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Old 05-05-10 | 09:31 PM
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Cool Finally! IS Rims on 3ES (Lots of pics!)

So, after a month of researching and getting together all the parts, I finally have my IS300 rims mounted on my 1999 ES300! Here is what I used:

IS300 rims
OEM IS300 lugs
Hankook Ventus V12 evo K110 215/50/17
2x15MM Ichiba spacer V2 (front)
2x20MM Ichiba spacer V2 (rear)

Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics...

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Spacer on front (15MM)


Mounted (I hate my wheel gap )






Sorta flush with the fender, don't you LOVE that wheel gap?




Rear is pretty flush




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Old 05-05-10 | 09:47 PM
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Hey i like the flush look especially the rear.
Old 05-05-10 | 09:48 PM
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Looks good, man i need to get some spacers for my rear ahaha
Old 05-06-10 | 08:53 AM
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Looks Good! What was your total cost for those?
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Originally Posted by acc
Hey i like the flush look especially the rear.
Thanks! Now I just need to get rid of the wheel gap haha.

Originally Posted by DixonPai
Looks good, man i need to get some spacers for my rear ahaha
I love that flush look, it'll look great!

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Looks Good! What was your total cost for those?
They cost about $800 for the rims, spacers, and the tires together.
Old 05-06-10 | 10:51 AM
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Hey, the IS300 rims look sweet on your 3ES! But beware of the spacers. Here's a post from another forum where some1 put 15MM Ichiba V2 spacers on his Maxima:

Ok So I've had them on for about a month now. They are the Ichiba v2 15mm Wheel Spacers. I have them on the Rear Wheels. For the past week the car has been driving like if the wheels needed balancing, so 2 nites ago the car was driving horrible. It got really bad, so i pull over and realize that the spacer is off a couple of mm off the hub, so I drive it to the next exit and as i'm getting off the exit i realize that the wheel is bobbling left and right as if its going to fall off. It was very scary to see this. I pull over and decide to lift the car up and remove the wheel, only to find out that 3 of the bolts that hold the spacer to the studs are loose and the other 2 have broken off with the studs. Total nightmare. I didn't want to take a chance and drive home on 3 studs so i called a tow truck and got it towed. So today I decide to take off the other wheel to remove the spacer and come to find out that 2 of the nuts holding on to the studs are comletely loose. None of those studs broke. Maybe I did something wrong when I installed them but I'm pretty sure I didn't. So if i recommended these to you before, i'm sorry, I take that Back. For those that have these installed, I would recommend you keep a close eye and make sure this doesn't happen to you.
http://forums.maxima.org/7th-generat...-not-safe.html
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looks good. i dont like my wheel gap either



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Old 05-06-10 | 03:51 PM
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A clean look on the ES. Get some spacers and a drop and your good to go.
Old 05-06-10 | 07:11 PM
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Why did you put wheel spacers on the front? I have the same rims and only had to put spacers on the rear to clear the strut. I added a pic of mine. Your front ones would be even more flush without the spacer. I have ridiculous gaps in this pic but I have since changed the tires to some 215/45or55/17 (I don't remember which one) and it looks way better now even without a drop. A drop is in the future though!
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Old 05-06-10 | 08:31 PM
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Maaaaaaan, i want to get me some IS300 rims...
Im jealousss
Old 05-06-10 | 08:54 PM
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i have clean set who want it. but yea hands down nice looking wheel on that es.
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A clean look on the ES. Get some spacers and a drop and your good to go.
Thanks! I'm definitely looking into some coilovers in the future. (I already have spacers on).

Originally Posted by ralfuller
Why did you put wheel spacers on the front? I have the same rims and only had to put spacers on the rear to clear the strut. I added a pic of mine. Your front ones would be even more flush without the spacer. I have ridiculous gaps in this pic but I have since changed the tires to some 215/45or55/17 (I don't remember which one) and it looks way better now even without a drop. A drop is in the future though!
I definitely needed a spacer in the front because the tire would have hit the strut without it. What profile tires do you have on? I'm running 215/50/17.

I front is actually almost perfectly flush, the pic is from a slight angle and the wheel wasn't turned perfectly straight. I probably could have gotten away with a 10MM spacer in the front, but it looks better with a 15MM.

Love that color btw.

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Old 05-07-10 | 08:32 AM
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looks good, glad you posted this!

It confirms [for me] that these rims are a waste of time and money for the hassle to get them mounted up, IMO.

I had an opportunity for countless sets below 200$ but the idea of having to swap spacers on/off every 6-7 months blows

Enjoy the new look, as it does look good!
Old 05-07-10 | 09:09 AM
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Thanks! I love the new look.

The only real difference between getting these mounted and any other rims is the spacers, although it is costly. It's not too much of a hassle to get the spacers on/off, just an extra thing to bolt on or take off.
Old 05-08-10 | 07:29 AM
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^^ I'm lazy...

lol, i don't want to undo 40 nuts vs. 20 when swapping over to my winters' each year!


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