darkarmy

Hi Guys,

I was at the dealership yesterday and they told me that the winters had to be staggered in order to fit the car, but I searched the forum and found people have been going with 225/45/17 all around and have no problems.

jd93

AWD model does not require staggering, 225/45/17 is an ideal size for winter tires.. A dealership told you no?

darkarmy

yeah, gentlemen questioned if the rims would clear, I told him I was getting a set of replica rims that were made identically to the OEM rims.

newToIs250

I have is250 awd

Those are my winter tires
Nokian r2 225/45/17
On 17x8 offset 45 rims
Plus tpms

The dealers i called told me 225/45/17 was good for my awd is250

The rims i have might not clear the breaks on your is350 ???
Thanks

Dizordered

I suggest you go see another dealership. I went to 2 dealerships (let's say dealer A and dealer B) and they gave me different opinions. One of them is wrong obviously!

Dealer A suggested me to go with 17in wheels for winter setup specifically because the OEM setup is staggered. The IS staggered setup is rare on winter tires (I only found 3 models I think...). They showed me the RWC wheels that they are offering and it's new for this year (RWC LX80). Also, winter tires would be 225/45R17 all around as you mentioned.

I was shopping around for the best price so I went to Dealer B to see...

Dealer B said that the IS350 F-Sport has really big calipers and that I cannot go with 17in wheels. They said I must stay staggered with OEM F-Sport wheels. They showed the staggered Michelin setup that they had in stock and kinda pushed me to go with that. I took their quote and walked away.

I called Dealer A to make sure that their RWC wheels do fit the IS350 calipers and they confirmed that it will fit. I haven't switched them yet, but member "condosales" did (see link below). Those are exactly my future wheels!

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...picture-7.html

So in the end, Dealer B is completely wrong! They tried to scam me too when I was shopping for my IS. I ended up leasing it at Dealer A. Must I say that I'll never go back to Dealer B ever again? lol

darkarmy

First off, nice choice in rims, love them.

I found a place that offered these replicas with Michellin X-Ice3's for $1600 installed and taxed. The dude said these would clear as they are exact replica's of the oem.


But I agree, not all dealerships know what they are doing.

newToIs250

Here, a couple of montreal lexus dealers are selling these: RWC wheels

http://www.rwcwheels.com/en/site/col...r-wheels/lexus

Others on this forum have installed RWC wheels for their is350, they clear the breaks: see link https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...picture-7.html


LX80 ANTHRACITE

i think they were looking at this size:
17x7.5 5x114.3 ET35 CB60.1


the offset is 35


good luck

Answer

Don't trust them blindly! I had to try 5 different wheels before getting one to fit on my 350... All the ones I tried were supposed to fit according to the vendors. I finally went with RWC's.

darkarmy

I ended up going with oem replicas rims which was a cheaper alternative with Michelin Xice 3 225/45/17 all around. So far so good.

newToIs250

Hello

Do you have picutes you can upload?

Thanks

darkarmy

Not much of a picture, hope it helps.

newToIs250

Nice setup

In coming to regret my choice. Although i bought nokian r2 the rims i bought are ordinary

Dizordered

Wait wait wait.... I'm confused. Are those the OEM F-Sport wheels?! Or are they the replicas?! They look smaller than 18". Whoa...

darkarmy

It's replicas of the oem F PORT rims.These are 17s

newToIs250

What brand are they? Are they hubcentric?
Thanks