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just ordered new 22" wheels for my gs350....

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Old 06-19-08, 04:54 PM
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Default just ordered new 22" wheels for my gs350....

i just ordered these wheels in 22" on my gs with a drop...



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Old 06-19-08, 05:02 PM
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sorry, can't help it



post some when they are installed!
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as long as you like it.........

i dunno if i like it. it does look like a starfish.


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Originally Posted by whlkev
sorry, can't help it
Lol I saw Patrick and said wtf, and then looked at the OP's picture again and I LOL'd so hard I almost fell out of my chair!
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Old 06-19-08, 06:58 PM
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your such an obvious hater lol. helz yeah as long as i like them. these wheels look mint when u got the right size on them.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2yRUyDF-pFE

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Old 06-19-08, 07:57 PM
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Its like throwing Nike Cortez's on your Armani suit. Sorry, I don't know the brand and I am not a fan of the style. Those fake rivets will pop out after you hit one pothole in NY.
Quality is key mahn!

Please understand if you are going to POST PICS, people will comment.
 
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I dig the wheels. I like the chrome and the black accents that will match the car. You guys need to chill. The wheels are nice 5 spoke with the face curved to allow for a fat lip. I think the car is going to look solid. Magazine quality in fact. 20's are a dime a dozen nowadays. This guy is trying to blaze a trail that few of us have the ***** to try.The GS looks solid with 22's. That mythical white GS on this forum with the 22's and the body kit that we all drool over is a rare bird. Even if you like or dont like that GS you will always remeber it as the crazy *** GS with the 22's. Id bet alot of cash that if you saw this car or the car in the posted video in a parking lot or car show you'd all be some rubbernecking Lexus fans scrambling to pull out the camera or cell phone to snap a picture of what you know is a very rare lexus. We all got into tuning Luxury cars to stand out. With 22's and a drop they will stand out a little further than the rest of us. Enough said

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Old 06-19-08, 11:07 PM
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who was hating? I saw that rim and that's the first thing that popped to mind, I am sure the OP can take a joke.

in the modding scheme, it's always "to each his own" but don't expect people not to comment about it when people do something out of the ordinary.

anyway, slap those on and take more pics, it's always interesting to see 22" in NY!
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1 sick goat, as a matter of fact. i don't know how much u spend on your wheels but i actually called the company up and told them that i don't want the rivets to be plastic,so they said that t hey will see what they can do on customizing it. even tough if it is plastic, with the money dropped for those wheels nothing should pop off ....

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Originally Posted by gs350on22s
1 sick goat, as a matter of fact. i don't know how much u spend on your wheels but i actually called the company up and told them that i don't want the rivets to be plastic so they are customizing it for me.. so don't judge right away..
no, you have to understand those rivets are supposed to serve a purpose on multipiece wheels, and shouldn't be there for "looks" on a single piece rims regardless of materials

good quality wheels go for 4000-7000 easy without tires, most of the time 2/3 pieces forged customs wheels
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Originally Posted by gs350on22s
1 sick goat, as a matter of fact. i don't know how much u spend on your wheels but i actually called the company up and told them that i don't want the rivets to be plastic,so they said that t hey will see what they can do on customizing it. even tough if it is plastic, with the money dropped for those wheels nothing should pop off ....

the main intention is to not have stuff pop out but when you have china companies supplying wheels to big name companies, everything goes to hell due to the poor quality control in China unless properly supervised by a representitive from the purchasing company.

If you see the owners of these wheel companies you will understand what I am talking about. They make bank!!!

I know a guy that sells wheels to these US companies, and I remember these wheels running roughly $150-200 a piece for these wheels. All they do is rebadge the center caps and whala wheel for another company. And they just pocketed 200%. at 200 wheels (depending on size of course) in a container at $200 each cost and $400 each selling price...it's just rediculous.
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Originally Posted by Net Junky
the main intention is to not have stuff pop out but when you have china companies supplying wheels to big name companies, everything goes to hell due to the poor quality control in China unless properly supervised by a representitive from the purchasing company.

If you see the owners of these wheel companies you will understand what I am talking about. They make bank!!!

I know a guy that sells wheels to these US companies, and I remember these wheels running roughly $150-200 a piece for these wheels. All they do is rebadge the center caps and whala wheel for another company. And they just pocketed 200%. at 200 wheels (depending on size of course) in a container at $200 each cost and $400 each selling price...it's just rediculous.
it's just a "bit" more complicated than that, you have to consider the ocean freight, tariff, customs fee, advertisement, store cost, all that add up to the final retail cost, but of course, they do make banks, think walmart.

we are getting off topic.. let's go back to what we think of the wheels.
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No offense, but seriously you could do much better!
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Your brake rotors are gonna look like washers.
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