Hello All
Hope everyone is doing ok with the crisis going on . been doing a little spring cleaning and noticed my 18" rims on my LS are bad , very bad peeling , can anyone recommend a place to replace the rims ?Iam in the south suburbs of Chicago , of course dealer wants for OEM Original 350.00 a piece no way gonna spend that .Thanks

 

Try Car-Part.com
You might be able to find a seller who has all 4...
http://www.car-part.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi

 

https://www.detroitwheelandtire.com/...epair-refinish

 

Why not just have them powder coated?

 

I have the same issue on my 05 to where the air would leak out of one wheel. I went w replacement aftermarket 19's from discount tire and I regret it because the smaller tire makes it ride worse. I may send my factory ones to get repowdercoated at my local powdercoater. They typically charge around $100 per wheel to media blast and powder coat the wheel. I would google search powder coating and see who is near you and call around. Its very common. I have also been seeing our wheels on eBay and FB marketplace and craigslist on occasion.

 

https://www.oewheelsllc.com/make/Lex...S430/year/2005

 

There are quite a few options for your vehicle in the replacement wheel market well under $350 a wheel, and we would certainly love to earn your business.

@EliteLexus

We are sorry to hear of your dissatisfaction with the wheels and tires, we would love to get more information, I hope you do not mind us sending you a PM to discuss further.

 

$350 a piece for brand new OE 18’s? That seems like a steal to me...

 

I have a couple of sets, please take a look at my PM.

 

Yeah you could have 4 brand new looking oe wheels for like $500 and that's the high end

 

I did powdercoating here in Central Illinois- came out looking great!

$500 everything out the door with a clearcoat as well.

 

Knowing that they were "your" original rims, I think it's worth it! I have been tempted by eBay reps, but I don't trust the JWL stamp, and I have this feeling they are counterfeit. So now, I'd rather have original beat up rims over aftermarket replicas. $500 to have originals look new? Probably the best deal (unless that doesn't include fixing scrapes because my 2 right ones came that way with the used car)...but then again for me as I keep thinking about it, I don't want to spend $500 on cosmetic anymore. but I do think it's worth it if you want your car to look mint.

 

biacs- did they match the hyper silver color finish on the rims? Do you have pictures by chance?

 

For about $35 you could paint them yourself? If your current wheels are really rough even an average paint job will look much better, it's really not very hard to do, and with the lockdowns you can take your time!

 

I almost wonder if they would look worse? Kind of like when one has the best intentions of touching something up, and makes a gouge worse or the correction larger than intended (I've learned over the years--watched a pro do it who spent about an hour fixing 5 chips mixing the paint--I appreciated it but I thought da** I coulda just got the factory tubes and done it in 5 min lol). The wheels are not uniformly bad or anything, just paint flaking off all over the place (still not sure why but these cars are consistently made it's like come one come all).