What did you do to your GS today?
#3526
Instructor
No the GS250 is not available in the states. The closest car we had available in the states was the GS200t
#3527
Interesting. I wonder why? Its actually not that bad, and my first preference was to actually get the 250 over the 350. Its obviously quieter and smoother but it actually drives very well. I find the 350 to be externally a bit rough and noisy which goes against most of Lexus's philosophy!
#3528
Driver School Candidate
A little light work this afternoon
Installed these bad boys today. Got done, stepped back and admired my handy work, then immediately found out that the luxury package 19's have the wrong offset. Had to laugh at myself. Time for wheels, I guess.
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#3529
Instructor
Interesting. I wonder why? Its actually not that bad, and my first preference was to actually get the 250 over the 350. Its obviously quieter and smoother but it actually drives very well. I find the 350 to be externally a bit rough and noisy which goes against most of Lexus's philosophy!
#3530
Instructor
I thought the 19s on the Lux and F Sport are the same offsets so this would be a difference between all 19's on any GS350 and the special 19s on GS F? (The photo is a GS F part correct?)
#3531
Driver School Candidate
It was getting late, so maybe I overlooked something. I'll take another look in the morning.
Last edited by dougjones; 08-22-20 at 09:10 PM.
#3532
Instructor
2015 Lux and these are indeed GS F calipers. The 19s on my Lux have a 45 offset (if I'm looking at the right markings on the back side of the wheel. I too thought the wheels were the same, so imagine my shock.
It was getting late, so maybe I overlooked something. I'll take another look in the morning.
It was getting late, so maybe I overlooked something. I'll take another look in the morning.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/att...heel-specs.jpg
Looks like 19" Lux and F Sport are 45 (front) / 60 (rear) (assuming RWD). GSF is 50 (front) / 43 (rear)? It lists it as inset - which (if I understand correctly) is the same as positive offset. This is outside my area of knowledge - but hopefully it helps.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=...AAAAAdAAAAABAD
PS - I'm generally not one for showing off calipers (personally) but those look really awesome.
Last edited by LexusGSboy; 08-22-20 at 11:32 PM.
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#3533
You know us Americans....size matters We like our cars to be like us...Big and Loud.. <JK> Actually I don't think I've ever seen a 200T in person and from what I understand they didn't sell well. I wonder if the 250 not coming here had something to do with how that fit in to Lexus's overall fleet for CAFE standards in the US. The 200ts were all over the used market when I was trying to search for my 350.
#3534
Instructor
Definitely sounds like a decent daily driver for some folks. Would have been interesting if it had come here. Given that it's mileage was a little better but not as good as the 200t I still suspect it had something to do with the CAFE standards. Also realized I have a bit to learn on the Toyota/Lexus engines.. 4GR vs 2GR, FSE vs FKS. Looks like we also missed the 300h? That could have been interesting too. I suspect the marketing folks at Lexus know their markets and had their reasons...
#3535
After your earlier post I was trying to do some reading on the 250. I never knew it existed and it was a bit hard finding info. Then trying to convert the L/100km to MPG was fun! Thank god for online conversion calculators!
Definitely sounds like a decent daily driver for some folks. Would have been interesting if it had come here. Given that it's mileage was a little better but not as good as the 200t I still suspect it had something to do with the CAFE standards. Also realized I have a bit to learn on the Toyota/Lexus engines.. 4GR vs 2GR, FSE vs FKS. Looks like we also missed the 300h? That could have been interesting too. I suspect the marketing folks at Lexus know their markets and had their reasons...
Definitely sounds like a decent daily driver for some folks. Would have been interesting if it had come here. Given that it's mileage was a little better but not as good as the 200t I still suspect it had something to do with the CAFE standards. Also realized I have a bit to learn on the Toyota/Lexus engines.. 4GR vs 2GR, FSE vs FKS. Looks like we also missed the 300h? That could have been interesting too. I suspect the marketing folks at Lexus know their markets and had their reasons...
https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/?q=...ange(2012..).)
As you can see from the list, we have: GS250, 350, 200t, 300, 300h, 450h and the gsf
Specs for the 250 are:
Engine Code
4GR-FSE
Power
154kW @ 6400rpm (sounds low, however for every day driving, its really not that much different to the 350 in traffic, it actually goes pretty nicely).
Torque
253Nm @ 4800rpm
#3537
Decided to go rogue and removed the front license plate.
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#3538
Lexus Champion
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#3539
Lead Lap
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#3540
Some states or cities ticket for no license plates in the front. Definitely looks better without it though.