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The many faces of the factory OEM SCX00/Soarer wheels.

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Old 07-04-10, 09:54 PM
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Oh and those 7 spoke wheels that you claim came on the 95's and 96's, actually came on a few 97's as well.
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I just happened to get an SC with the ugly wheels... That's the only thing I don't like about my car...
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I hate the 15 inch wheels from the 92-94 SC's. They are some the ugliest wheels I've ever seen on any car. I like the 6 spoke 95-96 SC300 wheels in chrome since they sort of look like Supra TT wheels except smaller.
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Originally Posted by CrazySC300
And of course these...They look to be 15 inch Soarer wheels and they're ugly, but I wouldn't mind rocking a set since they're JDM LOL!, Not sure what year or trim Soarers got these hideous wheels though...

you would rock a set of ugly rims just because they are "JDM" ?

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My 97 sc3 came with the chrome 10 spoke wheels. This was a dealer installed item at the time. I do not like them, hence why they are sitting in my garage. P.s lemmy know if anyone wants to buy them.
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hahaha seriously. Listen to your SC boys
Old 07-06-10, 04:38 AM
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Originally Posted by 1UZ-GS
Dealership option, actually.
Ugh! They look like it too.
Old 11-14-10, 02:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Kira X
I like the 6 spoke 95-96 SC300 wheels in chrome since they sort of look like Supra TT wheels except smaller.
Also, they have 6 spokes instead of 5 like the Supra T.T ones.

But yeah, my first post has been edited...Thanks teal!
Old 11-14-10, 02:53 AM
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Originally Posted by draco
The twin-turbos had much better factory wheels than the V8's.
I bet! But I'm thinking that those are the same wheels found on the '92-'94 SC400's (UZZ30) right?
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Originally Posted by CrazySC300
Also, they have 6 spokes instead of 5 like the Supra T.T ones.

But yeah, my first post has been edited...Thanks teal!
Yeah, my friend had a polished set of 6-spoke's on his SC and I thought they were TT wheels for the longest time

Did the five spoke's from the 97-00 SC300's ever come on the SC400? I saw a really clean 97+ SC400 with those wheels last weekend. I've only seen them on a few 97 and 98+ SC300's.
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awesome thread.
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Originally Posted by Kira X
Did the five spoke's from the 97-00 SC300's ever come on the SC400? I saw a really clean 97+ SC400 with those wheels last weekend. I've only seen them on a few 97 and 98+ SC300's.
I'm 95% certain that those OEM 5 spoke wheels were standard on both the '97+ 300 and 400 models...I have never ever seen any other factory wheels on those year models other than the 5 spokes.
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Great idea and thread, thank you!
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I bought my '93 SC300 5-speed as the second owner and it came with the non-chrome 7-spoke 16x7 50mm offset Soarer/SC400 rims that make you think of turbine blades. Could these have been the original wheels delivered from the factory or dealer? The only modification the owner appears to have made was switching to Soarer "Griffin" centercaps. The wheels are stamped "Toyota" and not "Lexus" so I am wondering if they are actually Soarer rims he swapped over years earlier.

I'd just like to know if they could have been a dealer option for some part of the 1993 model year, minus the JDM center caps.

btw, if anyone is interested in them send me a PM. They're just collecting dust in my garage.
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Whaaat???

I love those super mesh factory rims!!

Theres a 92 Silver Spruce SC300 at my campus that looks BRAND new and has a chrome version of those super mesh rims and it looks soooo perfect.

Ill try snap a pic of it tommorow.


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