Well...they can. Some of the time. The GS 450h and GS 430 are the only two that really look GOOD to me. The Tourmaline, G-Spider, and ISP-Mode alloys look great, but are only options. The LS 460 Touring, SC 430, IS350, GX and RX have decent wheel choices (though not amazing), but what is wrong with the rest of the lineup? They might have the ugliest wheel selections...in the industry.

Cheesy and too busy for a full size, $75K SUV:


I know some of you like these, but I think they're too busy for a $60K car:


These are quite possibly, the absolute worst wheels over $50K


Oh, these are pretty bad too so I'm not sure...


I wasn't aware that the J30 Touring rims were back in style:


And on top of that the standard rims on the ES and RX 350's are terrible, and the new optional 18's on the RX are possibly worse than the standard ones.

I don't understand how they can do some stuff that looks SO good, and some that looks SO bad!

 

Good:

 

Enough reason why the aftermarket wheel industry is flourishing.

 

I know that everyone has the option of aftermarket, but most owners aren't going to go out and spend another $2K on wheels for a car that costs as much as these do.

I think nice wheels can completely kill, or compliment a design. The LS 460 Touring looks KILLER with the 5 Spoke 19" rims...the standard car? It looks alright. Same can be said for a GS 350 and GS 430...wheels make ALL the difference in a design and it is unfortunate that Lexus isn't putting enough effort into making them decent.

 

I'm one of the few, but I have always loved Lexus wheel design.

 

I actually really like the wheels on the GX and '07 LX, and even two of the wheels on the RX. I think 5 spoke/split 5 spokes look best on SUVS, which need to look "beefy" instead of ricey like the new LX/'08RX wheels.









Bad:

 

Hmph....never really noticed, but they all have the same basic design (including the ES350 UL wheels). Only ones I like are the IS-F wheels out of that group though. The rest just do not fit the design of the car.

 

Don't even get me started on the worst rims ever fitted to a production car

 

hmmm

 

Well since Infiniti saves cost by poor interior. Lexus saves cost by having plain wheels. Except the 19's on the New LS and the 18's on the GS 350

 

Which are already similar to the classic BBS wheel design.

 

Ugly wheels can leave a bad first impression on the car.

Probably thats why I never liked the SC430 until I saw one years later with aftermarket rims.

 

Yea Lexus prettu much does everything right in the design of the vehicle but when it come to Wheels they need a lesson from D2.. LOL The only ones that aren't bad are the 18's that you can get on the GS.. I think its the 8th pic down from the top.. Not to bad.. IMO..

 

hehe, I don't care about the oem wheels, I gonna change them on my cars anyway/

 

The SC 430 original wheels got 'pie platter' as a nickname.

Much improved now.

I think Lexus has the potential to build great rims, look at the IS ones. And those on the GS 450h and RX 400h, plus on the '08 RX 350.