Im curious , I havent seen alot of ls400's on 18's , I was thinking they are too small however I have lots of access to cheap tires and would benefit alot from going with 18's , I just want to make sure they look decent , I think 20's seem too big for the most part , I just bought the car its a 1995 ls400 black with tan leather , will be adding Megan Coilovers within 3 weeks time,

My question is do 18's look good if they are 10" wide ect , so far from what I can tell it looks like tuner style 18's wont look good "too small," but if I go with something that has a huge lip on it they might look good , I dont want to go with the Eurolines since the whole country seems to have had those, but Im on a poor mans budget so im kinda stuck , I was looking at 19" STAGGERED VARRSTOEN ES112 SILVER , they look great but will cost me an arm and a leg for some tires where as the 18's I can basically get tires near free , was also thinking maybe the same wheels in 18's and drop the car down on them harder .... Any input and pics would be greatly appreciated ...

Trying to stay away from that tuner look , I think it looks great on GS's but looking for a vip classy look ....cruiser basically =)

Thanks

PS the car is Black with that gray bottom

Would love to look like , THE BLACK LS WITH THE GOLD WORK VS XX wheels that ive seen pics rolling around of , OMG SEXUAL =0)

 

18s with the right offset will look good. but you will be lower than 19s or 20s if you run 225/40/18s

 

They can look nice on 18s but 19s do look better. This is on 18s and still looked good. Got to be low if you wanna run on 18s though.

 

heres 18's on mine

 

from the front...

 

20" tires are cheaper than 19", something to keep in mind.

UCF2x have a hard time pulling off 18s unless the car is very low and the wheels are very wide. Only 18s that fit otherwise are stock/oem-ish 18s (GS or LS) at near-stock height.

 

Nice Thanks for the responses , Ive been looking at pics some 18's do look good but im in Maine and these damn roads have been lookin at atleast 19's for the ride height I can go with and looks.

All those 18's actually looks good , guess its a matter of ride height and style of wheels


So far the idea is set on this 19" STAGGERED VARRSTOEN ES112 SILVER 19x9.5 Fronts with 245/35/19, 19x11 Rears with 275/35/19 Should give just that slight stretch and I can bring the coilovers down nicely on them =)

 

They dont really look small depending on the wheel plus tires are cheaper but 19's do look much better on these cars
Mine on 18in sc430 wheels

Mine with 18x10 +18 Work XD9's

Mine with 18x12 Rota's

 

I've had 20s 19s and now im on 18s and man I love it. I dont think ill be on 19s for awhile.. Plus 18s have a better feel other then bigger size wheels. Brake sooner, punching it doesn't lag, etc.

 

this is mine on 18x10 with 225/40 F and 235/40 R



they are not "VIP"ish or with any lip, but as the car is not really a very "big body" it can look good with a track car look.

 

I find 18s suite the car perfectly, it allows you to go lower. And it's a versatile size you can pull off a VIP look or track look depending your choice of wheels.

Here's a picture of my car with 18s from last summer



And here's my buddy's car with 18'' VSXX

 

18's can look good and it factors with fitment and ride height. 19 is that just right size IMO but tire prices are 20's well, plenty of wheel repair threads on that.

Before all this bigger is better trend, the VIP styled cars in the later 90's early '00 were on 18's frequently. Plenty of nice looking rides.

 

Agreed. 18's look great. Plus you can put on a 45 sidewall and actually enjoy the ride. The difference between and 40 and 45 sidewall is very noticeable.

 

a lot of that had to do with the fact that 20" tires were far more expensive (as were 20" wheels) in the late '90s.

 

I just dropped mine last week on megans. I'm running 18x7's on all four. They were some cheap used wheels I picked up to hold me over. But I will be sticking with 18's. As said already, alot depends on the ride height.