mitsuguy

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Looking for ideas for a staggered fitment for my IS300...

here's the catch - I want something as stock looking as possible... I want someone who didn't know the car specifically to look at it and think it came that way from the factory...

Ideally, someone would make an 8.5" version of the stock 5 spoke wheels, then I'd get the Sportcross rears for the front and the 8.5's for the rear, but thats not going to happen... Was thinking just do a 235 or 245 on a pair of Sportcross rear wheels, but I'm having a hard time finding them...

Ideas for stockish looking aftermarket wheels, 17x7.5 to 17x8.5, or a similar staggered setup? want to run 225/45-17 front, 255/40-17 rear, ideally...

the.wong.k

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there are alot of wheels that can almost look like a factory 5 spoke. it all depends on your price range

mitsuguy

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Such as?

I don't want or need some ultra high dollar wheel for sure, but relatively light weight and again, stockish looking...

the.wong.k

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if you're looking for moderate pricing wheels, you can look at enkei series or cheap pricing like moda series...

mitsuguy

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I am well aware of brand names like those... But none are very stockish looking that come to mind... I've owned 3 sets of Enkei wheels, 2 sets of TSW's and quite a few others as well... All are awesome when wanting to be different, but I want to look stock or similar to stock...

the.wong.k

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elbrus makes a oem style wheel, you can find it on tirerackdotcom


i looked for 17x8.5 size and they fail to offer that..mebbe try to contact them and see if they'll make 2 in that size?

mitsuguy

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That is a nice looking wheel... its a shame they don't make the right size for me...

since its a 1 piece wheel, they would have to retool an entire line to make a different width... would be nice though...

the.wong.k

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yeah..sucks...ever thought of going up one size and getting the isx50c's 18x8/18x8.5 5 spokes?

mitsuguy

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yup... bigger diameter = slower car... no matter what people think and say, all else being the same, a larger diameter wheel means less maximum cornering grip and slower acceleration as well as increased braking...

I'm not doing it for looks, I'm doing it for performance... kinda like how I might get coilovers, but if I do, the car will stay close to stock height...

zig@tr

Finding something OE looking in that stagger is going to be pretty tough. The closest I can find would be the Enkei RP05, these you can do in the 17X8 front and 17X9 rear. This would still allow you to do the stagger you would like and still have a fairly light wheel.



http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/Wheel...&affiliate=DZ1