3(GT) on Lexus IS300 rims... finally my ride is winter ready

[p-o-g-i]

My 3GT is finally winter ready.
I installed Lexus IS300 rims last night with all season Yokohama Avid tires.......

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**updated: day time pics as requested**

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Pics are a little deceiving as the white by the centre caps are not really that bright at all. It's the 3M reflecting the flash from my camera.

[Chuckie]

looks good. direct fit?

[p-o-g-i]

looks good. direct fit?

The Mazda3 hub is a little bigger then Toyota/ Lexus (among others), so the bore of the rim was machined out to 70mm to make sure it cleared. I'm not the one who got it done though. The guy I baught it from had them done. But other then then, everything else was a direct fit.

[Tokic_o]

take some daytime shots of the whole car :)

btw, why all seasons and not pure winter tires if this is just for winter?

[p-o-g-i]

I'll take some day shots today.... may look cooler with the white snowy background.... hahaha.

It came with all season tires that are brand new. Even the nipples were still on it.
So since that was the case, I figured I would just rock them for this winter and then buy winter tires in the summer when they are cheaper :)

[p-o-g-i]

take some daytime shots of the whole car :)

Ask and you shall receive.... day time pics added!!!

[Tokic_o]

Looks nice! Wow already snowed quite a bit where you are. What you going to do with the white rims you have?

[FLIPDADY]

Good job Pogi!

I passed on a set of these last summer b/c I thought they wouldn't fit but you just answered that for me.:)

Have you tried Mazda center caps on them?

[p-o-g-i]

Looks nice! Wow already snowed quite a bit where you are. What you going to do with the white rims you have?
Not too sure. To be honest... it did cross my mind to sell/ trade them, but they as soooooo frigging light that it's unbelievable!!!



Good job Pogi!

I passed on a set of these last summer b/c I thought they wouldn't fit but you just answered that for me.:)

Have you tried Mazda center caps on them?
Mazda center caps.... DOH!?!?! Never even occurred to me.... good call! Now I just gotta find some... hahaha.

[b]

Looks really nice.

[Tokic_o]

i wonder how your white rims would look on my hatch lol

[p-o-g-i]

i wonder how your white rims would look on my hatch lol

Well the rims are pearl white as well, which is another reason why I picked them up. These Enkei rims are originally pearl white, which was the special edition that was only offered in Asia... "true JDM". In North America, it was only offered in silver. A friend of mine picked them up when he went to visit Tokyo. He go them for his RSX originally.

Yeah, not sure if I should keep them or not. But to be honest, if I sell/ trade them, it wouldn't be till the spring when I know I would get more ducats for it :bana

[Mazda-Baaa]

Keep em pogi... I can't wait to see them this summer with those springs on... White on white is old skool brother just like you... lol... "winters" look good though

[garboui]

I like! those Lexus rims are very fitting to the styling of our cars.

[p-o-g-i]

Keep em pogi... I can't wait to see them this summer with those springs on... White on white is old skool brother just like you... lol... "winters" look good though

hahaha.... all you guys are just bustn' my chops to lower my ride... haha. I know what you mean though. Ever since I picked up the springs, I just can't wait to install them. Ah well..... it's only a 3 month wait.

[Tokic_o]

hahaha.... all you guys are just bustn' my chops to lower my ride... haha. I know what you mean though. Ever since I picked up the springs, I just can't wait to install them. Ah well..... it's only a 3 month wait.

I know how you feel man! I got a set of springs in my basement just waiting for april or march to come:complain

[Thunder 3]

Very nice...I'm jealous you have a white sedan! That's what I had originally ordered but I would have had to wait 7 weeks to get one from Japan :(

[p-o-g-i]

Very nice...I'm jealous you have a white sedan! That's what I had originally ordered but I would have had to wait 7 weeks to get one from Japan :(

Damn, 7 weeks?!?!?!? Was it white or pearl white that you ordered? To be honest, orirginally I ordered white but the only way for me to get black interior with white exterior was if I got the pearl white. Happy though with the result :)

I think I waited 1 week for it when I ordered it back in the spring. I didn't really care if it was the GT either, but again that was the only way to get the white exterior/ black interior combo.....

[Operator]

Some of the best winter rims I've seen. Staying in style is always a plus.

[Thunder 3]

Damn, 7 weeks?!?!?!? Was it white or pearl white that you ordered? To be honest, orirginally I ordered white but the only way for me to get black interior with white exterior was if I got the pearl white. Happy though with the result :)

I think I waited 1 week for it when I ordered it back in the spring. I didn't really care if it was the GT either, but again that was the only way to get the white exterior/ black interior combo.....

Pearl white...I was going for the GT and definitely wanted a black interior. I was going to wait but I had been without a car for 2 months already so I went for red. Only because the 08's had just started hitting the lots and there weren't any 07 sedans left with 5 speed/sunroof. It was a bit of a crisis because I love white cars, haha.

[mEtH]

Looking good!!!

If the hub bore is 70mm I hope you have hub rings in there to bring them down to 67.1mm otherwise you are putting strain on the lugs. No one would bother balancing a tire without the hub rings because it would be a waste of your money.