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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 04:38 PM
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Never seen the IS250 x-type wheels on an SC before, what do you guys think?
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 04:44 PM
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not my cup of tea
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 04:46 PM
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whats the sizing and price. not worth it. they are probably not cheap. for the money get some supra TT wheels.
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 04:48 PM
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these arent cheap, i think for the same price some nicer wheels could be found.
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 04:55 PM
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they're around the same for a set of regular split spoke ISx50 wheels which I do have.

Mine are silver though and I really want that liquid graphite finish. those are really hard to come by though
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 05:11 PM
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I like them.
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 05:23 PM
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I think the 5 spoke design suites the SC well. My guess is the offsets aren't going to give the best fit .
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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 10:21 AM
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no lip,looks not sporty....to conservative in my opinion.....And no i'm not a ricer
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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 12:07 PM
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since when does deep dish start becoming a rice mod? air fresheners are
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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 02:57 PM
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I have seen them on the IS's at my work there okay on the car. On something else I wouldn't put them on. The price is crazy expensive so you might as well look for something with better style with the same price.

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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 03:08 PM
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I would pass on those
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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 04:24 PM
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I kinda like those wheels, but they're gonna be high offset and fit like poop on the SC. With huge spacers, they might look good.
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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 04:54 PM
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I don't like em
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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 05:21 PM
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The problem I have with them is not so much the design, it is that IS wheels have a notoriously low offset so they are going to probably set in worse than the 97 wheels or even the previous gen IS wheels. You're going to need a spacer the size of a coffee can, which will be dangerous, cost a good bit of money, and inevitably screw you out of whatever savings you'd had by just buying a set that fit the first time and was made for the car.
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