OK, look here is the deal: a 1k set of wheels (nevermind wheels AND tires) is 100% a downgrade in performance from your OEM wheels. You really need to spend closer to 2K to get something light, strong, well built, in a 17/18 combo with some good high performance tires. I would wait. Get your cayman parts.
These statements are 100% NOT TRUE and you know it Dave!! The Enkei RPF1 is a inexpensive, lightweight, and strong wheel. Cost for a 17/18" set will be around $1200 and the 17" (even though it's cast and flow formed) weighs LESS than the OEM wheels of the same size!! Here's the PDF:
http://enkei.com/size_chart/RPF1.pdf
+1 I very strongly second that. Don't waste your money on wheels that you'll only regret buying later. Get the exhaust for the Cayman and save up for a proper set of wheels. I say you're spending $1800 - $2200 on wheels and about $1000 - $1200 on a decent set of tires like the S-Drives especially when considering 17/18 combo. Then you want to get a proper set of lug nuts (like the ones with a special key to get them off) and that'll run you about an additional $200-$300. All in to do it right you're looking at $3500 as a rough estimate.
I've owned both expensive sets of wheels (multiple sets of custom ordered Work Wheels, Rays, Gram Lights, custom DPE Forged) and cheap wheels (Flik, XXR, ESM) and can tell you from experience that Price has no relationship to quality.
I believe the advice above to be bad as well in a number of ways: 1) I already showed how the RPF1 is less than $2k. I'm actually considering my next set of wheels to be the TSW Rotary Forged line which are <$1K as seen on Nsxdreamer2 & 1K2Go's cars. 2) The Yokohoma S Drive is an Ultra High Performance tire, meaning that any tire in the Max Performance or Extreme Performance tire category will be far superior in dry performance (I recommend the Dunlop StarSpec instead). 3) $200-$300 on lug nuts?!?!? I don't even know what to say about this unless they are Louis Vuitton Lug nuts..:redface:
$3500 is high. But I'd say 2k minimum.
Butter, you don't need fancy lugnuts IMO. It doesn't add any real safety. ANY lugnut can be removed within seconds, even locking and heptagon ones. $200-300 is a lot of money for something that isn't that different in function than a $60-100 set.
+1 on that. I'd say $30 a set is all you need to spend.. if that...
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