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Old 02-29-08, 10:44 PM
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Im contemplating this, dark sc430 wheels on a lowered white GS?

Soliciting thoughts on this possible combination.
Old 03-01-08, 12:12 AM
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Hmm....I think it sounds pretty good but I need to see some evidence tho...such as some pictures or such....^^
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Here, two variations via a quick p-shop



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After seeing the SC430 wheels on the GS, I think i'm beginning to appreciate the OEM GS wheels even more
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Seize, thank you for the photoshop, I appreciate that

It'll be a good base for me try variations of the various Lexus wheels (I personally don't like the curved 5 flute stock 18's for an 06 GS430 and I dislike multispokes on non-sports cars)

The reason I'm contemplating this is that a shop that took my old MRR HR1's off scuffed em up pretty bad, and i've got a new set of 245/30 and 285/25 on them. along with the old 245/35 and 275/30, so I'm needing to repaint the wheels to begin with and I'm debating keeping the wheels within the lexus family.

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the wheels I have in my head I think might be the 2006 MY SC430 wheels, not the dish style like those, but the conventional thicker 5 spoke in a dark color.

like this image



that's a horrible paintshop rendition.

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Old 03-01-08, 01:35 PM
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those are A LOT better than the VIP-flying-saucer thing that Lexus calls a wheel
Old 03-01-08, 02:30 PM
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The 2nd set looks much better.
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I like them both.
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2nd look sexi
Old 03-01-08, 05:01 PM
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you want to paint the wheels black?

here's a dark one
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Dark one's look good
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ya know, the fat spokes actually look decent on the fat body GS
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+1 for the 2nd imo
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ummm not a fan of them....
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oooh man, the first set made my car look hideous LOL ...2nd one is not too bad. I always thought the wheels on the earlier SCs were about as ugly as a oem rim gets...but that is just my opinion


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