UofACATS

Good local deal on these. The LS needs new tires anyway and the GS tires are nearly new.

Anyone have a photo of this combination? I know it's kinda a long shot, but hey. My LS is two tone white, the rims are silver.

Pic of rims here:

http://images.craigslist.org/0101090...e22e00ffff.jpg
http://images.craigslist.org/0101020...553f00ee6f.jpg

Lastly, my limited research tells me these are the same bolt pattern and will fit. I thought it prudent to double check here with those who know better than I.

Thanks I'll throw some pics up here if I get 'em and nobody can find a picture of a lexus with this combo.

Brandicus

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Your lucky im bored in class... heres a quick and dirty chop, I also gave it a spring drop (you might want to consider that too)



Im fairly sure the wheels will clear your 1991 ls4 brakes, you should be good to go.

Och

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Crappiest rims ever. I bought a set of these for my 01 GS430 in 2005. A month later I hit a pothole, bent 1 rim, had it replaced. Skip forward to 2008, two weeks ago I hit another pothole, two rims are bent, and I have 2 replacement rims on order. For the time being I actually swapped the rims from my LS onto the GS and from the GS to LS, because im not driving the LS much, and I need my GS to drive tip top. I'll take pictures later since my LS is sitting on these. IMO it looks like crap. They do look good on the GS though.

Och

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And yeah, to answer your question, they do fit, bolt pattern is the same, but they mostly come with 235/45/17 series tires, and the overall wheel diameter is smaller than LS' 225/60/16.

UofACATS

NICE

Those look like chrome rims? The ones I'm getting are silver. Thanks though, I'm digging that picture.

UofACATS

Thanks man! That's good to know.

My LS400 currently has 205/65R-15s on it. I have no idea if they're stock size.

A smaller overall diameter, assuming a slight drop for looks is just fine. Maybe compensate slightly for the tall gears. Probably not really noticable.

Och

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Probably stock for 90-92 models, I believe 93-94 changed to 16" rims and 225/60/16 tires.

Och

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Crappy night time picture, I'll try to get better pic tomorrow when its light out.

1LS on 3GS rims
2GS on 1LS rims

UofACATS

Dude. Nice! Thanks for the pics. Those tires are much lower profile than whats on my car now. I think it's gonna look freaking great.

Of course I have a feeling I'll have to get some springs on there to give it a slight drop. We'll see. I def post pics when they're on. I bought the rims/tires I'm picking them up next week.

Och

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I think it looks ghetto. I'm gonna switch the rims back around as soon as I get my replacement rims. I'm gonna take some better pics tomorrow, but these wheels (overall with the tire) look too small on the LS, very unproportional. Also it looks like there's side damage on it, but there isn't, its just the camera flash made crappy reflection. On the other hand, I love how my GS looks with LS rims. Reminds me of my old 1st gen GS, which I used to love so much!

UofACATS

Found this calculator here.

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

According to that, the two tires are very nearly the same.

Stock - Dia: 25.5"
New - Dia: 25.3"

Stock - revs/mile: 791
New - revs/mile: 796

Stock - Radius: 12.7
New - Radius: 12.7

The major difference is the sidewall at 5.2" and 4.2" respectively. With the new setup the speedo should read 0.6% fast.

TJW98LS

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Lol this is just cunstructive critisicm, BUT with that wheel swap,

it makes the LS400 look so much newer,
but the GS so much older.

Were you thinking of new rims for the GS in the future?

steveski

Agreed - LS is however the GS looks weird with that selection.

Och

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Well, at this point I want to get rid of the 17's all together and get a set of good looking 16's for the GS, but the problem is, I just put on a set of new tires, they are pretty expensive Goodyear Assurance, very good tires, so I'm stuck with the 17's. Like I said, once I get the two replacement rims, I'm putting the swapping the rims back around.

However, when its time to change the tires, if I still have the GS by then, I might replace the rims as well. I just dont know what kind of 16's to get though... I think the stock 16's that came with 2GS look horrible. I don't want anything aftermarket either. I was also thinking about keeping the 17's but going with a higher profile tire, like 235/55/17 instead of specified 235/45/17. I wonder what kind of problems it might cause if I were to do that?

UofACATS

Looking at tire sizes today. I think a 225/55-17 will do the trick nicely. It's a little more popular than the 235/55-17. That gets a sidewall of 4.9" instead of 4.2" making it fit the LS a little better. I found some BFG g-sports in 225/55-17 for $95 at tire rack.

Speedo will be off by 3.5% or so.