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Old 09-25-02, 12:25 PM
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Default Custom wheels for sc430

Can anyone direct me to some good sites to look at custom wheels for my sc430. Looking to spend around 1600 or so. 18x8
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Old 09-25-02, 12:57 PM
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why not 19?

www.wheelexperts.com (good place to buy)
www.superbuytires.com (good place to look)

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L-SPortline Model IV One piece are 18x8.5 and will accept OE runflat sensors. They aren't too expensive either.
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That L-Sportline is a great suggestion for that price range. The 18x8.5 size is actually better suited to the factory 245/40-18 tires, also.

If you intend to use the OE run-flat sensors, your choices are very limited, especially in that price range ($400/each).

Happy hunting!
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Unhappy before after market wheels, consider this

Well, if you didn't read past posts, I put on Enkei sublime chrome wheels. They look great but after going back and forth to the tire dealer and Lexus dealer (total of four times total), my car still shimmied. They have been switched, balanced and re-balanced ad nauseum. With the tire and Lexus dealer's putting their heads together, this has been subsequently attributed to the fact that they are non-Lexus (compatible with, but not o.e.m.) wheels. Lexus says their wheels are hub-centric, not lug-centric wheels. The after-markets also vary by 25/1000's of an inch. Putting 40psi tire pressure in each tire has 80 percent taken care of the shimmy problem. What I am still going to do remains unclear, however. So, I recommend anyone contemplating after-market wheels to bear this in mind and check it out thoroughly.
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L-SPortline wheels are drilled hubcentric.

Also, any non-hubcentric wheel can be made hubcentric with a centering ring (that the seller of your wheels should have provided), we defintely include them with every order if needed.
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