my rare 18 inch trd rims factory lexus rims
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my rare 18 inch trd rims factory lexus rims
im not posting this for sale as i havent been a member long enough to yet. so i figured id just throw up a conversational discussion. i bought these rims at least 10 years ago. i have taken very good care of them. the guy i bought them off said they were factory lexus rims. which im pretty sure is the sc430. i was amazed lexus had such a nice factory rim and always bragged to everyone these are lexus rims! as i was younger.
i put them on my 1995 ( i think 95? might be 96 or 97, been a while) monte carlo with spacers at the time. after i sold my monte carlo i put them on my 2001 dodge chrysler. recently i got a newer malibu and they dont fit because of the lug spacing. i've taken good care of them as much as possible. they never saw snow/salt and every winter i would put them in the house with plastic bags covering them. they originally had run flat tires which im not sure if those were factory at the time or not but i eventually had to replace them. a problem i had was getting these alligned for my cars since i dont own a lexus the alignment never was perfect so the tires would wear. and the tires i could only rotate front to back because they have a certain rotation to them. im pretty sure they were specifically made for the certain lexus sports car and not really random cars. i havent actually used them in years. i think i may part with them soon since my malibu has only 30k miles and they dont fit. they mean alot to me because i bought them at a time me and my dad were working together and i had saved up for them. i think i maybe only used them 3 or 4 summers out of the entire time i had them. i live in a high crime area so even with a car alarm people were starting to try to break my door handle or setting off my alarm once a week so they became a headache since i had no garage at my previous spot. which was a shame because i loved walking to my car from a store and looking at these shine
over the years i have been doing google searches on these rims and the only results i find on them were always on this website. i always wanted to say hey i have those to! but i never signed up. but i noticed this website is the only place they appear. i think i saw them on ebay once years ago for about $2k. ive seen both good and bad comments about these rims. some think they are ugly. some have a hard time finding them as a replacement. some really love the chrome look to it. i get if people dont like them, everyone has their own tastes. to me i love them
the lugnuts are fairly small and i have the adapter tool to put them on. im not sure if that was factory or not but i would think so.
picture i took today, adapters and lugnuts
the old 90's monte carlo
the old 90's monte carlo
2001 chrysler
2001 chrysler
2001 chrysler
i put them on my 1995 ( i think 95? might be 96 or 97, been a while) monte carlo with spacers at the time. after i sold my monte carlo i put them on my 2001 dodge chrysler. recently i got a newer malibu and they dont fit because of the lug spacing. i've taken good care of them as much as possible. they never saw snow/salt and every winter i would put them in the house with plastic bags covering them. they originally had run flat tires which im not sure if those were factory at the time or not but i eventually had to replace them. a problem i had was getting these alligned for my cars since i dont own a lexus the alignment never was perfect so the tires would wear. and the tires i could only rotate front to back because they have a certain rotation to them. im pretty sure they were specifically made for the certain lexus sports car and not really random cars. i havent actually used them in years. i think i may part with them soon since my malibu has only 30k miles and they dont fit. they mean alot to me because i bought them at a time me and my dad were working together and i had saved up for them. i think i maybe only used them 3 or 4 summers out of the entire time i had them. i live in a high crime area so even with a car alarm people were starting to try to break my door handle or setting off my alarm once a week so they became a headache since i had no garage at my previous spot. which was a shame because i loved walking to my car from a store and looking at these shine
over the years i have been doing google searches on these rims and the only results i find on them were always on this website. i always wanted to say hey i have those to! but i never signed up. but i noticed this website is the only place they appear. i think i saw them on ebay once years ago for about $2k. ive seen both good and bad comments about these rims. some think they are ugly. some have a hard time finding them as a replacement. some really love the chrome look to it. i get if people dont like them, everyone has their own tastes. to me i love them
the lugnuts are fairly small and i have the adapter tool to put them on. im not sure if that was factory or not but i would think so.
picture i took today, adapters and lugnuts
the old 90's monte carlo
the old 90's monte carlo
2001 chrysler
2001 chrysler
2001 chrysler
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I sincerely doubt those are “Lexus” OEM, since they are TRD wheels. If you go to import archive.com you can view manufacturers brochures. You may find them somewhere. There’s also a possibility a dealer may have added them as an aftermarket option.
