Steven777

Gettin my first set of nice rims for wife’s car. She has an ES 350 2015. Want 19” that look an fit great without rubbing on fender or on wheel well or rough feeling when driving.

Would appreciate help with sizes of rims tires and dimensions for the best ride possible without ruining her car. Thx

Poppa

Hi Steven.. .just my opinion, but I'm not sure I would want to go with 19" rims. With a low profile tire on that rim your ride cushion will be substantially less. There have been several posts about the amount of ride difference between the 17 and 18" rims that are available on Lexus. I can tell you that while I like the stance of the 18"s, the ride quality was better on the 17's... I was able to help my ride issue by changing from bridgestone to perilli tires... again, just my opinion but you might want to make sure your wife understands the ride quality will suffer with 19's...

Roland

Steven777

morgan1819

If your roads are pretty nice in AZ, then you can get away with 18's. I would try to get a smooth riding tire ( P7 Cinturato) with as much sidewall as you can get away with.

I test drove a UL with factory 18's on our crap roads here in Mich, and it was a no go. Couldn't get back to the dealer fast enough. It was that bad.

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Mike728

I'm guessing they had the pressure at around 40psi, like most dealers. I have a UL with the 18's and have had no issue with smoothness on our Chicago streets.

morgan1819

Negative. Michelin Primacy at 35 psi. We talked about the ride difference at length after I returned.

I'm used to 17's though, so everything is relative. What might be nice for you, was not acceptible for me.

It's also possible my roads are worse. I live on the Lake Michigan shoreline (where we get a ton of lake effect snow) and are area is known for crap roads.

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Mike728

Yeah, 35psi is still kind of high. I run around 32.

Poppa

Morgan1819... I was just curious if you remember what brand of tire was on those 18" rims... I ask because when I was shopping for a car, I test drove an ES with 17's that had michelins on them and it rode great... But i actually ended up buying a car off the show room and I did not test drive "that" car. The one I bought had 18" rims and within 10 minutes from the time I left the dealership I was thinking to myself, what the hell have I done? This car has a HORRIBLE ride.... well when I got home I checked the air pressure and all four tires were pumped up to 40 lbs... I immediately dropped them to around 31-32 psi and that made a WORLD of difference... However the ride never really got to what I would call a very nice ride until I got rid of those nasty ol bridgestone Turanza's.... I hate those tires.. I went with a new set of Perilli's and she rides great with the 18"s.

Roland

jgscott

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I have a UL with Stock 18's. I hate the way the little wheels look on the big ole car.

Discount Tire

It sounds like 18-inch may be the way to go given what you're looking for with the ride quality and tire size 225/50R-18 may be a good option for you to look into. This tire size is a touch taller when compared to stock and the difference in sidewall height is only 1/4".

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