Should i get the wheel conversion kit eventually or no? when it gets cheaper of course.

 

err, what's wrong w/ the sc rims you have now?

 

yes, the conversion is hot. did you photoshop the conversioned wheels onto you car in that pic?

 

It sure looks like he did, the position of the front and rear wheels are identical!

 

The wheels look nice but the sc wheels look just as good. I don't know if I'd waste the money to make a lateral move, but they are both nice so do what ever you would enjoy more.

 

yeah i saw that the back wheel was smaller, and that they were in the same position and that the back wheel was also too far back on the tire.... but other than that, lol. anyway, they look good, but yes they do cost a lot...

 

NO! Keep the SC rims. I've been thinking about selling my 96 and getting a 97/98 and SC rims just because yours looks so damn good with them.

I was the one that said in another post that the SC rims look better on your car than they do on the SCs.

Besides, the SC rims still have the L logo, you gotta love that! I know I do with my IS rims on my ES.

Keep the SC rims and save your money.

Your car looks sweet FrankWhite!

badams

 

I would keep them the way they are.

Look what just arrived at my front door today, heh heh

 

badams, who said he was changing the wheel, he would just be changing the center cap, and it still has the L logo on it....

 

I'm a dumb a$$! I didn't realize those were still SC rims. I just found the conversion kit in the SC forum.

My apologies.

I still like the look of the pie plates (as they are affectionately called) on the ES. With the conversion kit they look like any other aftermarket rim.

So even though I am a dumb a$$, I still like the look FrankWhite has now. Although the SCs do look better with the conversion kit.

I'll attach a before and after pic I am borrowing from the SC430 forum.

badams

 

looks like i have a copycat ay?

 

I hope you don't mind Frank, I just couldn't resist. I got the rims for so cheap, and after seeing how it looks on your car there was no way I could pass it up.

 

Nixsun, is your ES beige or silver? Can't tell from your sig. I like that silver they had in 97-99, I think it was called Oyster Pearl. Black Pearl emblems look awesome on silver cars, I'd go for that mod too.

On the issue of the wheels, the conversion kit looks nice, but the "pie plates" give the wheels a distinct, sculpted, work-of-art look that's unmistakeably Lexus SC. If I lived in a warmer climate, I'd probably have those wheels on my car right now.

This brings up something I hadn't really thought about in awhile. I had the chance to get an Oyster Silver '97 for the same price as my black '96. I went for the '96 because it had 20K fewer miles, and I liked the front end of the 96 better. But I have to admit the interior of the 97 is much nicer, with plusher seats, more wood, etc. Sometimes I kick myself over the mods I could have done to it (00-01 HID lamps, 00-01 tails, TRD supercharger, etc), but I didn't want to buy a car with 94K and an uncertain service record, whereas the '96 I bought had been maintained meticulously at that particular Lexus dealership.

In fact, I found a magazine from February 1997 the other day. It had an ad for the then-new 97 ES. It was a panoramic shot of the interior with the tagline "What a Lovely Place to Entertain a G-Force" At first I thought it was an LS400 ad, with the drape of the leather, the wood panels around the window controls, the moveable rear headrests, etc. I think that's what jump-started my MCV20 envy

 

My ES is Oyster Pearl, pretty close to silver. I Just got Black Pearl Embelms, I will have them on monday, per UPS tracking. As soon as I get them installed I will post some pics. I will start a thread soon, I have done a lot of work to my car in the past month.

 

Personally I'd dump the rims and get something a lil better looking then a UFO wheel.