With that said, there is a very old thread from 2002 and I think are the same model wheels on a SC430. https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc4...-in-stock.html. As well as this thread from 2009 https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc4...trd-wheel.html
With that said, there is a very old thread from 2002 and I think are the same model wheels on a SC430. https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc4...-in-stock.html. As well as this thread from 2009 https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc4...trd-wheel.html
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They are TRD wheels, that were a dealer option for sc430 buyers. they came unpolished and polished chrome
I had them on my SC when i bought it in 2017 and did a bunch of research and was able to find the part number
ptr12-42701-10 is the part number for the chrome style. -00 is the unpolished
some places still have listings for them for sale but i doubt they actually have them.
took me a year to sell them for $800 with new tires
I had them on my SC when i bought it in 2017 and did a bunch of research and was able to find the part number
ptr12-42701-10 is the part number for the chrome style. -00 is the unpolished
some places still have listings for them for sale but i doubt they actually have them.
took me a year to sell them for $800 with new tires
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They are TRD wheels, that were a dealer option for sc430 buyers. they came unpolished and polished chrome
I had them on my SC when i bought it in 2017 and did a bunch of research and was able to find the part number
ptr12-42701-10 is the part number for the chrome style. -00 is the unpolished
some places still have listings for them for sale but i doubt they actually have them.
took me a year to sell them for $800 with new tires
I had them on my SC when i bought it in 2017 and did a bunch of research and was able to find the part number
ptr12-42701-10 is the part number for the chrome style. -00 is the unpolished
some places still have listings for them for sale but i doubt they actually have them.
took me a year to sell them for $800 with new tires
i always wondered what the extra holes in the rims were by the lugnuts do you know? it kind of looks like you could attach spinners on them or something. i wonder if it was just the design or what
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I sincerely doubt those are “Lexus” OEM, since they are TRD wheels. If you go to import archive.com you can view manufacturers brochures. You may find them somewhere. There’s also a possibility a dealer may have added them as an aftermarket option.
With that said, there is a very old thread from 2002 and I think are the same model wheels on a SC430. https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc4...-in-stock.html. As well as this thread from 2009 https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc4...trd-wheel.html
With that said, there is a very old thread from 2002 and I think are the same model wheels on a SC430. https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc4...-in-stock.html. As well as this thread from 2009 https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sc4...trd-wheel.html
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im not posting this for sale as i havent been a member long enough to yet. so i figured id just throw up a conversational discussion. i bought these rims at least 10 years ago. i have taken very good care of them. the guy i bought them off said they were factory lexus rims. which im pretty sure is the sc430. i was amazed lexus had such a nice factory rim and always bragged to everyone these are lexus rims! as i was younger.
i put them on my 1995 ( i think 95? might be 96 or 97, been a while) monte carlo with spacers at the time. after i sold my monte carlo i put them on my 2001 dodge chrysler. recently i got a newer malibu and they dont fit because of the lug spacing. i've taken good care of them as much as possible. they never saw snow/salt and every winter i would put them in the house with plastic bags covering them. they originally had run flat tires which im not sure if those were factory at the time or not but i eventually had to replace them. a problem i had was getting these alligned for my cars since i dont own a lexus the alignment never was perfect so the tires would wear. and the tires i could only rotate front to back because they have a certain rotation to them. im pretty sure they were specifically made for the certain lexus sports car and not really random cars. i havent actually used them in years. i think i may part with them soon since my malibu has only 30k miles and they dont fit. they mean alot to me because i bought them at a time me and my dad were working together and i had saved up for them. i think i maybe only used them 3 or 4 summers out of the entire time i had them. i live in a high crime area so even with a car alarm people were starting to try to break my door handle or setting off my alarm once a week so they became a headache since i had no garage at my previous spot. which was a shame because i loved walking to my car from a store and looking at these shine
over the years i have been doing google searches on these rims and the only results i find on them were always on this website. i always wanted to say hey i have those to! but i never signed up. but i noticed this website is the only place they appear. i think i saw them on ebay once years ago for about $2k. ive seen both good and bad comments about these rims. some think they are ugly. some have a hard time finding them as a replacement. some really love the chrome look to it. i get if people dont like them, everyone has their own tastes. to me i love them
the lugnuts are fairly small and i have the adapter tool to put them on. im not sure if that was factory or not but i would think so.
