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Old 01-11-10, 09:05 AM
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You betchya, some nice older gentleman took them off his LS430 and got some chrome rims and didn't want these anymore. I did have to drive 4+ hours to get them but made a weekend out of it with the wife, so she agreed I could get them.
Old 01-11-10, 09:16 AM
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wow thats a steel, really nice find, wish i could find a set for that price
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u are lucky...those go for around 600-900 approx.
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I guess I beat out 5 other people that called shortly after I did. Told him I wanted them and would come pick them up this weekend with cash, and he was nice enough to hold them for me. Right place right time I guess.
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Default LS430 18's Silver

Picked this up this weekend.
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Old 01-13-10, 05:14 PM
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Schulz, they look absolutely mint ! Awesome find Back to my original question, any of you guys have more ideas on what I should get ? Budget = ~$1,000.
Old 01-13-10, 05:24 PM
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Some ideas.

http://www.rbwheels.com/index.php?ma...cdcb96e4e0f6ff

http://www.rbwheels.com/index.php?ma...cdcb96e4e0f6ff
Old 01-13-10, 07:16 PM
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absolutely! if you can't afford new vip wheels, get them used. i've bought a couple set of used wheels from an importer and loved them.
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well you could always buy my Work wheels .
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I say stick with OEM, get the SC430 or LS430 rims.
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I've considered RB, but I've read mixed opinions about them. Lots say they're great and you can't go wrong and, conversely, lots also say that they've had horrible experiences with them. I'd really love for someone to say go for it, I would need someone who lives close to the rbwheels.com store so they can go and check out the rims for me since I'm all the way up here in Canada. Any help would be nice So, is a rbwheels.com a good choice ?

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well you could always buy my Work wheels .
Your Eurolines ? The only problem is you have a 1LS and I have a 2LS with the BBK. They probably wouldn't fit even with spacers :S Just out of curiosity, how much would you be willing to let them go for ?

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I say stick with OEM, get the SC430 or LS430 rims.
Thanks for the opinion Schulz, but I think that the car needs a new profile and my main goal is to get rid of the grandpa-ish looks. I'm looking @ some Megan coilovers and probably gonna go for some 18 inch rims with a nice deep dish
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Was browsing rbwheels and these interested me:

http://www.rbwheels.com/index.php?ma...cdcb96e4e0f6ff

http://www.rbwheels.com/index.php?ma...cdcb96e4e0f6ff

http://www.rbwheels.com/index.php?ma...cdcb96e4e0f6ff

According to you guys, which set would look best on the LS ? I quite liked those Duchatelets, but the Rays AX look great too. Opinions wanted

P.S: While I'm at it, would running my LS on Megan coilovers and stock rims destroy my wheel wells ? I remember seeing a post on here where some guy had his LS on stockies with Megan coilvers and he rubbed out the fender well and ate up some of his lighting wires. I'm guessing it depends on the drop. I'm bringing this up simply because I'm probably going to run my LS on Megans until I get rims. Any opinions and facts about this would be great too

Thanks for all the support guys
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looking for 1850 shipped. but shipping to Canada is a pain..

depends how dramatic your drop is to see if u will rub that badly or not.
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Thanks Li, I'm checking to see how much it would cost for RB to ship to Canada. I'm guessing somewhere around $200. BTW, are you running Megans ? If so, how do you like them ?
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if ur going for the more clean elegant conservative look go with the Duchatelets (love those wheels), if not and u want to go with a more aggressive look then go with the rays or the works although they rnt all that aggressive. u can fit those rays in a 9 front and 10 rear with those offests in the Ls

ohh and megans ftw!!! haha love em


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