5 17" Lexus Wheels Now In My Possession.

[Stuart Aspey]

Good afternoon all. I now have 5 17" Lexus Alloy Wheels. I want to thank the two people from eBay who I bought these wheels off. I'll be taking them to be refurbished by The Wheel Specialist in Cwmbran at £65 per wheel and then I'll arrange to have Hankook Ventus Prime 2 K115 tyres fitted for the summer. B rated for fuel efficiency and B rated for wet weather grip. £95.45 per tyre for the 225/45/17 at the rear and £109.46 per tyre for the 215/45/17 at the front.

[shafque]

upload some pics!

[matt-c]

I've got some K110 Hankooks on mine and I really like them. Loads of grip, quiet, and comfortable! Let us know what you think of the K115's!

[Raymond.]

Are these staggered wheels or are you just fitting wider tires to the rear Stuart?

[Stuart Aspey]

Once the wheels are cleaned, I'll get some pics.

Raymond. Blackcircles.com suggest slightly larger tyres on the rears. Is it necessary?

Matt-c. I wanted tyres that were good with fuel saving (low rolling resistant) and the HanKooks appear to be the best.

[Raymond.]

They'll provide more grip as there's more rubber connected to the road. Being RWD there's not as much weight on the drIving wheels as a FWD car having the engine weight on the driving wheels. That's why they usually put wider rears on. Usually the actual rims are wider too in that case. (Staggered)

[Stuart Aspey]

Yeah, that what I thought they would b, but it looks like just the height of the tyre wall, the recommendation of blackcircles.com is 225 for the rear, rim width is 45 for both?

[Raymond.]

45 is the height.

I have a site that works out the rolling radius etc

Ill find it and post it tomorrow

[Stuart Aspey]

Cheers Ray.

[matt-c]

http://www.1010tires.com/tiresizecalculator.asp

First three numbers (225) are width in mm, next two (45) is the height, in percentage of the width, and the last (17) is the internal diameter in inches.

So it's 225mm, 45% of 225mm, 17 inches - Nothing like making it simple eh? Haha!

[Stuart Aspey]

Cheers. So, if I wanted 225 width tyres, the rims themselves would need to be larger than the front, if their not, then they'd be 215, same as the front?

Is it only certain versions of the is200 that had 225 rear wheels? E.G. certain sport editions?

[Rob is200 SportCross]

Are those the 11 spoke alloys Stu?

If so I'm very jealous, was very close to a set of 4 for myself last week but the seller on eBay (from Oxfordshire in case) turned out to be a ***** & sale didn't happen.

Looking forward to the photos fella!

[Stuart Aspey]

Hi Rob, no these are the 5 spoke standard for is200 up to 2004, I think think the 11 spoke came out for the 2005 just before the new is range went on sale.

[Raymond.]

There's not much difference between the fronts and the rears but usually the tyre wall gets smaller the wider the tyre gets.

On my old car I had 235/40/17 on front and 265/35/17 on the rears. They were staggered 8j & 9j

Have a look here Stuart.

[Stuart Aspey]

Thank you for your advice guys. Pricing up the tyres ready for the refurbed wheels. £486.25 for 5 tyres. Hankook Ventus Prime 2 k115. Valuetyres.co.uk cheaper than blackcircles.com.

[rmo]

Have only just seen this topic!

pm sent.

Edited February 18, 2013 by IanS200
NON GOLD offering items for sale

[Stuart Aspey]

Hi Robert. I'm sure there'll be someone looking for a set.

[ChrisIS200SportTTE]

^^ when did you become a moderator Ian? Nice 1... Better watch out now :)

[IHgs300]

^^ when did you become a moderator Ian? Nice 1... Better watch out now :)

Only last week Chris, just trying to get the hang of it. Big brother is watching you...LOL :winky:

[Stuart Aspey]

Congrats Ian, do you go round offering Gold Membership to those who post unknowingly about sales? I think that was only Roberts' 2nd post in 2 years . . .

[IHgs300]

Thanks Stuart but Just following the rules which everybody agrees to upon joining.

[Stuart Aspey]

Indeed. It's important have moderators like yourself to remind people every now and then. :-)