Been trying to decide on wheels for 4 months straight - after going through countless hours of pictures, made my decision on the Avant-Garde M310's in Dolphin Grey - 19"x8.5 and x9.5. I really wanted the Wedsports - but couldn't justify the cost vs the Avants.
I did Hankook V12's 225/35/19 and 255/35/19 in the rear vs the 30 series in the rear.
I was dead set on 18's so I could run 40 series and maintain ride quality- but really glad I went the 19" route. The ride with new tires - is better than my worn out 18's. I expected a new tire to ride better, but didn't expect them to be that much better given the sidewall decreased going to 19's.
Anyway - for anyone on the fence about going to 19's - hope the above helped.

2007 IS350 (Fsport springs)

Before:




After:
(yes, I know it's super dirty lol)

 

looking good.

 

Looks nice.

 

Thx! No "drop the front" comments? LOL
Coilovers are on the list for later on down the road.

 

Looks good. Big improvement.

 

Looks great to me

 

looks great, how do you like the concavity of the wheel and is the dolphin grey more matte or satin during daylight ? I might go with this Rim as well but it would be on a white IS.

 

Thx guys!

I think the Dolphin Grey's would look super sharp on a white IS. The finish I'd say is almost a mix between Satin and matte. The first day (clean) they looked Satin, then after a few days in the rain they now look matte. I'll post better pics - but when I washed the car yesterday, I was short on time and didn't wash the wheels.

 

Here's some clean pics in the daylight.

 

Nice. I noticed you're on F sport springs did you get the f sport shock too? I just got mine today but plan on installing with the stock shocks.

 

Looks good, Did you sell your stocks?

 

Those wheels look clean on your ride, whats your offset? Im on 18's with 40 series tires and yes the ride is nice but after your post I will consider some 19s in bronze in the near future

 

Drop the front

 

Yea, just Fsport springs - normal shocks. I'll do coilovers before replacing the shocks.

Yea, still have stock 18's - debating on selling them, may keep them for re-sale though.

Offset - not sure. I just told the tire store my make/model and they said they get the correct ones from Avant Garde.

Drop the front - I agree. I'm trying to convince myself it looks okay cause I don't want to spend another $1200 - and don't have time to do the install. But the truth is - it needs to be lower. lol

 

I let the store decide for me on my wheels and they did+40 offset I was upset at first because I wanted to do +32 and I knew I was going to be ok with that low of an offset and the store kept saying I would rub and crap, I am happy with the +40 but after I drop it will be adding some spacers to go wider... since I have the room for at least 5-10mm spacers