15ES350007

Love it! I have a white one as well, blacked out the grille and chrome and roof. Your car is awesome.Im looking for wheels now, Did you have wheels you considered?

geque

Warren9271

Hello all! New to this forum. I have a grey Lexus ES300H and I am contemplating if I should buy rims. Has anyone with a hybrid experience a change in their total gas mileage due to adding wheels?

gamma742

Consider this. Going to a taller tire will negitively affect your MPG. Going to a wider tire will do the same and make the steering wheel heavier when cornering.

If you stay with the same size and find a lighter rims, you may enjoy improved mileage,, slightly.

Most want to go from the 17s to either 18s or larger and usually wider that is why I made my point first up top. When I upgraded my wife's Prius to a CT200h her only complaint was the steering wheel felt heavier and she went from 49-50 to 41.5 MPG. The wheels and tires aren't the only reason for the drop but rest assured, If I put the Prius skinny 15" wheels and tires on the CT.. Mileage would improve. Many Prius owners have put 17" and 18" on their Pri's and all have suffered losses in the MPG area.

Warren9271

Thanks for your input. I would be jumping from 17 inches to 20 inches. Right now I am averaging 36 MPG. So I assume this number will drop if I add 20 inch wheels?

gamma742

Without a doubt. For many it's worth the trade-off. Considering how nice your vehicle will look.

Warren9271

True, and gas is very cheap at the moment. I think wheels will make a significant difference in the exterior look.

Albo

Doooo it. 20 inch rims > mileage lost

15ES350007

sweet ride! where did you get the window dressings and the rear window spoiler??

BamBam20

Reviving this since I am currently looking for new wheels!

jamestpc

I threw 19's onto my car, and I noticed a slight change - I think I normally get 6.4L/100 but that's a lot of highway @~120-130km/h.

with the rims, maybe 6.6L/100

JaeFIITgee

what’s you offset??

KennyLexus

Hi Jae,

It's been awhile since I've posted here. I've since given the Lexus to my daughter. I now have a 2019 Audi A6 Prestige with 21" stock wheels.

I still have those wheels in the picture but will have to dig em up to see what the offsets are on them.

abmoose

Just picked up some 18x8's for my '13 ES350. Only thing is.. they are a +30 offset. Will these work? I've got 235/45/18 Continental Extremecontact DSW06's tires already purchased for the rims. Stock suspension. No interest at this time in lowering it.

Tootsall

Use the website https://www.wheel-size.com/calc/?whe...cl=50mm&sr=0mm . Plug your original numbers into the left side and the 'new' numbers into the right. It'll show you clearance differences, speedometer corrections, etc.