18s vs 19s vs 20s
10-11-09, 01:11 PM
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18s vs 19s vs 20s
im interested in upgrading my wheels and was wondering if anyone had pictures of 1st gen ls400 with stock suspension with 18s 19s or 20s? if you do please post pictures. i want to get something bigger that will take up some of the space but not lower it because i want to keep the ride quality. please any help will be greatly appreciated!
10-11-09, 04:02 PM
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nothing bigger will take up the space because the point of aftermarket tires is to give you the SAME (within 3%) overall diameter as the OEM tire size.
you wanna eliminate the gap, lower the car. otherwise dont go >18" since it (imho) won't look very good.
you wanna eliminate the gap, lower the car. otherwise dont go >18" since it (imho) won't look very good.
10-11-09, 05:18 PM
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stock with 19s (dropped now). if i was going to add wheels without the intention of dropping (which would never happen) it would be ls430 18s or another oem wheel. it's really just my opinion, but oem wheels carry themsleves better on otherwise stock cars than aftermarkets do.
10-12-09, 06:38 PM
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I was thinking about this a lot when I was going from stock 16s to 18s.
What I found is that the "space" (between the top surface of the tire and the wheel arch) must be less than or equal to the profile (thickness or height) of the sidewall of the tire or it doesn't look right.
I spent a lot of time looking at other cars trying to figure that out.
Now that I've pointed it out, you guys will all notice it too!
What I found is that the "space" (between the top surface of the tire and the wheel arch) must be less than or equal to the profile (thickness or height) of the sidewall of the tire or it doesn't look right.
I spent a lot of time looking at other cars trying to figure that out.
Now that I've pointed it out, you guys will all notice it too!
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10-12-09, 07:16 PM
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I was thinking about this a lot when I was going from stock 16s to 18s.
What I found is that the "space" (between the top surface of the tire and the wheel arch) must be less than or equal to the profile (thickness or height) of the sidewall of the tire or it doesn't look right.
I spent a lot of time looking at other cars trying to figure that out.
Now that I've pointed it out, you guys will all notice it too!
What I found is that the "space" (between the top surface of the tire and the wheel arch) must be less than or equal to the profile (thickness or height) of the sidewall of the tire or it doesn't look right.
I spent a lot of time looking at other cars trying to figure that out.
Now that I've pointed it out, you guys will all notice it too!
10-30-22, 06:19 AM
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