New 430 Rims installed.. calipers painted..

[kuch123]

Finally got rid of the 17s today! The rubber is Bridgestone Potenza RE960AS Pole Position, perfect for the OH winter weather (yea, right, its going to be 60 here this weekend!) The car rides much better on these vs. the runflats, even with the larger diameter rim. Found the rims on ebay, sent them and the tires from tirerack to the dealership for mounting so they could swap the pressure sensors correctly.. even got a complementary caliper/rotor paint job.. to Lexus of Dayton

and don't tell me it needs dropped, the NF springs are already in the trunk to be installed in a week or two

[jaxgs350]

Nice! Love the look of these rims vs. the other 17" ones, and that caliper repaint is pretty cool.... nice of them to do that for you... well done!

[EXP_Cougar]

Looks sharp!

[Corsa999]

They look great. Where exactly on EBay did you find those? I've checked on EBay motors and didn't come up with anything. Also, are them oem and how can you be sure? The calipers looks really good, what do you think they did to your rotors? Congrats

[sbrown02]

Yea... those 430 rims are sweet!

[SADDLE]

those 430 wheels make a world of difference.

[Ice350]

Originally Posted by 99 GS 300

those 430 wheels make a world of difference.

Ditto! Nice.

[kuch123]

Originally Posted by Corsa999

They look great. Where exactly on EBay did you find those? I've checked on EBay motors and didn't come up with anything. Also, are them oem and how can you be sure? The calipers looks really good, what do you think they did to your rotors? Congrats

Found them late one night when i was up late. Cought them right after posting...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=150070532169

buy-now for $870 shipped to my door .. didn't take long to make that decision. I've seen a few others that were bid only and usually bid up to 1k+s&H .. They are OEM.. 'Toyota' is in the cast on the back of the rim along with all other usual factory markings and they also arrived in original Toyota boxes and my dealer's parts guy confirmed it.. If you look at the 3rd photo, you'll see the 'hub' part of the rotor painted black.. the part the rim is bolted to.

[starstreak]

um what colors are the calapers(sp)? I thought they are black?

[2thfixr]

Looks great! That's the way a GS should look.

[Corsa999]

Originally Posted by kuch123

Found them late one night when i was up late. Cought them right after posting...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=150070532169

buy-now for $870 shipped to my door .. didn't take long to make that decision. I've seen a few others that were bid only and usually bid up to 1k+s&H .. They are OEM.. 'Toyota' is in the cast on the back of the rim along with all other usual factory markings and they also arrived in original Toyota boxes and my dealer's parts guy confirmed it.. If you look at the 3rd photo, you'll see the 'hub' part of the rotor painted black.. the part the rim is bolted to.

Hey...that's a great price and they look to be in great condition as well. I always wondered if there were very many OEM "replicas" created because a lot of people like OEM stuff but it's usually pretty pricey. That was cool of them to paint your calipers and rotor assembly for you.

[RandalR]

Originally Posted by kuch123

Finally got rid of the 17s today!

Looks great! Now be careful when parallel parking and on narrow roads with no shoulder - the 18's with such low-profile tires are curb magnets.

[LXotic]

looks clean!

[1SICKLEX]

Good job thus far!

[rilot]

Same wheels as mine.

Very nice.