RITlexus96

hi. i went to the dealer today and asked if i had 01-04 lexus is300 rims installed on my 1996 lexus es300, they say i would need spacers but they didint know what size of the spacers. i tried searching threads here but nothing...
so if you guys know, i would appreciate so much!
thanks

Megafast13

10mm spacers for the rear only


https://www.clublexus.com/forums/es3...for-my-es.html

01LEXPL

iTrader: (10)

Your 96 should bolt up. Spacers are recommended for the 3ES. Search for the wheel/tire thread as it shows all the info with pics posted by the owners. The 2ES never needed the spacers, with the many members that had them on their 2ES's

EEngineer

make sure the spacers are 60.1mm hubcentric and M1.5

RITlexus96

3 months later, got my set of 02 IS300 rims 17x7 without the tires for 50 bucks (extreme good deal) I been scouring CraigsList for months like a hawk. one rims is scuffed pretty bad but all straight and good. Im taking my time as always....Im thinking 215/55/17 tires on the IS rims.
hey about the spacers issue....Im unsure honestly, because some of yall claim that 1ES (92-96) will just bolt up, some says 10-15mm spacers in rear cuz of strut. Some claims that 2ES is between 92-96 years....I been reading and looking around...just saying. lol oh well I shall find out myself and once again post it.
thanks for reading.

DixonPai

iTrader: (3)

Well you have the wheels right? just put them on and see if it will hit struts. Easiest way to find out hahaha

RITlexus96

haha. yes I do have the set of IS300 rims sitting at home. Haven't went home recently, its hours away. But, hey my friend's 03 RSX rims, 16x6, +55mm, 205/55/16, 5x114.3mm. placed on my es300 and hey not bad! I know its dirty tires smh. and yeah was using OEM es300 lugs on the rsx rims.
next time I post, will be IS300 rims on my es300. es300 offset between +38 to +45 if I did my research right, the RSX is +55 offset, fits nicely in the rear, but touches a little of caliper in the front, I didnt drive or anything, just jack up, swap, jack down, 1 hour glamouring with buddies how nice/ugly it looks....

speedkar9

I was running IS300 rims with 215/50/17 on my Solara (might be similar to 3ES). I had 3mm spacers in the rear, and that was enough to barely clear the struts.

RITlexus96

Just went home last weekend and picked up the rims.... its chrome OEM 03 IS300 rims....sprayed in black....smh and heavy as hell...I imagined alloy with that stock silver color....damn oh well. I'm going to see if it fits or whatnot. then possibly consider 215/45/17 faulken ziex tires on sale at pepboys for 69.99 each tire and get 4th free. my calculations says approx 250$ not bad deal for me.

RITlexus96

well, just put the rims on my 96 es300 and rear fits nicely but very close to struts, will need 5 or 10mm spacer like someone mentioned in another post...for the front....needs spacers too. the edge between the IS300 rim spokes hit the caliper bracket....guess i need 5 or 10mm spacers in the front...oh boy. I think I will take my time to decide pursue my dreams of putting IS300 rims on my es or better off selling it and get aftermarket rims or nothing