i would if they fit on the IS.

 

Paying off the house will take another 25 years, so I have to live a little and not let that worry me.

 

Good one man, LOL hamgot20s LOL

 

It's gonna be GGOT20s soon for me !

 

Congrats Glen!

 

I want to be like Glen someday too.

For the time being, I'll just tell myself that those 20s HRE won't fit on my IS300 anyway. Maybe that'll make me feel better.

Can't wait to see what your car will be like after all those new mods you have planned, Glen.

- Lucian

 

ah jer, now that's quite a challenge. the fact that they are 20s are already a big problem

 

cool, i know who to talk to when the time comes then

 

You will have to take your shot when you have the interior stripped if that's your goal. And since I have seen exactly that, I'm not really kidding.

 

Don't know what you are talking about...

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But I only have one flat panel plasma in the house. And an LCD flat panel. Would have had another plasma but I got distracted for a moment and spent the money on the car instead.

 

it definitely doesn't hurt spending money on the car

 

chris, Amy was asking about your car last week . you know that is her favorite Lexus, even over mine

 

God bless her wonderful taste. Please say hello!

 

Well, now that my old tires & rims are sold, I started browsing for tires. Do remember that the whole justification for this upgrade was based heavily on increasing traction = better handling = faster 0 to 60.

That said, I have my heart set on the Michelin Pilot Sport 2 tires. It's been a long time since I've seen a tire reviewed so well, that it beats most other brands hands down. Even the famous SO3 can't touch this.

I think we can thank ongoing Formula One Development for the consumers benefitting in improved street tire Technology.

With that said, there is only one brand of choice and only one tire size of choice.

Front 255/30-20
Rear 295/25-20

Also note that the diameter of these tires is the same as a 19" 285/30-19 that many people use and what I have used as well.

Well with these new sizes available I can have my cake and eat it too. I get the bump of the DUB look, without sacrificing the oversize diameter of previously offered tire sizes in 20".

No speedometer offset and I get a lower overall ride height & center of gravity than other cars riding on 20's, while at the same time I don't have to slam the car as much which would make the car more prone to rubbing, especially in the front fender wells.

How much of a difference would I say this makes? Well the difference in overall tire diameter between current DUB set ups and the tire set up I'm shooting for is a whopping ONE FULL INCH smaller in diameter than the standard 285/35-20 that was available until now.

That's quite a bit in my book.

OK so here's the bad news.

I browsed tirerack the other day and they have the tire sizes listed in their lineup, so I called for availability and they said the rear tire is in stock , but the front tire is not yet released and won't be available for 3 months !


Now that sucks !

I can take my sweet time ordering rims form HRE. Iforged or even JDM, cause the tires look like they'll be the last to arrive.

Don't know what to say, except it looks like my car will not be driveable for 3 months.

All I have on the car now in the front are two supra TT spacesaver tires to clear the BIG AP racing brakes and the rears are 2 stock 17" GS rims.

No way am I gonna be caught dead driving down the street in that combination !