Good price for set of IS-F rims

Linas.P · April 10, 2018

Found these on eBay. Seem cheap for IS-F rims... almost too cheap and question in plain sign - are they welded or massaged after Easter? Maybe ok as spare set...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuineset-of-4-Lexus-ISF-alloy-wheels-as-original-finish-19/263570590254?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D50981%26meid%3D38e4bfa15b5145fe8f7ec03665ed5936%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D263570590254%26itm%3D263570590254&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3Af73deb55-3cfe-11e8-a0fb-74dbd1800fb1|parentrq%3Ab146f4af1620a99be4319dbeffff696e|iid%3A1

A year ago would be quite interested myself, but now phasing out my car and there is no budget for upgrades :)

FTBBCVoodoo · April 11, 2018

If legit. They look a bargain.

J Henderson · April 11, 2018

That seller is legit. They sell all kind of Lexus wheels for reasonable prices.

I bought some wheels from them a couple of months ago and they are perfect.

Linas.P · April 11, 2018

Yep.. had little conversation going - they said, they reducing stock now so consider that to be "discounted price". Sadly, for me they would not accept trade-in (for the same reason - stock reduction)of my 3 stets of wheels.. not to mention investing more money in my car before selling is not good idea anyway.

Stazza80 · April 11, 2018

Just bought a full set from them last month for £480!

Linas.P · April 11, 2018

you don't mean full set of IS-F wheels for £480?

J Henderson · April 12, 2018

Yep...

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F263535425309

Another set went for £576

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Stazza80 · April 12, 2018

9 hours ago, Linas.P said:

you don't mean full set of IS-F wheels for £480?

Yes, full set refurbished, couldn’t believe the price so snapped them up! Sitting in the garage now ready to be swapped over for summer 😀

Big Rat · April 12, 2018

I shall give my advert a quick bump......again here's what's in my workshop up for grabs........ full advert in fir sale section remember club rules guys.

wantaisf · April 12, 2018

Does anywhere sell the mesh alloys? As I prefer the look of the mesh over the spokes, but all the dealer USB isf come with the spoke alloys

Big Rat · April 12, 2018

@wantaisf I don’t recall any coming up recently just a case of keep searching the bay and so on, I’ve set an alert for Rcf ones maybe if you do the same 👍

🐀

Linas.P · April 12, 2018

I don't think there were mesh alloys ever available for sale (because realistically how many cars were sold post ~2012). However, there was one car written-off and sold as parts - so I guess alloys were available.

5 hours ago, Stazza80 said:

Yes, full set refurbished, couldn’t believe the price so snapped them up! Sitting in the garage now ready to be swapped over for summer 😀

That was steal... even £672 is... but I reckon they would sell them even cheaper, hence they have enabled "offer" - I guess reasonable to say 4x valves + 4x caps are missing, so any offer in range of £550-600 can be acceptable.

Stazza80 · April 12, 2018

3 hours ago, Linas.P said:

I don't think there were mesh alloys ever available for sale (because realistically how many cars were sold post ~2012). However, there was one car written-off and sold as parts - so I guess alloys were available.

That was steal... even £672 is... but I reckon they would sell them even cheaper, hence they have enabled "offer" - I guess reasonable to say 4x valves + 4x caps are missing, so any offer in range of £550-600 can be acceptable.

I made a reasonable offer initially but that got declined so there’s probably not much in it. Obviously got to pay to get tires swapped plus new valves but still a massive bargain 😀 I would say it’s one of those lucky eBay moments where you catch it before anyone else does 😉

ColinBarber · April 12, 2018

4 hours ago, Linas.P said:

I don't think there were mesh alloys ever available for sale (because realistically how many cars were sold post ~2012). However, there was one car written-off and sold as parts - so I guess alloys were available.

IS F mesh wheels became a zero cost option in 2010, but I doubt many were specified with them.

J Henderson · April 12, 2018

I offered £350 for one of their £408 sets of "Hoshi" wheels that had 24hrs to go, and they counter-offered somewhere in the middle. I was happy to oblige, so more or less got them with free shipping. The quality is superb and they pretty-much nailed the "Titanium" finish these wheels are supposed to have. They were also extremely well-packaged in tough company-branded boxes. These people are definitely not cowboys offering "too good to be true" deals!

Linas.P · April 12, 2018

Before I posted here 1 person was watching

Linas.P · April 19, 2018

dropped price further - £633 now (kind of feel offer for £600 would go trough):

https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/263570590254?ul_noapp=true

There is another set with Michelin PSS (IS250 size), but priced a bit steep for what it is - used tires, some scratches and chips:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/253565659844?ul_noapp=true

good condition overall, but realistically the only way to make it pristine is to refurbish again... and used tires are used tires - you cannot put price on those.

I was just wondering to myself - this must be IS-F wheels month. 3 sets on sale, quite rare occurrence considering just over 200 cars were sold in UK and some had mesh style. So just middle in the air guesstimate ~180 such sets exist + maybe ~10 US imports and now 3 of them on sale.

ColinBarber · April 19, 2018

Maybe some were replaced under warranty due to corrosion and the old ones have been refurbed?

Linas.P · April 19, 2018

Interesting point... were original IS-F rims prone to corrosion?

I assumed they didn't have corrosion issues like standard IS rims of early cars, it is interesting what would happen in such scenario and how they would find the way back onto market. I remember the thread about RC-F "diamond-cut" rims getting "white-worm". If I remember right in that case only the damaged wheel was replaced with new and dealership took the old one back. So I assumed they either send it back to the factory or scraped it. Somehow I cannot imagine dealer trying to refurbish and resell single wheel, especially when they are corner specific.

J Henderson · April 20, 2018

Interesting point... were original IS-F rims prone to corrosion?
I assumed they didn't have corrosion issues like standard IS rims of early cars, it is interesting what would happen in such scenario and how they would find the way back onto market. I remember the thread about RC-F "diamond-cut" rims getting "white-worm". If I remember right in that case only the damaged wheel was replaced with new and dealership took the old one back. So I assumed they either send it back to the factory or scraped it. Somehow I cannot imagine dealer trying to refurbish and resell single wheel, especially when they are corner specific.

I don't think the RC-F wheels are corner-specific.

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Martin F · April 20, 2018

26 minutes ago, J Henderson said:

I don't think the RC-F wheels are corner-specific.

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Neither do I.

Linas.P · April 20, 2018

Yes, sorry just to clarify - I had IS-F wheel in mind when I said "corner specific", I mentioned RC-F wheel thread just to illustrate the process i.e. that Lexus Dealer would not let you keep the damaged wheel.