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IS350 vs IS250 IMPORTANT

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Old 04-23-13, 07:14 AM
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Default IS350 vs IS250 IMPORTANT

Does the IS350 have a different rear axle than the IS250 and IS250AWD?

My shop has rolled the **** out f my fenders and the max we can get out of the rear fender is a
20X10 +35. I would like to get a 10.5 with a +20 offset but it does not look like I am ever going to get there.

How is everyone getting these low offset wheels on their cars? The only thing I can think of is there is a different length axle in the rear.

Please provide your 2IS knowledge.
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Old 04-23-13, 07:24 AM
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Some people use camber arms to add negative camber to make their aggressive wheels fit.
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Old 04-23-13, 07:32 AM
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camber arms to get more negative...otherwise your going past fenders to beyond lol
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Old 04-23-13, 07:53 AM
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Ryan what fitment do you have on your car?
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I know 20's are different, but a +35 seems like it should fit with natural camber from a drop + rolled fenders. By "max you can fit" you mean max with tucking tire+wheel? Maybe youre tires are too big? a 19+29 tucks after a roll and moderately stretched tires.

As others said, get some camber arms though.
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Old 04-23-13, 08:09 AM
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I am running a 255 30 20 and so far we are just fitting the wheels.

My body guy doesn't want to do the work and have them get f'ed up either. He wants it to be perfect. I will be sitting right at the height of the tire
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Old 04-23-13, 11:40 AM
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I'm running 18x9.5 +30 in the rear with 265/35/18 and a 2" drop and i STILL had to roll the fenders ever so slightly.

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Old 04-23-13, 06:07 PM
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I think you're going to have to go 245/30 tire on the rear and get some camber arms.
I'm running 19x10.5+30 with no camber arms and I am slammed with no issues
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the range for the IS is really minimal with stock camber bolts.

IS wasn't meant to be lowered or have super aggressive wheels like its brothers and sisters the LS and GS.

Have you looked into aftermarket fenders or flares?
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Should work I ran 19x10.5+25 with no problem. Make sure they pull those fenders. Cause alot of member run low teens on the IS. Plus I ran no camber kit just natural camber.
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I had to run camber kit since its awd and running 275 30 19
already pulled my fenders but its 10.5 +22 in the rear so had to go with camber..
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Roll harder :P I have 19x11 +15 in the rears camber set at -1
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^ Autosexy13. What's the size gap in between your rim to guard? As I'm running 19x10.5+10 with about 5degrees camber and I've got about 2 and a half fingers gap in between my rim to guard. And my cars starting to scraping on big bumps...
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Thanks for all the feed back guys. I drive the car too much to run that much camber and quite frankly I like the flush look but do not want to camber in the wheels.
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