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Old 07-30-19, 12:02 PM
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Seller claims they are from a "mid-2000s" IS but I can't find them online anywhere. They're reportedly 17-inch and I'm trying to determine offset, etc. to see if I could use them as winter wheels on my 2015 IS350 F Sport. Do any of you recognize them? Know what the offset is? Know if they'll clear the calipers of a 2015 F Sport?

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I've seen that rim before...and I'm 99% sure it's a Lexus rim.
It looks like the 17 rim the 2IS had from 2006 onward for a few years...but I don't think it is exactly it.
The wheel face looks like a front wheel drive offset...like it came off an ES or RX.
If he was using it on an IS, the tire is too big...the IS would be a 17x8 rim with a 225/45/17 tire. I can't make out the tire size from here, but it looks bigger.
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Thanks for the reply. They're saying it's a 225/45-17 tire but I'm not too concerned with the tires (they're junk and I'll be putting on winter tires anyway). I was just trying to find these wheels online so I could see what the offset is, etc. I found some Lexus wheels that are close but not exactly the same.
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They look like VW "Porto" wheels.
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Holy cow...you're absolutely right! Those are porto wheels! That's not even the right bolt pattern. Thank you SO much for the ID!!
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Mystery solved. I guess the next question is how did they come off a mid-2000's IS...cause clearly they can't.
They do look a lot like the the 2IS rim, but not quite the same around the lug nut openings.
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Originally Posted by Sasnuke
I've seen that rim before...and I'm 99% sure it's a Lexus rim.
It looks like the 17 rim the 2IS had from 2006 onward for a few years...but I don't think it is exactly it.
The wheel face looks like a front wheel drive offset...like it came off an ES or RX.
If he was using it on an IS, the tire is too big...the IS would be a 17x8 rim with a 225/45/17 tire. I can't make out the tire size from here, but it looks bigger.
Had this rim on my old 2007 Lexus IS250 AWD.
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