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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 03:39 PM
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I have a set of ES350 wheels with snow tires I purchased a few years ago, and used them on my 06' Avalon in the winter until I traded it in for the LS. Will they fit the LS? If so, does anyone have any pictures of them mounted? They are similar to this style:

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Old Sep 17, 2009 | 05:05 PM
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Not sure. You should take one of your front wheels off and try to mount it. The Lug pattern is the same, but the problem you might run into is the front brakes being to big.

Please do this for us. We'd love to know! I would, but I don't have access to an ES set of rims.
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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 12:10 PM
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^^the only foreseeable problem is the clearance on the front brake calipers. This would be interesting because it looks like a derivative of the LS600hL wheels (which are 19" compared to the ES 17"). Please test fit it, I'd be VERY interested to see the result!
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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 05:26 PM
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I'll be changing brakes within the next couple weeks and will post fitment results. Hopefully they fit!
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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 07:33 PM
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They will not fit, you need at least 10-15mm spacers for them to fit.
I had them on my Sc400 and there was only one finger gap between the caliper and the back of the wheel.
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Old Sep 20, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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I bought a set of 4 winter tires mounted on stock ES wheels (17") 3 yrs ago and have been using them with no problem on my 04 LS.
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