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Jul 8, 2014 | 09:12 AM

Hermes

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Winter Wheels Thread

For all of you who are as unfortunate as I am, and live somewhere where you are required to buy snow tires + wheels, what kind of wheels did you buy for the winter? I am trying to decide on what kind of rims I want to buy to use as my winter rims. Do any of you guys have any pictures of wheels you have use din the winter? Do you have a wider stance in the back than the front, or the same all around?

Jul 8, 2014 | 02:03 PM

aeggroup

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My 250 has 18" wheels, so during NY winter it will be nothing but trouble. I'm thinking to buy these
17" wheels :

http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/Wheel...90&CAGPSPN=dyn

Still thinking about whether I need snow tires or all seasons will be enough.

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Jul 8, 2014 | 02:07 PM

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My current plan is to just run 225/40/18 on the stock rims for winter. Depends on if I buy separate summer rims/rubber though.

Jul 8, 2014 | 07:42 PM

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I was thinking of getting some OEM Lexus/ Toyota alloys to use that look half decent. Any suggestions from any members? Preferably 17"

Jul 8, 2014 | 09:58 PM

Hermes

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My only concern with 17" wheels is that the car is already pretty low, and there isn't much clearance, and I get a lot of snow here, would 19" be better?

Jul 8, 2014 | 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Hermes

My only concern with 17" wheels is that the car is already pretty low, and there isn't much clearance, and I get a lot of snow here, would 19" be better?

Hmmm, I've never lived in a snow city or whatever, but how would 17's be an issue because of the cars stance? Couldnt you just go with a higher profile tire to keep it at the same height even with 17's? Or sm I missing something here?

Jul 9, 2014 | 07:17 AM

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17" and height doesn't matter as long as you keep overall diameter the same (or even slighter bigger). You will just use higher profile tires.

Diameter variance from stock
225/45/17 - -0.46%
225/50/17 - +3.08%
215/50/17 - +1.51%

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Jul 10, 2014 | 02:08 AM

magne

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Because the stock rims and tyres was very expensive from the dealership where I live, I bought from a local wheelshop for about half the price. 2000$ instead of 4000$. Went with some 17" rims and 225/45-17 tyres. Because of the ice and hard pact snow on the roads here, 18" would be useless.
I wanted rims that would be easy to clean and look ok on the car.
Because of this I went for some split five spoke ones. Only regret is that they are silver instead of grey. Dirt shows a lot more on silver.

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Jul 14, 2014 | 12:28 PM

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I'm in the same boat but scored some nice wheels this weekend. IS300 OEM wheels (chrome) for $40 total. Plan to use them on my 2008 IS250 this winter with 205/50/17 snow tires

Aug 31, 2014 | 09:28 PM

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I've been told to run the fsport rims with winters and get aftermarket rims for summers but my disposable income ain't that great yet =[

I just picked up my IS250AWD last week and browsed for something used for now...
like this - http://toronto.craigslist.ca/tor/pts/4644428470.html

can anyone tell me if these would fit (235 / 50 / R18)? i've tried looking up different sites, it seems the width & aspect are doable, but not sure if they can be combined..