All I can say is that those pics are eye-popping!

 

lol..what a difference from this....this is from about 5 months ago...it looks so jacked up in this pic

 

Your car looks great! But.....

Honestly, how smooth is your ride wth the staggered setup? I've had a staggered setup on my GS300AWD for well over 1 year (approx. 3k miles) and I have not been able to get rid of a slight vibration between 65-80mph (accelerating, decelerating and cruising). The wheels are spec'd out to be exactly the same rolling diameter and I've had the car alighned and wheels/tires road force balanced on an advanced Hunter machine numerous times. I have a set of iforged aero's, 20x8.5 and 20x10 wrapped with Dunlop SP9000 tires (245/35/20 and 285/30/20).

I read your thread about yor wheels being installed, I recommend that you re-open it. If I could do it over again I would not run a staggered setup. Unless you plan on selling or returning your car (lease) prior to the warranty expiration your staggered setup can create damage to the drive train in the long term.

If your car runs totally smooth I would like to know the exact specifications of your tires. If possible, try to pay close attention to your accelerating, decelerating and cruising speeds around 65-80mph. My wife can't really detect it and thinks everything is fine. However, I am more attention to detail and can hear creaks, rattles, taps and can sense any unwanted vibration.

 

HOT....HOT.....HOT......HOT.....hard to keep up with you girl....

 

Looks Great !

 

Nardeezy-
i've put about 5k on the car since i staggered it..the ride is actually quite smooth...everyone that rides n my car is always surprised how nice the ride still is considering i have a 20" staggered setup
i'm not worried about the drive train..the car is going to be returned by the end of this year (its a lease and i am breaking it early)

and thanks everyone else..but these arent really new wheels anymore..i've had them on since october

 

you've built such a hot IS and you are giving it back EARLY? what!! lol just dont go buying another mercedes

 

hehe...the next LEXUS is going to be even hotter than this one

and i will never buy another mercedes haha..not unless its a slr mclaren

 

Hmmm I should be ready to toy with that IS-F when you get it

 

I think you speaketh the truth, WORD cathy

 

you're friggin gangster man

 

Wow those are some nice wheels...you're straight ballin son!

 

Car looks hot but...why spend so much $$$ on new wheels when you are getting rid of the lease in the next few months? I hope that you are at least going to take off all your mods before you return it...that would be pretty nuts (a waste) to leave everything on. Unless money is NO OBJECT to YOU.

 

I'm pretty sure for the purposes of the lease she will have to remove the mods, except maybe the window tint. But even that may need to come off when the car is returned or they might make HER pay for the removal. The wheels she can always put on the F

 

Might be time for a mod to lock this thread since it doesn't seem to know how to die a gracefull death