Originally Posted by Brandon@TR

I don't know if anything is strange about it. I was answering your question about what were the 17 inch tire sizes and if you can use the same size all the way around.

Originally Posted by mort

I will continue to report on this this matter...read below


I will contact Greg again at Belleville with your concern. I will ask him to mount them and call you to stop by and try them. I am going by what the service department there has insisted will work. I will contact you ASAP with what is going on with this.

Troy
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Morton
To: tdolan@vandermeer.toyota.ca
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 5:49 PM
Subject: Steve Morton - Lexus


Hi Troy,



Hope all is working out for you in Cobourg.



I realize you are no longer at Belleville Toyota but am contacting you because I was dealing with you on this matter and you were the one who assured me my winter/tire package would work on my Lexus, with no problem clearing the brakes. I have told many people on an internet Lexus forum that this combo would work and someone even contacted Performance Lexus in St. Catherine’s to arrange the same setup, being skeptical that it would not work. Below is the response received from Performance Lexus. I would appreciate it if you could look into this as I have a set of winter rims and tires paid for, in storage that apparently will not be of any use to me.



Steve











Quote:

Originally Posted by mort

I have mentioned this before on another thread concerning winter tires, that my dealer ordered me 4 - 16" steel rims with corresponding tires, 225's. He has used this combination on IS 350's last winter and had no problem with brake clearance. He is also storing the wheel/tires for me as well as my 18's in the winter.




Mort,

I wonder if there may be some confusion somewhere... this is the response I got from your dealer after inquiring about the 16" steel rim package you suggested?
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Good afternoon,

Thank you for your inquiry regarding steel wheels for the IS350. At this
time, there is nothing our dealership can offer to you in ways of a 16 inch
steel wheel. That size wheel will not clear the front brakes.

We have only used the Lexus 18" Tourmaline accessory wheels for snow tires
on this vehicle. At this current time the Lexus accessory wheels are our
only option other than using the original equipment wheel.

The customer that states we have 16" steel wheel packages must be confused
with our 2001-2006 IS300 packages.

Originally Posted by c5mtl

does anybody know what the smallest 17inch tire we can use???how about like a 215 or a ...not really wanting to go to a 255 in the back.....i think 215's would be great in the snow.....nice heavy car cutting the snow instead of a 255 shoveling on top of it

Originally Posted by Brandon@TR

Where possible we always try and get the smallest tire for the winter. There are some limitation on the IS350. The computer is looking for a staggered OD, the calipers are big etc.

Originally Posted by Brandon@TR

No, in fact the wheels are the same size in the package I quoted above, it is the tires that are different. The tires can be the same width depending in the choice of tire but the overall diameter would still have to be different. So it could be 225/45 and 225/50 17 inch. Most IS350 owners want the best performance that why we usually do the wider size on the rear.