autocouture boy

got a quick question for all you lexus savy people. im goin with 19x8.5 for the front and 19.9.5 on the back. i want to order the CORRECT offset so it will look and ride the best. so does anyone know what the correct offset would be for a sc300? thanks

autocouture boy

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lex400sc

The Supremes will look sweet on your SC. The Indicators look pimp too. If you post the offset question in the Wheels Forum, you'll probably get more responses.

Wheel Kinetics

Offset is more a function of your tires and wheel width than wheel diameter. What size tires are you planning on running?

Manaray

Are you going to do the Supreme or the Supreme BR? Both are available in 19" but the BR's are 2-piece and a little less expensive...I would pick the BR's personally. With AutoCouture, the advantage of 3-piece wheels doesn't come into play. The 2-piece wheel will not leak air with age....

Anyways, for the BR's, you can do a 19x8.5 High Disc +37 up front and 19x9.5" Standard Disc +37 out back...you can even do 19x10" Standard Disc +42 and possibly +37 with a 285 out back w/o any fender mods I believe...

autocouture boy

Wheel Kinetics... i am looking at tire sizes 245/35/19 front and 275/30/19 out back. i have been doin a little reading and what i have found is that you are suppose to stay as close to +50 as possible. im not sure of the thread...but one said the farther away from this you go the more "off geometry " your car will be and therefore will pull and jerk when on uneven pavement. now...i bought a lexus (use to have a slammed integra) to get away from all this. let me know....
THANKS!

autocouture boy

thanks manaray ...looks like i will prob go with the BR. also, do you know what kind of a lip the BR's have...the look i am after is attached below...CAN I SAY PHAT!? an by the way...the auto couture package you are doing through steve...wil that offer still stand in a say....6 months?

Manaray

As with most "show only" cars, that setup is NOT realistic (if you plan on driving the car!)

AutoCouture doesn't list the lip sizes on the Supreme BR's so I can't give you exact numbers but the Supreme's aren't known for HUGE lips...most likely, you'll have only 32mm to 46mm lips...not much...

On the 3-piece Supremes, you need a 19x10.5 +36 Standard Disc just for a 58mm lip...If you want a BIG lip. you should look at another wheel...

The AutoCouture Magnifique in 19x8.5 +38 High Disc has a 42mm lip and the 19x10 +38 standard disc has a 74.5mm lip...you can also do a 19x9 +38 High Disc up front which has a 48.5mm lip...

This is based on some new info I received from SoCalSC4 who has been doing some research on SC fitments...(plus he knows his stuff!)

Manaray

Gene - I haven't been able to gather too much info on extreme setups for the SC430 (just too new)...SoCalSC4 might have a better idea...I think he's done a couple (dunno how extreme though)...20x9 and 20x10 should definitely work...maybe even a 20x10.5 out back with a 295! :eek:

SoCalSC4

The SC430... a cakewalk. I'd normally recommend 20x9 & 20x10, but the car will actually take a 20x10 front & 20x11 rear- if you're willing to roll the rear fenders a bit, which is challenging on this car.

I just did a set for one of the guys on CL (hi David!) with a black SC430- we did:
19x9, 2" lip + 245/35zr19 S-03
19x10, 3" lip + 285/30zr19 S-03

...with NO modifications, and the run-flat sensors are retained.

We can't show the car just yet, as it is a special prototype set HRE isn't marketing yet... but you'll see it soon enough!

Wheel Experts

Should be perfect. Don't you wish all cars could fit setups like that?

daygo718

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Gene- I guess the 25 offset will give you the really deep lip you've been looking for...will this work with no fender mods? So, if a 25 offset is used regardless of which wheel is chosen will this allow for the deep lip? If it does I would like see if I can get the same offsets, but on a different wheel...Work, HRE, Fabulous.

Manaray

+25? WOW! I dunno about that...SoCal, what offsets did you run on that 19x9/19x10 setup? +25 w/o fender mods sounds impossible to me...unless you ran some undersized tires! Lee2375, you think that setup would work?

Daygo - more than the offset, the design of the wheel will determine the lip size...for example, the AutoCouture Supremes don't have deep lips no matter what offset compared to many other wheels...however, on the wheels you listed, they should all offer very nice lips...Fabulous also has a SUPER LOW disc setup...dunno if it'll work on a SC but they do it on Mercedes...they have like a 4" lip on tthe FRONT wheels!! :eek:

GS4Will

Fabulous profound, SL disk, +83mm/3.5" lip F+R....:eek:

SoCalSC4

On the SC430 I did recently (David's car), he is relatively conservative and didn't want to do any modifications. Here's what I did:
19x9 +36
19x10 +40

A +25 will work, but will be very aggressive- especially in the rear.
If it were my car, I'd probably build:
19x9 +28
19X10 +28