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20"s on a LS430??

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Old 09-19-08, 02:58 PM
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Those wheels are nice, but too sporty for that car IMO......
Old 09-19-08, 05:13 PM
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Here's mine on 20" lowenhart Xposition dish 3 piece

Old 09-19-08, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by mikemareen
Here's mine on 20" lowenhart Xposition dish 3 piece

Looking good Mike! When did you sell the y33?
Old 09-21-08, 09:36 PM
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thanks.

sold the Q about 6 months ago. Are u in the market for a LS430?

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Looking good Mike! When did you sell the y33?
Old 09-22-08, 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by jman-LS430
I personally plan to go with 20X9 and 20X10's front/rear respectively and will be running 245/45/20 and 275/40/20. I forgot what offsets I plan to go with, and don't have my specs readily handy. But, with the offsets I plan to go with, I may have to shave my rear fender lip slightly. I am told it will be close so we'll see.
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My tires are 1" shorter than you describe above (I have 19's with the same width and aspect ratio tires you listed) so I can tell you that you will have to run very conservative offsets AND you won't be able to drop the car much at all. I have 19x8.5 43-mm and 19x9.5 45-mm and perhaps .8" - 1" drop, and that's the max drop I can run. It's the max that I want to run, but if I wanted to run more, I'd be out of luck unless I wanted to do some serious lip work, probably requiring some repainting. As it is, I have removed the black trim rings from the wheel opening (didn't care for them anyway) and slightly "rolled" the ground effects mount in front of the rear tires. You're talking about 1" more overall tire height, so you're going to be tight... Just FYI.
Old 09-22-08, 09:29 AM
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Mine on 20's also. They are lowenhart br5's. 9s front and 10s rear.

Old 09-22-08, 09:37 AM
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245 45 20 and 275 40 20? this is insane and will make your car look too high and will cause major clearance issues even with conservative over the counter width and offset.

245 35 20 and 275 30 20 is what u should go with.

Originally Posted by jman-LS430
I personally plan to go with 20X9 and 20X10's front/rear respectively and will be running 245/45/20 and 275/40/20. I forgot what offsets I plan to go with, and don't have my specs readily handy. But, with the offsets I plan to go with, I may have to shave my rear fender lip slightly. I am told it will be close so we'll see.

Good luck on your decision.
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Mike, I like the stance of your LS!! Do you have the specs (width and offset, suspension) of your setup posted here on the forums? I'm really interested on those wheels also. Thanks.
Old 09-23-08, 09:20 AM
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they are :

20x9.5 +39 (high disk)
20x9.5 +29 (low disk)

245 35 20 tires all around. It's simple, u get nice looking, safe, mild stretch.

tanabe sustec pro5 coilovers, everything has been posted.

Originally Posted by JT2MA71
Mike, I like the stance of your LS!! Do you have the specs (width and offset, suspension) of your setup posted here on the forums? I'm really interested on those wheels also. Thanks.

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Old 10-03-08, 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by mikemareen
thanks.

sold the Q about 6 months ago. Are u in the market for a LS430?
Most likely after I finish my project with the other car.
Old 10-04-08, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by mikemareen
245 45 20 and 275 40 20? this is insane and will make your car look too high and will cause major clearance issues even with conservative over the counter width and offset.

245 35 20 and 275 30 20 is what u should go with.


You are correct. I did mean to indicate 35 and 30 respectively instead of 45 40...so yes 245/35/20 and 275/30/20

BTW, Mike, I still like the look of your wheels. The stance and offsets look great.
Old 10-04-08, 12:04 PM
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Never seem the design before, but def. not feeling it at all.
Old 10-06-08, 05:52 PM
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the chrome mesh wheels above are rezax II's.. i think that was atsou's car before he changed up to euroline dh's
Old 10-06-08, 09:12 PM
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Welcome to CL.....20's should be fine with these cars!! well lets see some more pics JT2MA71....seems like a nice theme you got going on there!!!
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