45jimmy

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I stumbled across this on craigslist and again on ebay.

mitsuguy

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only thing I see abnormal is that the wrong size tire for whatever lexus they came off is installed... they will fit some other cars though, soooo......????

rominl

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umm, i am confused. those look like the stock wheels on gs400/430, which are 17s? but the tires rear 16"?

or am i missing something?

mitsuguy

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Those aren't OEM wheels... they are some sort of replica... if you look real close at the center caps, you will find a stylized L not a standard L like the real Lexus logo is...

45jimmy

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i didn't know you could fit 16" tires on a 17" rim. Is that safe?

mitsuguy

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That's not a 17" wheel... it is a replica 16" wheel with a fake Lexus logo center cap...

a 16" tire won't fit over the lip of a 17" wheel, and even if you could get it to, it definitely wouldn't seat on the rim flange...

JUST IS

Those are SUV tires. lol

steviej

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not quite true. The BF Goodrich Traction T/A Spec is listed as a Standard Touring All-Season Passenger tire.

Some GS400 and 430s had a 16" wheel as standard equipment but the size was 225/55-16.

Some GS300s had a 16" wheel as standard equipemnt but the size on those was 215/60-16.

What I find interesting is the eBay listing and the craiglist listing list different cars and not one specific vehicle that it came off of. I do agree the "L" center rings do look funny.

steviej

EyeKutr

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The funny L is just that.....indicates nothing about the wheel itself. In fact lexus wheels are not chrome from the factory so when they get plated, they get a simple 60mm center cap and someone glues or drills on an L on a chrome plastic cap....sooooo center caps that have Lexus emblems are usually (99%) of the time not an OEM center cap.....there you have it

rominl

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the 2gs didn't have chrome? i have no idea, but pretty sure sure on the ls430, chrome wheels were for all UL

emoshun

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2GS's had 225/55-16 stock & 235/45-17 as a factory option.

In the picture, it shows 215/65-16 which is neither OE size, nor was that OE style rim ever offered in a 16" variety, only 17"

45jimmy

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That's what I thought. But the picture fooled me into thinking that it was a 17" rim.

PS: Does anyone have spare oem 5-spoke 17" they want to sell me?

CK6Speed

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Aren't those simply the RX300 rims in chrome? Looks like it too me.

mitsuguy

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I thought the same thing at first, but the spokes on the RX wheels have a depression from the lugnut hole all the way to the outer edge - these wheels have a flat area close to the lug nut area...