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IS-F wheels on a 2gen GS430

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Old 12-08-12, 10:03 AM
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Default IS-F wheels on a 2gen GS430

Hey does anyone know if IS-F wheels will fit on a 01 GS430?
Old 12-08-12, 10:38 AM
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I have them on my car. The stock ISF offsets are a bit weak, and the wheels are sunk in pretty far. Like 1.5" sunk in on the back lol. I had to put 25mm spacers on the rears to bring them a bit more flush, not hellaa flush but just a bit more filled look.
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Thanks for that...do you have any pics? I would like to see what they look like.
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I'll have to do some more digging. I'm not sure if I actually posted any nice pics of the car finished. Been too busy. Here's one of the car on the dyno so you can kind of get an idea of how it looks.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...os-inside.html
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Originally Posted by JeffTsai
I'll have to do some more digging. I'm not sure if I actually posted any nice pics of the car finished. Been too busy. Here's one of the car on the dyno so you can kind of get an idea of how it looks.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...os-inside.html
Your car is sick! For the wheels did you have to make any mods to get them to fit or they pretty much just bolted on?
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Hell yeah. His car looks sick!!! The grey paint blends in so prefect with the dark paint of the IS-F wheels. Btw, those dyno tests were incredible.
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I'm making some changes to the car at the moment so everything is torn apart lol. I'll post up some new updates once the car is done. I don't think I've ever posted up a picture of the car in the completed state.

EDIT: Ok, I just remembered that I took some pictures on my trip to SEMA in Las Vegas. Here's some pics of my car I took when I stopped by the Hoover Dam. Should give you a better idea of how the IS-F wheels look on a GS.




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The epotimoy of a street cruiser GS packing muscle. I love the look of a OEM enhanced GS. This is perfection.
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I'm sold! Yeah they look real good...the color of the wheels works well with the car paint! I just hope it looks as good on a black car.
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That looks real good-
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What size tires are you running Jeff? Also what brakes are those?
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Originally Posted by Glack32
What size tires are you running Jeff? Also what brakes are those?
+1 on the brake setup.
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Brakes are Brembo GT 355mm / 14" rotors. They stop on a freaking dime, and I actually need it with the car making this much power.
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What size tires are you running Jeff? Any problems with them rubbing?
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275-30/19 Nitto NT05 drag radials in back. Yes, even in the snow lol
Front is just standard size 235-35/19. No issues with rubbing. Car is lowered mildly, I would say like 1.5-2" drop or somewhere around there.

Stock IS-F tire size is 255, I managed to squeeze in a little more rubber on it. I guess I do the opposite of the stance guys. I stretch outwards instead of inwards

Offset on these are 19x8+45 19x9+55. Pretty weak offsets on the GS for sure. I put 20mm spacers on the front and 25mm in the rear. I have camber kit that brings my camber all around to factory specs. It brings the wheels a little more flush to the fender with the spacers, but not herra flush. Tire to fender rubbing fitment is cool for you guys that do it, but for those of us that actually use and drive our cars it's not practical.


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