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Old 07-13-09 | 12:15 PM
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Make a long story short, I was driving home from work one day and saw an estate sale and what looked like a set of SC 430 wheels in the front yard. I work in Buckhead which is the most "upscale" part of Atlanta so I am not talking about some mom and pop garage sale, not that there is anything wrong with that either

I turned around to take a closer look, and sure enough, a set of nearly new SC 430 wheels was for sale. This gentlemen had just bought his wife a new SC and upgraded to a set of 20" BOSS rims and sold me all 4 for $200. I didn't really need them but the condition of the wheels and unbeatable price made for a pickup. On the way home it got me thinking...how would these look on my car? My car is black with chrome and grey accents. The emblems, wheels, and headlights are all grey while the trim, grille, and exhaust tips are chrome/high gloss silver. These wheels are the dark 5 spoke 18" wheels, not the pie plate ones.

How would these look on my car? Has it been done before? I have 20mm front and 25mm rear spacers...would these fit if I went with 40 or 45 series tires?

Any insight would be appreciated. These are the rims:

Old 07-13-09 | 12:20 PM
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slap them on and see or get them pS 1st
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I think they are going to look sick!
Old 07-13-09 | 03:35 PM
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Put on the SC rims, they'd look hawt!
Old 07-13-09 | 03:50 PM
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Holy crap, $200 for a set of OEM Lexus wheels??? You got those for a STEAL!

I want to see those on a pewter SC300!
Old 07-13-09 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by MPLexus301
Make a long story short, I was driving home from work one day and saw an estate sale and what looked like a set of SC 430 wheels in the front yard. I work in Buckhead which is the most "upscale" part of Atlanta so I am not talking about some mom and pop garage sale, not that there is anything wrong with that either

I turned around to take a closer look, and sure enough, a set of nearly new SC 430 wheels was for sale. This gentlemen had just bought his wife a new SC and upgraded to a set of 20" BOSS rims and sold me all 4 for $200. I didn't really need them but the condition of the wheels and unbeatable price made for a pickup. On the way home it got me thinking...how would these look on my car? My car is black with chrome and grey accents. The emblems, wheels, and headlights are all grey while the trim, grille, and exhaust tips are chrome/high gloss silver. These wheels are the dark 5 spoke 18" wheels, not the pie plate ones.

How would these look on my car? Has it been done before? I have 20mm front and 25mm rear spacers...would these fit if I went with 40 or 45 series tires?

Any insight would be appreciated. These are the rims:

i think they would look good micheal or u could paint them....so does this mean u gonna sell me your rims for cheap now?
Old 07-13-09 | 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by DOVE
Holy crap, $200 for a set of OEM Lexus wheels??? You got those for a STEAL!
I needed a different set of wheels than stock for my daily driver and came across a set from an ES 300 that wouldn't require new tires, which was a requirement I had since I had replaced the tires not even 1K miles before that. All 4 for $65. Not chrome, but not a bad deal at all. Had the tires put on the wheels and rebalanced for $60, and sold the stockers for $200. Woohoo!

And I agree with the consensus - get them on the car or PS them. I think they'll look good.

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Old 07-13-09 | 09:29 PM
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Do they have tires on? If yes, put them on and try silly! If not, request a PS
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Post pics of your car and I'll be happy to PS them for you.
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I almost bought these when I was wheel shopping. I found a set back then fro about $300.00. Not sure why they go for so much cheaper then the other stock wheels.
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I'll upload a pic later on tonight when I get home from work.

Thanks for the input so far.
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Damn!! I live in the same city & I never find deals like this!!
i think they should look great, lookslike they will match your new headlights perfectly
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i think they would look really good on a black car. haven't seen anyone on the site have them yet either
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A few pics of the car for the photoshoppers to use (thanks in advance )


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