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Just Bought a 94' LS400. But curious about the rims.

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Old 07-08-08, 05:06 PM
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Just got a used 1994 LS400 with 92000 miles on it. I currently love this car as it does ride pretty smooth. Most of the functions work except for the cigarette lighter plugins and the seat adjustments on the door panel. I Plan to tint the back windows and repaint the bottom half white to match the top, but heres the problem. It came with 18" Chrome rims and has caps in the center of the rim to cover the lug nuts. Apparently the owner lost 3 of the caps so it only came with 1, im wondering if anyone knew the brand of these rims or where i can find the replacement caps. I don't wanna spend xtra $$ on new 18" rims if i can find the caps for these rims. Any info would help so i can buy new caps. If not then i may have to go buy new Rims =/.

Here are some Pics.

Side Car View


Angled Car View


Rim With Cap


Rim Without Cap


Cap by Itself
Old 07-08-08, 05:19 PM
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Damn, those are some uggggly rims!!!
Old 07-08-08, 05:28 PM
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those seem to be random generic brand of wheels.
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guess imma go wheel searching then.
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Low miles on that car. If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for it?
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I know I have seen that emblem before,,, cant think where. I could be mistaken, but I think thoses are old school Koenig wheels (discontinued). I would check with your local rim shop or even your local Pep Boys for this wheel. I remember seeing them there.

If not,, in Maryland we have a small chain store called Hubcap City. They also sell used rims and can get new stuff as well. Don't know if you have a store like this, which generally specializes in old school hubcaps. If so check with them, they may be able to help identify.
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Swap them for some other ls400 owner with bad taste that has stock wheels.

least then you wont look silly while you save up for some nice rims!

These wheels would look much better on a soarer, try find a soarer owner with some nice 17's and swap them.

your car looks nice tho,

btw, make sure you check out pictures of full white ls400's they dont look nowhere near as good as the white over silver, looses the class! well in my opinion!

good luck with ur new toy! Welcome 2 the club!
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actually just found the brand of the wheels, its actually kmc as i saw a few wheels from kmc with that same logo. thanks for all the help, but i think imma try to find new rims. maybe a trade if i can find replacements caps from kmc. Well at least the website below shows the same logo for old kmc wheels.

4th image down from this site.
http://www.westcoastwheelfactory.com...es.php?mfid=41
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i have another question, will 2006 IS350 18" rims fit in my car? i believe their 18x8 & 18x8.5. how do i adjust the offset or would i have to bring it to a shop for the offset?
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they're made by KMC. i say sell them , and buy something that looks good though! wow.
never mind, i missed where you already found the brand.

yes the is350 wheels will fit fine. you can't adjust offset though. it is wheel dependent. dont worry though, they will fit pretty well.
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Originally Posted by 408Celsior
Congrat. on the clean and low miles ride though. You need to take those wheel off ASAP
Lol....I TOTALLY agree!
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