I found Cheap 20" Chrome Rims for a LS400 Should I?
05-12-05, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by gewe21
Nope, 20's are OK in an LS, and here's the proof. NO intention to hijack this thread of course.
Even if you did intend to hijack this thread with your pics, I'm sure no one would object to it.
05-12-05, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by BR1AN
20's are perfect on the 430 (especially on yours), but on a stock height 400 without a kit, it looks a bit large IMHO...I see too many of those rolling around the streets of L.A.
Even if you did intend to hijack this thread with your pics, I'm sure no one would object to it.
Even if you did intend to hijack this thread with your pics, I'm sure no one would object to it.
05-13-05, 09:53 AM
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Hey thanks for posting the pictures! The rims look awesome on your car. I'm hella hoping that they will look okay on mine but I am confident they will. The only thing that really keeping me from sleeping at night is the ride height. I really really really do not want to lower my LS400...but I have a feeling that I might have to....but we'll see. How do you like the Tein springs on yours by the way, how much of a drop is it? And what kind of shocks are you running?
Originally Posted by gewe21
Nope, 20's are OK in an LS, and here's the proof. NO intention to hijack this thread of course.
05-13-05, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by caffeine
Hey thanks for posting the pictures! The rims look awesome on your car. I'm hella hoping that they will look okay on mine but I am confident they will. The only thing that really keeping me from sleeping at night is the ride height. I really really really do not want to lower my LS400...but I have a feeling that I might have to....but we'll see. How do you like the Tein springs on yours by the way, how much of a drop is it? And what kind of shocks are you running?
I think he has coilovers. And if he does, they run about $1200.
05-13-05, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by lino
That is the other car that I was considering to buy before I decided to look for an LS400. I have a long history with BMW and especially the 7 series.
05-13-05, 09:31 PM
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My car was on Tein coilover. It's back to stock now, got bored with the harsh ride of 20". Maybe I'll lower it again, maybe not. We'll see. 
Lino : the rims or the car ? I believe I won't be able to afford any, gotta go back to reality now
Lino : the rims or the car ? I believe I won't be able to afford any, gotta go back to reality now
05-14-05, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by caffeine
Okay here the update:
I ordered the rims from Peter at VelocityMotoring.com I didn't feel like paying an additional $400 to Chrome the rims, so I ordered the Polished set. The price is around $800-$900 retail but I'm going to try to get him to hook me up for cheaper.
I ordered the tires seperately from Certified tire. After some research I found that the Falken Azenis ST115's were the best of the sub-$250 tires and Certified tires had them for $169 a piece, unfortunately I got a call earlier today saying that the tires are on backordered for 1 month+ and that the only way I could get them by next week was to pay $20 shipping per tire ($80) to have them shipped here from the East Coast. (I live in CA) I got certified tire to split the shipping with me, so the total was $169 x 4+$40 shipping + tax for a set of four 245/35/20 tires.
Does anyone else have reccomendations for sub $800 a set tires in that size? I was hoping to find tires with a high treadwear rating and that is also all-season, but there doens't seem to be much out there in that size that satisfies both.
I ordered the rims from Peter at VelocityMotoring.com I didn't feel like paying an additional $400 to Chrome the rims, so I ordered the Polished set. The price is around $800-$900 retail but I'm going to try to get him to hook me up for cheaper.
I ordered the tires seperately from Certified tire. After some research I found that the Falken Azenis ST115's were the best of the sub-$250 tires and Certified tires had them for $169 a piece, unfortunately I got a call earlier today saying that the tires are on backordered for 1 month+ and that the only way I could get them by next week was to pay $20 shipping per tire ($80) to have them shipped here from the East Coast. (I live in CA) I got certified tire to split the shipping with me, so the total was $169 x 4+$40 shipping + tax for a set of four 245/35/20 tires.
Does anyone else have reccomendations for sub $800 a set tires in that size? I was hoping to find tires with a high treadwear rating and that is also all-season, but there doens't seem to be much out there in that size that satisfies both.
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