i put them on my 1995 ( i think 95? might be 96 or 97, been a while) monte carlo with spacers at the time. after i sold my monte carlo i put them on my 2001 dodge chrysler. recently i got a newer malibu and they dont fit because of the lug spacing. i've taken good care of them as much as possible. they never saw snow/salt and every winter i would put them in the house with plastic bags covering them. they originally had run flat tires which im not sure if those were factory at the time or not but i eventually had to replace them. a problem i had was getting these alligned for my cars since i dont own a lexus the alignment never was perfect so the tires would wear. and the tires i could only rotate front to back because they have a certain rotation to them. im pretty sure they were specifically made for the certain lexus sports car and not really random cars. i havent actually used them in years. i think i may part with them soon since my malibu has only 30k miles and they dont fit. they mean alot to me because i bought them at a time me and my dad were working together and i had saved up for them. i think i maybe only used them 3 or 4 summers out of the entire time i had them. i live in a high crime area so even with a car alarm people were starting to try to break my door handle or setting off my alarm once a week so they became a headache since i had no garage at my previous spot. which was a shame because i loved walking to my car from a store and looking at these shine
over the years i have been doing google searches on these rims and the only results i find on them were always on this website. i always wanted to say hey i have those to! but i never signed up. but i noticed this website is the only place they appear. i think i saw them on ebay once years ago for about $2k. ive seen both good and bad comments about these rims. some think they are ugly. some have a hard time finding them as a replacement. some really love the chrome look to it. i get if people dont like them, everyone has their own tastes. to me i love them
the lugnuts are fairly small and i have the adapter tool to put them on. im not sure if that was factory or not but i would think so.
do you have any pics of inside of the wheels?
also, why do all of your pics have confuzion written on them?
its easy to prove OEM...see pic below.
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The holes are for the alignment machine. Then there's no chance of scratching the edge of the wheel with it. BMW does that on their wheels.
never thought I'd have something to add to a wheel thread.
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They are TRD wheels, that were a dealer option for sc430 buyers. they came unpolished and polished chrome
I had them on my SC when i bought it in 2017 and did a bunch of research and was able to find the part number
ptr12-42701-10 is the part number for the chrome style. -00 is the unpolished
some places still have listings for them for sale but i doubt they actually have them.
took me a year to sell them for $800 with new tires
I had them on my SC when i bought it in 2017 and did a bunch of research and was able to find the part number
ptr12-42701-10 is the part number for the chrome style. -00 is the unpolished
some places still have listings for them for sale but i doubt they actually have them.
took me a year to sell them for $800 with new tires
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i can take pics of the inside. even if the rims are made by toyota couldnt they specifically made for the lexus brand? i guess what i mean by that is even though maybe toyota made them, i dont think they were easy to find elsewhere besides a addon option when buying a lexus. i may be wrong as im not to knowledged at it.
i wrote confuzion on them because thats the name i go by, and with how many scammers there are online i didnt want someone to steal the pics and use them. similar to when people sell stuff on ebay they sometimes put their username so people cant steal their pics and try to sell something that doesnt exist. i dont care if people save them if they wanted. but since the rims are pretty hard to find i dont want someone using the pics 10 years down the road to try to screw someone over. prob just me being paranoid and overthinking
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i would of never guessed that, thanks for the picture. thats pretty cool
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i have them in my back spare room in plastic bags (except the top one) so ill have to dig them out and look them over again. but they should be in great condition. off hand the problems i can think of is one is missing one of the little fake rivet things i think. and one rim has about a inch scuff mark at the border. other then that i dont think there was anything wrong. i think one rim there is a partially part of the rim where the chrome is a little lighter. i dont know if that makes sense, i think when they were chroming it it didnt fully take but isnt very noticeable.
when i get a sunny free day soon i'll take them out in my backyard and record a detailed video of them and point out any flaw i see. a video in the sunlight is alot better then a picture.
the tires prob need replaced. i know one for sure is bald. the other 3 you could wear down for a summer the tread is wearing down on the outsides from turning and them not being able to align it right with my car. every place i took it to they said the rims were to big to get a accurate alignment but they did what they could. i could show that in the video to
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