New Porsche 997 with New Cargraphic 20" wheels!

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08-20-04, 12:06 PM

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Looks nice...though I'm starting to view wheels as becoming outrageously large and as you mentioned, cartoonish. I'd hate to curb or kink the lip on those. With as little side-wall as those tires offer, even small pot holes will be a challenge on the street.

08-20-04, 12:08 PM

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Looks nice but for me, they are to big for the car.

19's + drop

08-20-04, 02:06 PM

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I'm with RA40 and jpa2400, they look nice but would be too much for the real world.

But since I'm not driving it, the 997 with 20's is pretty sick.

08-20-04, 02:13 PM

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Originally posted by Faraaz23
That looks pretty good.... but whats a step lip... is it the way the rear wheel has a deep lip part of it that kind of goes in deep before it perpendicularly meets the part of the wheel thats parallel to the brake rotor?

Stepped lip refers to the outer barrel (the shiny part closest to the tire). On a normal design, it is a 1" smaller center section and the lip meets it, so it goes from 1 level to another, thus the "step". On a "reverse" design, the lip is straight.