Monday 27th May 10:04

[Trev450]

mrdemon said:

R888 are a old tyre now, and came last in Track tests , they also don't heat cycle well.

Edited by mrdemon on Monday 27th May 10:04

Do you have a link to this test?

Gibbo - looks good on either set.

[Martian O]

mrdemon said:

R888 are a old tyre now, and came last in Track tests....

Link? Old tyre? Still superior to the later Yoko/Federal etc similar tyres.

[Captain James T]

Definitely seen that before...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=101...

Edited by Captain James T on Monday 27th May 18:55

[RGambo]

I like them. Suits the car.

[MadMark981]

Gibbo - I think they look good - better in black than the standard silver. I think the ultimate would have been the Carerra Sports with the black centres and diamond cut rims (1/2" wider front and rear) which allow you to run 305 sections on the rears to boot; but I appreciate that a set of these is not cheap!