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If you run a 235/30/22 that will increase your overall tire diameter from 26.63 in to 27.56 inches, a difference of 0.93 inches, so basically you need an extra 0.465 inches of clearance over the factory setup. In my opinion, most companies provide enough clearance for a half inch larger radius tire. Go ahead and put them on, you might have to roll the fenders or remove material from a splash guard, but nothing too terrible.
Dicer is right. 22s is for wanna be rappers and *******. You will ruin the car. I would never buy a car that had 20s or above. You are putting more stress on the cars axles, as well as brakes, steering, everything. You will put 22s on it, and then sell it in 3 months when its falling apart and maybe get 1000 for it.
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Putting 22s on a car and driving it normally, likely slow for cruising, would put a nominal amount of extra load on the mechanical components of the compared to running 17/18/19s and driving the car hard. If the car is teetering on component failure already, putting anything bigger than the stock 16s on the car will accelerate the wear of worn components just like driving the bag off a stock car would also do the same.
Your understanding of the physics at play is very limited and you have generally shown poor understanding of the systems of this and other cars you have commented on in the past. Suggesting the car is going to fall apart in 3 months and will be magically worth $1000 is retarded. The car would already have to be falling apart for that reality to play out. A well maintained LS should have zero problem with 22s.
And we all know dicer thinks that anyone who drives anything but a perfectly stock LS is a certified moron in his eyes.... So take what these two have to share with a big grain of salt.
OP,
while 22s are not my thing by any stretch, with the right width/offset/tire profile there is no reason why you cannot run them on your 96. You are going to have to deal with a much harsher ride and depending on the weight of the package, poor gas mileage and slower acceleration.
It's also an odd style around here so you will get some off handed and colourful comments.... But that should be water off a ducks back.
Low profile tires are not good at all for the soft OEM LS400 suspension. Old bushings and shocks are going to deteriorate at a much faster rate and pretty soon you'll have a loose/noisy/clanky suspension in addition to the ride harshness.
i mean do whatever you want but putting 22s on a car, especially one thats as good as the LS is one of the most ni**er rich things you can do. every single measurable thing will be worse as a result... i can understand wanting to get rid of the drink coasters for wheels that come with it but come on save this for the cadillacs that were never this good.
take a look at my man ichiro suzuki with his finished creation, see how happy he is? would you wanna turn that smile upside down?
i mean do whatever you want but putting 22s on a car, especially one thats as good as the LS is one of the most ni**er rich things you can do. every single measurable thing will be worse as a result... i can understand wanting to get rid of the drink coasters for wheels that come with it but come on save this for the cadillacs that were never this good.
take a look at my man ichiro suzuki with his finished creation, see how happy he is? would you wanna turn that smile upside down?
Shmee - that is not a well maintained LS400. None of them have been. I worked in a differential shop in the ghetto for a long time. I have put more axles in cars running 20"+ rims than most people even know about. Then on top of that I was building rock crawlers when i was but a wee lad. ****, I had 35"s on stock Samurai axles for a long time and I blew up a spool in my Suzuki. Sean at LROR until that day never heard of a spool detonating until I sent him pics. Its extra load. Bigger rims on ANY car is extra un-needed stress. Thats why NONE of my cars have wheels bigger than factory. period. So your argument about the 19s is irrelevent to my 16s.
35s on a samurai is not at all the same as 22s on an LS. Again, you show limited understanding of what you are talking about.
22s with a decently sized tire is as already stated 1" larger than stock in OD...
You on the other hand are comparing it to a Suzuki samurai that runs a 26.2" stock OD setup and added almost 10" to the OD. Sure the point moment mass is larger with a 22" wheel on low profile tires, but the overall leverage gained by going to somethings like 35" tire over a former 26.2" OD setup is what breaks things.
Your random anecdotal statements about entirely spurious incidents do not mean anything. What you have said are not facts. They are conjecture. You probably put more axels in cars, if you even actually ever worked in a differential shop, because of idiots running bearings dry and killing the axel... The huge wheels were not a cause of the issue but a symbol for the twisted priorities.
I did not have a 19" argument, and you did not present anything resembling a lucid thought that could be called an "argument" to try and refute what I did or did not say.... So I'm not sure how your 16s make anything I have said irrelevant.
You said its no different than running 19s on a car. I dont know if you have access to a tape measurer - but I am 1000% sure 19s are much different than 22s.
And you have no idea how many solid axle caprices I had to replace the axles on. I can do it with a floor jack and basic tools. Got tired of using up my 4 assigned lifts with people being morons. So thinner isolated axles taking all the force? Yeah thats not going to create problems at all. The bearings at the ends of the axle arent causing axles to twist in the housing and break at the ends near the carrier.
09-03-15, 06:09 PM
96 lexus ls400 - 22's fit?
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