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Old 08-20-10, 02:47 PM
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Talking SC wheels and new tires

Finally got to the tire shop today. Looks great and rides awesome.
Anyone interested in my old wheels(chrome sawblades), can have them for free.
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Old 08-20-10, 03:21 PM
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looks great Vinny! i have the 93-94 lower trim moldings if ur interesting in those. it replaces the nasty black pieces. its a champagne color so ur gonna need to get it painted.
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Your car looks super clean
Old 08-21-10, 10:45 AM
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Could you message me an estimate on shipping for those wheels to 60440?

How wide is your sidewall? Looks kinda thin for my taste (safety-wise), I'd be far too worried about potholes messing up those sick SC's

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Old 08-21-10, 11:14 AM
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Thanks for the compliments guys!

LiCelsior, have no loot right now, those tires didn't come cheap! But maybe I'll get back in touch with you when I am getting ready to paint it and maybe we can work something out.

Rqaddison I went with 245/40 18's they seem to be the closest to the original diameter. Plus I prefer the shorter sidewalls. Theses wheels are rather thick around the edges, so I am not concerned with bending the wheels. If they were deep dish then I would worry. I have no real way of shipping these wheels, and I think it would be rather expensive from jersey. They are not in the best of shape. Here's a link to the pics of them

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls4...s-w-tires.html

Asia-H.T. the pics I took were at a good angle of the car, noit as clean as you would think. But that's ok cause I'll get it done little by little. Here's the link to the pics when I first got the car.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls4...0-new-guy.html
Old 08-21-10, 11:17 AM
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Hmm, the first link contained no pictures?

I've heard some pretty outrageous claims about awesome shipping deals, but you're probably right, it would probably be expensive, still, I'd love to see a picture or two :P
Old 08-23-10, 05:15 PM
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looks great, did you have to use spacers?
Old 08-23-10, 05:40 PM
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Bolted right up. Brand new lugs and tires were all that was needed. But I have a 92, if your ls is a 2000 you have the better brakes and I think you need spacers. I don't know what size.
Old 08-23-10, 07:43 PM
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95-00 need minimum 15mm spacers to clear the brakes when using SC430 wheels.
Old 08-24-10, 12:25 PM
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Always have liked thoes on an LS if I hadn't found my LS430's so quick I would have went with some of these.

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Old 09-02-10, 02:27 PM
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So we are moving our Certified Pre-Owned to a new location, but I keep finding neat crap all over this old building. I picked these up yesterday. Not too sure, butI think they are off of an SC430 Pebble Beach edition. I thought they were a good find. I figured I would get black allen bolts instead of the silver, just have to find some time to get to the hardware store.
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Old 09-02-10, 02:39 PM
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what's the difference betweens these^ and the sc430 wheels in the first post?
Old 09-02-10, 06:04 PM
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^^^ Yea they look the exact same in fact im 99.99% sure they are the same!
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