Factory chrome wheels?

[RedTurboEclipse]

Yea official weight for the 2g 16" allows are 22lbs each.

And the 2g GSX 17" wheels are 25lbs each.

 

[BGRIPTP]

Anyone know the weight on the 2g OZ racing wheels compared to the 16 inch chrome GST wheels?

 

[laserspeeddemon]

I used to be a big fan of Kumho MX tires, but then I came across this link and this link. As you can clearly see in the second link, the MX tires suck something awful, and overall placing last out of 11 tires tested. I don't care about the price savings when a particular "high performance" tire comes in dead last. It would be a different story if all the tires tested close to each other's results, but that just isn't the case here.

Oh sure, Kumho rates the MX in the elite in its own line of tires, but what does that really tell you? That it's a simple marketing ploy.

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I'm sorry but that article really does it hold water with me. It rated the Continental ContiSportContact 2 to 2nd place. Continental isn't exactly on top of the performance tire domain. The only thing that seems right is the Eagle F1 GS-D3 came out on top, but I would be sceptical off that. Also they took tires, like the BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KD, that are dry surface use tires and tested them on wet surfaces. If they were going to do that, why the hell not use BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW. Its not that hard.

 

[98DropTop]

Thanks guys, ill look into all those for sure

 

[99gst_racer]

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I'm sorry but that article really does it hold water with me. It rated the Continental ContiSportContact 2 to 2nd place. Continental isn't exactly on top of the performance tire domain. The only thing that seems right is the Eagle F1 GS-D3 came out on top, but I would be sceptical off that. Also they took tires, like the BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KD, that are dry surface use tires and tested them on wet surfaces. If they were going to do that, why the hell not use BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW. Its not that hard.

Agreed.

 

[1320i]

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I'm sorry but that article really does it hold water with me. It rated the Continental ContiSportContact 2 to 2nd place. Continental isn't exactly on top of the performance tire domain. The only thing that seems right is the Eagle F1 GS-D3 came out on top, but I would be sceptical off that. Also they took tires, like the BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KD, that are dry surface use tires and tested them on wet surfaces. If they were going to do that, why the hell not use BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KDW. Its not that hard.

I know that the Continentals come stock on the Porsche 996 and grip very well. I run the BFG KDWs in 235/35zr19 on my 99 GS-T and love them. They grip well and I can drive the way I love to.

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[JOEY A]

Ive seen alot of the GST rims, GSX rims are the rare ones not gsts

 

[laserspeeddemon]

I always thought they used Michelin Pilot Sport PS2, when I did a search I saw that Porsche has different tires and sizes (255-315) for each version of the 996. Huh! Never the that.

 

[punkak2]

yea i got them on my 98. but NY weather is ruff on them and they look pretty bad now... but were nice when i bought it.