twister

Is this what you guys have as you original spare donut wheel? Ordered mine off junked 3GS300 (the same wheel used on 3GS350 and 2IS250), for $125. Wheel is 17x4 fugly yellow on outside, black on inside (deep enough for brake clearance). Tire is Bridgestone Tracompa-2 (60psi) T155/70-17. Valve stem is black and rubber, so I assume no TPMS to worry about.



Oh, and new Bridgestone Potenza RE960A/S are AWESOME!!! Already tested it in snow and rain we got here in Jersey in the last couple of days. What a difference in comparison to runflats! I mean, there is no comparison!!!

chrispy

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Lexus doesn't have full sized spares anymore? My 2GS has an alloy 17" spare. I wonder it has to be that ugly yellow color too.

rominl

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they have dropped full size spare on 2is and 3gs

yes, spare is like that on the 3gs. the link you posted yesterday, that's not donut spare

twister

Correct. The wheel picture in that link had a caption of "The image shown above is a generic representation of Wheel". I just used it as a reference to GS350

Don't know what Lexus was thinking; this is such an embarrassing color even for emergency situation And to charge almost $500 for wheel/tire?!?

Kaydee

so these spare are BBK friendly?

AutoCoutureSC

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that looks like a Supra TT spare wheel.

3m ta3

A can of black spray paint fixes that.

steviej

iTrader: (1)

when I bought the spare wheel for my 06 GS, that is what I got from Park Place Lexus. Same size tire too, but from Conti.

steviej

rominl

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well i am sure you can use some motivation to fix your flat, lol

yup that's what i did with my previous spare. a can of left over black paint

pingu

I think its a nice color. Looks like the puke yellow color that Datsun had in the 70's

Stormforge

i was surprised when i lifted the carpet to see that yellow spare. i think faymester was surprised too when she saw it (we had a mini meet last week)

The G Man

Its a color for caution, so when are doing 50 MPH on the highway, other drivers will know why. Sometimes I think Lexus is just too safe for their own good

Nauticalx

^^^PLus the trunk on the GS and IS is so small as it is. Imagine trying to maneuver a full-size wheel in or out of that trunk. Not to mention that it would fill up a good percentage of the trunk space height-wise since a full is so much thicker than a doughnut.

dunnojack

time to custom paint some designs on that yellow

twister

I'm gonna let my 3 year old go wild on this one