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Old 12-09-09, 11:24 PM
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Lowered with some different wheels! I like it and wanna know what you think! I'm new to the Lexus scene so don't be afraid to tell me anything!!!

Old 12-09-09, 11:58 PM
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the back end is sagging maybe, but the point im making is, youre missing center caps, your car has a dent and so on, and you do expensive wheels... the wheels work , but they are no match for the is300 rims

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Originally Posted by llcoolpass
the back end is sagging maybe, but the point im making is, youre missing center caps, your car has a dent and so on, and you do expensive wheels... the wheels work , but they are no match for the is300 rims
The rims are not expensive they are actually off of a 2001 Honda Accord Coupe and i only paid $100 with tires!!!
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Originally Posted by sbristow84
The rims are not expensive they are actually off of a 2001 Honda Accord Coupe and i only paid $100 with tires!!!
And it doesn't show at all... *snicker*

Seriously, those are oversized tires for your car, look like balloon's. And the rims, well, look like junk.

Hell, even some cheapo alloys would look 100x better imo.

Your car, do what you gotta do.
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part of the problem is, your image is poor. notice the aspect ratio is wrong? its compressed horizontally.
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Yeah, to each his own...but, I'm not really a huge fan of mixing brands (i.e. Honda wheels on a Lexus car). The lack of center caps looks kinda outta place too. I don't think the Accord wheels look terrible, they just don't seem to 'fit' the overall look of the Lexus. With that ride height, you could probably throw on some later model Lexus wheels and it'd look pretty good.
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Originally Posted by llcoolpass
part of the problem is, your image is poor. notice the aspect ratio is wrong? its compressed horizontally.
The picture was taken with my Cell phone so its not so good!
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Originally Posted by PDXLex
Yeah, to each his own...but, I'm not really a huge fan of mixing brands (i.e. Honda wheels on a Lexus car). The lack of center caps looks kinda outta place too. I don't think the Accord wheels look terrible, they just don't seem to 'fit' the overall look of the Lexus. With that ride height, you could probably throw on some later model Lexus wheels and it'd look pretty good.
I am currently in the process of looking for toyota center caps! In the long run i want some of the New IS300 wheels but i needed new tires! So instead of buying new tires for $300 i bought new rims and tires for $100
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its the year 2009 [but not for long], so go get a real camera for gods sakes, and give us pics from different angles.
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i fxed it by changing to 1024 768, non preserve , anyway what this means this, this is exactly right, now. well, the lens and picture and eveything is horrible, so.... but yeah

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Originally Posted by llcoolpass
its the year 2009 [but not for long], so go get a real camera for gods sakes, and give us pics from different angles.
I have one this pic was taken right after i pulled it outta the garage! I'll be taking some shots tomorrow!
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you got the right idea, but im also not a fan of running honda rims on a lexus, but you gotta work with what you got, but if you are gonig to use those rims maybe put on lower profile tires and then drop it an inch or 2.
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Old 12-20-09, 11:06 AM
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It looks like the front tire has a higher profile than the rear, but as previous posters say, might be due to the low quality image. I see a lot of these older ES models around and rims + slight lowering really makes a dramatic difference ( as exampled in rey_L2P's post ).

You can find Toyota center caps on ebay for less than $20. Happy surfing.
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