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A Girl Can Never Have Enough Shoes.

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Old 08-02-08, 05:38 PM
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Default A Girl Can Never Have Enough Shoes.

Well, My wifes IS, we call her ISabella, needed/wanted some new shoes. So to make her happy, I decided to loan her my Traffic Stars from my GS. The end result......We found out that my wheels fit better on her car than it did on mine. Specs on the Traffic Stars are as follows.
Trafficstar RTS
Gunmetal Polish
19x9 +42 (High disk for BBK), lip size 41mm
19x11 +47 (Standard disk), lip size 77mm
Tires:
Front-245/35ZR-19 Bridgestone Potenza RE960AS Pole Position
Rear-295/30ZR-19 Bridgestone Potenza RE960AS Pole Position.
Here is what it looked like on my GS.


Just for referrence, here is what ISabella looked like with her old shoes.


Here is what the Traffic Stars look like on her. Btw, has anyone ever seen 19X11s with 295/30ZR19s on a 2IS?







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Old 08-02-08, 05:49 PM
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what wheels do you have on your GS now?
Old 08-02-08, 05:57 PM
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Aren't those Maya RT5s?
Old 08-02-08, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by venZon
what wheels do you have on your GS now?
Good question. I kinda killed two birds with one stone on this.

We were gonna send her wheels to Wheel Techniques in Santa Clara, Ca. for some repairs. The problem was that we needed to find a set of wheels to put on while her Works wheels were in the shop.

On the other hand, we had an incident coming back from L.A. a couple of weeks ago, on I5. So now, I needed to bring my car to a body shop for repairs. But I do not trust ANY body shop with my wheels.

So when I borrowed a set of stock IS350 wheels, btw, thank you cthruIS350, I ended up putting those on my car and the Traffic Stars ended up on the wifies car.
Old 08-02-08, 06:14 PM
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I like the hole set up with your IS it looks nice
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if i were a girl, i'd marry you lol

nice GS and IS
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Nice rides!

I like the new shoes better on the IS.
Old 08-02-08, 10:12 PM
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Btw, has anyone ever seen 11x19s with 295/30ZR19s on a 2IS?

19x11 --- NICE to see those 11's from the back side.....

For some reason, I'd thought the 11's would look more massive in the back.

Maybe, up close and personal, it looks much bigger!

Now I don't feel bad about getting 10.5 in the back ...
Old 08-02-08, 10:29 PM
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very nice.... as much as i love the trafficstars... your old rims on the IS complimented your car's mods very well... looks great nonetheless
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Originally Posted by TAMR_GUS98
Btw, has anyone ever seen 11x19s with 295/30ZR19s on a 2IS?
There was that one IS350 with HRE's in the Aftermarket Wheel thread with 295/30 19's, but I think the rears were 19x10.5.

Great looking setup there BTW.
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Looks good, perfect fitment too. It must be rubbing up front though.
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Wiiilllll!!! I hate you! Those look siiiick!
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Nice! Both sets of wheels look good.
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Very happy to say that there is absolutely no rubbing. The fitment in the rear is flush and imo is perfect. The front has no rubbing issues but I think can use a 5mm spacer. Btw, thank you all for the kind words.
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looking good will! I think the traffic stars look hot on the wifes car!!!


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