LexFather

Top Gear mag has a long term XJ and I noticed this gem...people gave the SC pie plates hell and look what they do then years later.




Thought you guys would enjoy.

jzwu

I like the pie dish too. It is pretty unique.

If not for the heavy wheels, I wouldn't consider changing them with lighter after market ones.

gripau1

You call those pie wheels, how about THESE!!! Mine is bigger than yours!!!! hahaha

redliner8

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Crazy, but even on a jag I still don't like them, I would even go as far as saying 'hate'. Might as well be driving around with hubcaps. They need to be banished from existence haha

gripau, I actually like those a lot better than our pie plates haha

grabber2

How heavy is the OEM pie wheel?

mandyfig

There must have been a case for the pie plates. Maybe well ahead of its time.

*Batman*

I think the issue is that these types of alloys are typically seen on luxo barges and not on sports cars.

So people were right to criticize Lexus. It's like showing up at the tennis club dressed in a tuxedo.

*Batman*

As an example, you only ever see these pie-plate Wald wheels advertised on an LS or an S-Class.


Sports car wheels are meant to be thin and light, and show off the big brake calipers.
Like this:

jzwu

I heard the pie dish weighs 28 lbs each.

forbirdie3

I came across this thread and couldn't help responding as a new owner of a '02 SC with pie plates.
To each his own. To me, taking the pie plates off would be like removing the WSW tires on a '53 Vette you just purchased and putting on black walls to make it "current".
Practically every car I see today has a 5 spoke wheel on it. That's today's look but I want to stay with the original design.IMHO

maarp

Wow! But I'm not surprised after swapping them for winter wheels a couple of times. My wife's Subaru has 17" wheels, but quite substantial, and the pie-plates are much heavier.

On a side note, my old Miata's BBS wheels were 8.5 pounds.

maarp

Hear, hear! Whether current or not, I actually like the pie plates, and think they are iconic on the original SCs.

ivanj

That's why I'm replacing mine with 18 - 20 lb Enkei wheels. If we had more pot holes I'd go to the 17" wheels.

The pie-plates were an offshoot of the streamliner wheels that pop up every decade or so. You see them on the Bonneville salt flats LSR cars even today.

Moonstruck

Never liked the pie plate wheels. So glad they were gone by the time I purchased my 2007.


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