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Old 10-19-10, 03:02 PM
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Does anyone know of any other brand of factory 18" wheels that would fit an '04 LS430? I know Infiniti, Nissan, and Toyota mostly use the same lug pattern. I'm looking to mount some snow tires for winter and factory LS wheels are too ridiculous in price, so I was wondering if I could find a cheaper used set off craigslist or local junk yard. I seem to think the biggest problem is to clear the big front calipers found on the LS. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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ummm, can also try the is350 and gs350 18" wheels. they both have big calipers up front and wheels are high disc already
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and btw, does it have to be 18s? i don't know if they changed the brake setup on 2004 facelift, but i know for 01-03 ls430, 17s were standard and 18s were optional
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Yeah my snow tires are 18" I picked up for free. Will the IS350 wheels fit? I heard there may be a problem with clearance. Has anyone put IS wheels on an LS?
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i don't know of people who have tried it, but given that if you get aftermarket wheels for is350/gs350, you already need to get high disc wheels in order to clear the calipers, that means the stock ones should be high disc already. but of course, i have never tried so i can't say it 100%
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Originally Posted by silverman
Yeah my snow tires are 18" I picked up for free. Will the IS350 wheels fit? I heard there may be a problem with clearance. Has anyone put IS wheels on an LS?
compare the offsets & widths of both.

If they are very close/the same then they will fit.

The hubs are the same, so no need to worry about hubcentric rings. Ultimately you *may* need different lug nuts made for the IS to mount the IS wheels on your LS
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Take a look at this site. The wheels are cheaper than a lot of places plus they will definatly fit your LS.

http://www.oewheelsllc.com/Wheels-fo...viewsTabAnchor
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