Hi,

To all the members riding with 20's, how do you handle pot wholes? I know the best way is to avoid them, but if you must go through them, what do you do? Fast or slow?

Also, what's the ride comfort compare to stock wheels?

I am asking this because I am thinking of getting some 20's for my summer wheel.

Thanks in advance for any input.

 

Potholes - Avoid them, period. I've popped STOCK tires on potholes. If you ABSOLUTELY can not avoid the pothole, hit them SLOWLY. If the pothole is wide enough to fit your rim's width and you hit it fast, the chances of you pinching your sidewall and denting your rim goes up DRAMATICALLY with your speed.

Comfort - People that complain that 20" rims ride too hard are just *****es.... Just kidding...sort of...the ride on 20" rims, in a GS is not all that bad. If you're in California (T.O.? Thousand Oaks?), I would just come to the Club Lexus meet and take a spin in a GS with 20's...

Compared to stock 16" wheels, you'll feel the road more, you'll hear the road more, but when you hit the turns, you'll smile....you won't feel the sidewalls collapsing under the weight of the car.

Campared to the 17" wheels, it'll be like the 16's but less of a difference compared to 20's...

If you do 20's, I would HIGHLY recommend that you lower the car....a GS with 20's using stock height suspension looks plain stupid. You might as well have bought an Escalade or Yukon.

 

T.O. is toronto

what pot holes are you reffering too? i really don't remember all that many potholes around here! Kingsway is bad, Islington is pretty good, plz explain, cause when i get 19s or 20s i don't wanna be stuck with a screwed rim in something i thought wouldnt' hurt the rim!

 

POTHOLES---THE ENEMY OF ALL RIMS

I have 20's on my gs400, but where I live, Tampa, FL, the roads are not too bad But you gotta look at it this way, once you get 20's on your GS, the last thing you will want to do is go fast. Honestly, you want everyone to see you, cause everyone will be lookin. Just be careful, that's all I can say. If you are gonna hit one, you will hit one. Be very careful in the rain, cause the rain fills the potholes up, and it looks like there is nothing there. I know you've all been in that situation. If worse comes to worse, you can always go to the city, with a picture of the rim, and the pothole, and try to make them pay for it.

Just my .02 cents

 

Hi Sasha,

With all the construction going on this summer, plus the long winter we had this year. DVP and some other part of 401 have some pretty bad potholes. I am worry about them because driving at highway speed, it is hard to avoid them!