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No, there is only one wheel option available with the noise reduction feature. Lexus calls these "18-in split-five-spoke alloy noise-reduction wheels* with high-gloss finish." These cannot be optioned on the F-Sport model.
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51,900, 4,500 off sticker and a fairly reasonable trade value for a five year old car. Did I leave a few hundred on the table? Perhaps but they let me walk away after haggling twice previously so I felt I was close to the bottom.
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mikemu30 (12-27-18)
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After my 2016 was totaled a little early I had to get a 2018 Atomic Silver ES and didn't feel too bad about it until I saw your pictures - really nice, and what I would have ordered for December delivery. Flaxen interior with a little dark trim is better than the prior model. Let us know if you can hear (or not hear) the difference with the noise reducing wheels.
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On the '19 ES F Sport. they're even better than last years RC.
https://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/ve...0-4-door-sedan
Triple beam earned an "G" for headlights, and the comments were better than almost any car iihs tested.
Last edited by LeeSoFL; 01-08-19 at 04:52 AM.
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Well after a month Dave Mac, I'm here to report that I cannot, even after trying very hard to listen, discern any difference between the alloy wheels on my 2013 Luxury level ES 350 and my new 2019 UL level ES 350 with the "noise reducing" wheels. To be fair, I didn't think that the wheels on the 2013 were noisy.
I know that, with Generation 6 ES, with the mid-cycle re-fresh in 2016, Lexus claimed that one of the improvements made in the post-re-fresh ES was the addition of more sound insulation in the wheel wells. But there is at least as much, probably more, noise from the road/wheels with my 2017 ES than there was from the road/wheels with 2013 ES. My conclusion was that, any benefits that came from the added sound insulation on the 2017 were offset by the fact that the 2017 has 18 inch wheels, and the 2013 had the 17 inch wheels.
I suspect that the same factor may be at play when you compare the noise levels from the wheels/road with your 2019 ES to the noise levels from the road/wheels with your 2013 ES.