Lets see your winter setup!
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Winter is coming and some places even already have snow, so lets see those winter setups!
Currently still waiting for Black Friday to buy wheels and tires, so I hope it doesn't snow too much in the meantime.
Currently debating on x-ice or Blizzaks and wheels. What's the minimum size to clear the bigger brakes on the F-Sports?
Hopefully my MXM4s and AWD can handle the snow until I get some proper tires.
Currently still waiting for Black Friday to buy wheels and tires, so I hope it doesn't snow too much in the meantime.
Currently debating on x-ice or Blizzaks and wheels. What's the minimum size to clear the bigger brakes on the F-Sports?
Hopefully my MXM4s and AWD can handle the snow until I get some proper tires.
stopping bite. I drove an entire winter with mine just fine.
If you have F-sport AWD you don't have bigger brakes. Our brakes are the same size as the Base GS.
Whatever you do beef up the profile/sidewall of the tire, don't be running P235s.... If you hit potholes with the stock OEM rim/tire setup at any decent speed you WILL BEND the rims. I bent 3 out of 4 over one winter. I decided to keep mine off the road most of this winter instead of go through that BS again.
-Mike
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I was informed earlier in this thread that the AWD F-Sport models don't have the big brakes? I thought they had 14" brakes too, or is 14" the normal size brakes?
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This is from the lexus brochure:
GS350 F Sport AWD: 13.1-in ventilated front discs with two-piston calipers, 12.2-in ventilated rear discs with single-piston-sliding calipers
GS350 F Sport RWD: Four-piston front calipers with 14.0-in ventilated rotors, pin-mounted to an aluminum hat; 12.2-in ventilated rear discs with single-piston-sliding calipers
Here is an image of a GS I took that pulled up next to me a few years back with OEM Lexus 17" wheels offered on base model GS's:
Last edited by AJLex19; 11-08-18 at 07:29 AM.
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The 225/45 increases diameter from stock about half an inch.
Last edited by er34; 11-08-18 at 10:13 AM.
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I also confirmed by putting it in manual mode that if you hit the Snow button, it will move to 2nd gear.
Last edited by Knucklebus; 11-08-18 at 12:53 PM.
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I have a set of 19" Michelin X-Ice XI3 on Niche Misano wheels that should work well for current GSs. They're off my RCF so caliper clearance definitely won't be an issue. In as-new condition - PM me for info.
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Consider your TPMS sensors cloned if getting a second set of wheels. This way you do not need to deal with reprogramming TPMS IDs each time the wheels are charged.
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