It all comes down to personal preference.

"Weight"
On the street.....does it matter a whit? Nah.

I like 'em, I'll buy em.

Well, if someone wants a set for narrow body without having to wait....pm me. Oh yeah, be ready to pay; no bargains here. Exclusivity and availability have a price...

This e-mail received from yesterday. Ordered today, finally.

"We are pleased to announce we now have all Ruf 17" Classic Wheels in stock!
If you are still interested in purchasing a kit of these wheels, please let us know and we can gladly put your order together for you."

From who?

why anyone would buy close to 30lbs wheels for $3000 confuses me...I like the RUF product line, but these weights are NOT good for a stock setup 911 that wasn't meant to have these types of weight on them...

Seems we've been down this weighty road before

Because they like them is reason enough. Don't like 'em? Then don't buy 'em.

Some people actually drive and enjoy their cars instead of analyzing everything to death.

And suggesting the chassis can't handle them, puhleeze.....

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AMEN
See you at the track Monday

I've been lucky enough to get to try both the heaviest wheels (Ruf) and the lightest (Gotti).

There is truely a performance difference. The car is much more nimble with the Gottis. And I personally love the way they look (I know they arn't everyone's cup of tea).

But there is a high price to pay for the lighter wheels. When they are tuned and running true they are wonderful, but every couple of hundred miles, or a pothole on the road, whichever comes first, they (the front) have to be rebalanced.

On the other hand, I've put thousands of miles on the heavier Ruf wheels and they never need attention. So these are my preferred wheels for street driving. Just my .02.

Directly from RUF.

RUF Wheels
 

Finally today I got the package from Pfaffenhausen, Classic Speedlines 8" and 9"*17". Yeah. The RUF front is painted ready to be fitted. Then I have a complete RS-interior waiting and new seats.

I also got a steering wheel from RUF.

Kris

Let's see some pics Kris - !

Heavy wheels throw of your suspension, bad for braking and accelerating. People should pay some attention to wheel weight.
Porsche's are road going race cars, you don't see F1 cars with heavy wheels. Just my opinion, leave the bling to the esclades etc.

Sounds like you are pretty knowledgeable about cars, mojo.
Tell us more. Or not.

I’ll be the first to admit I don’t know my *ss from a hole on the ground when it come to the finer points of wheel selection and weight variances.

Anyway, I would like to comment on calling these wheels "Bling"; I would have to disagree with those statements. These wheels are not "Bling", instead I would say it’s a "Status" thing to have the Ruff wheels as to any regular non PCAR person they are just 5 spoke wheels, not very attractive against any other wheel per say…elegant yes and simple in form but what regular person will really appreciate it beyond that?

That being said w00t! for uber status points when your sporting your Ruff wheels and for the guys who have the ponies to pull the extra weight..cool cool!


---Bill

Amen.

I bought em because I like em.
For street wheels, they work just fine....

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Craig, They look Bush league, I don't think they look good at all!! You should sell them to me :D

Nah, you don't want those weighty pieces of crap.
They make my suspension all funny n stuff. Selling them to an Escalade owner, ya know ;-)
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With 5mm spacers up front, 10 mm rear - grip length on the studs were long enough to use regular ol hub-centric spacers w/o bolts:

Before:
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Post spacer:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1125094207.jpg

Well Craig
I see you don't like people to disagree with your opinions.
You like to post jokes and make fun of them.
Fair enough its the internet, sorry if I affended you.