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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr.Doback
here is his car with 10 and 12...hopefully he will see the thread and chime in a bit more, if he is running different arms, but looking at it, it doesnt seem as such. If i remember reading his thread, he just used a roller for the rear to pull it out.



I am static on bc's...the rears are completely maxxed out including perches all the way down, fronts are all the way down, not touching preload...still need to decide if I am going to cut shocktower or not...it just bangs a lot right now.
^^^^ That's crazy sick! Those specs are downright scary to me to honest but it looks nasty! ^^^

I don't know that I can pull that off, curious to know how he pulled the fenders with just a roller... (that has to be a new thread if it's not already!) I'm just hoping I can fit a 20X11 +15 without hitting the strut tower on the inside and doing little mods to the fender... starting to look like it's possible. Thanks for all the insight, lots of great information.
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by sojah
copied directly from the thread linked below, this is the best info i can offer:

BTW this offset calculator is really helpful to me

http://www.1010tires.com/wheeloffsetcalculator.asp

also the tire one just in case too:

http://www.1010tires.com/tiresizecalculator.asp




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this is all the info on the offset i am able to share for our ls430's:

without rolling fenders lowered on coilovers i guess around +25 with a stretched tire (like a 245x30x20 or 255x30x20). with rolled rear fenders then around +20 with shaved rear fenders around +15 all with the same size rear tires and on a 10" wide rear rim. give or take a few mm but i know i can't be that far off. with a mild pull of the rear fender around 10mm and the longer than stock rear arms adding more negative camber you could run a 0 or -5mm if you were on a 245x30x20 on a 20x10" rear rim. all these specs would be very flush with the tire up agains the fender all close like

please let me know if anyone else has a different opinion or real world knowledge...

*****my closest comparison would be right now i am sitting at a +20 offset (super flush in the rear) on a 20x10 255x30x20 with 5mm shorter rear arms and a shaved rear fender. so if i ran the 5mm longer than stock rear arm that would be a difference of 10mm right there so a +10 offset, and with a fender pull of around 10mm i could run a 0 offset at that point on a 255x30x20 20x10", so on a 245x30x20 you could run what a -5 or such negative offset. if you wanted to pull the fenders more than you could run more negative. good luck*****

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls4...02-offset.html

this link has the pics and other peoples opinions too ^ ^ ^...
Good info Sojah, I had already seen the offset calculator, that's what got me all interested in starting this thread. I'm really just curious to know if I can fit a 20x11 +15 on the rear and if so what mods are necessary to make it work. I still wanna be low and while I don't mind a little rubbing I would prefer to eliminate it all together if possible. That one post with the specs is pretty intense.
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