vipergts

Hi all i need some rim advice quickly. I just bought a beautiful 2007 es350 ultra luxury. Car is great but wheels are in bad shape. The current set up is stock 17 inch rims with run flat tires which are 225/50/17. I have a great opportunity to buy some awesome is250 wheels and tires from a 2006 is250. These are 225/45/17 with 17 inch wheels. I am not very technical but will these fit on the es350? Need yes or no answer please. Any other advice welcome. THANKS SO MUCH!

mitsuguy

iTrader: (2)

wheels will be ok, but I would change to a taller tire, perhaps even swap your current tires to the new wheels...

vipergts

Thanks so much if i do go with the lower profile tire, will ride quality get much stiffer / worse besides the height?

mitsuguy

iTrader: (2)

yup, and the shorter tire doesn't have as much weight carrying capacity... it shouldn't be a terrible ride, but definitely stiffer than what you have

zig@tr

If you put different tires back on these new wheels you could use 215/55, 225/50 or 225/55R17. You said you currently have 225/50R17 runflats on the ES350, if you ditch the runflats for a good touring tire you will notice a big difference in ride comfort and road noise. Those runflats don't really belong on that car, you have a spare tire and runflats were never offered as an option on an 07' ES. No problem with using them but ride is too stiff and tire prices are higher.

Brian@Vossen

The IS offsets ate different than the ES due to fwd vs RWD. They will sit funny on the ES