ISF OEM alloys or aftermarket alloys

[Slickric]

Hi All,

I've only had my ISF for 1 month and loving it.  I wanted to get an extra set of alloys for the winter.  Was wondering if anyone had a spare set of ISF alloys for sale?  Otherwise what aftermarket alloys have people got for their cars?

[peniole]

Have you considered swapping your summers for all seasons and saving yourself the cost/grief of swapping twice a year?

[steve2006]

Hi Richard welcome to the LOC and congrats on buying an ISF.

Pretty sure I saw a set for sale recently on in the “For Sale” section but you’ve posted in the right place to find a set 😀

[Arnett]

There are some stunning aftermarket wheels worth looking at incase you don't have much luck. Also take into account that people say you should buy smaller wheels for winter / snow use. So that's worth a good consideration

[F.A.]

4 hours ago, Arnett said:

There are some stunning aftermarket wheels worth looking at incase you don't have much luck. Also take into account that people say you should buy smaller wheels for winter / snow use. So that's worth a good consideration

Wouldn’t the front callipers be a problem with fitting smaller wheels ? 

[Arnett]

8 minutes ago, F.A. said:

Wouldn’t the front callipers be a problem with fitting smaller wheels ? 

Nah alot of Americans run 18s. You won't get a 17 on the front though

[RichGS11]

ClubLexus.com has a thread on wheels on an ISF and 18's are a preferred track option and most of the people I follow prefer 18's. It all depends on the style and your needs. I'll be heading towards Enkei's in 18" to lose some weight. I love the BBS on the ISF but they're too thin and the offsets make them too sunken into the arches.

[Chris111]

11 hours ago, peniole said:

Have you considered swapping your summers for all seasons and saving yourself the cost/grief of swapping twice a year?

There maybe no all season tyres made in the size that the ISF requires. I don't know what size tyres the ISF runs but I know I cannot fit all season to my GS as no tyre manufacturer makes one in the size to fit the standard rear wheels.

[peniole]

Some all seasons run all the way into r20 and 275 width. I know people had a hard time with Tesla rims and all seasons until recently. Admittedly the profiles may be limited to 40-45 on the low end for larger rims.

[Slickric]

thanks all for the replies

 

I like the sound of having 18 inch rims.  Seems more of a cost effective option than going for 19s  What offset would fit in order to clear the brake calipers and what size tyres would go on them? 

[Killysprint]

I ran these with Bridgestone blizzaks for a couple of winters. Worked great in the snow and cold wet weather. Haven’t put them on the GSF.

linea corsa 818 10x19 255/35 all round.

still have them - drop me a message if you’re interested.

[Arth_Vader]

Wheels look nice.  As an alternative I fitted Michelin cross climate + tyres front and rear to stock ISF wheels so I don’t have to change.

I don’t drive it hard or track it so not looking for ultimate grip in summer.

[Fair and square]

I had a set of blizzaks on oem ISF alloys, on a very snow flooded winter back in 2015 I kept up and out breaked a heavily tuned evo fq360, absolutely phenomenal performance out of these tyres. I was quite happy to run the OEM alloys, I just treated the alloys with some G technique, it protected them very well.

On a front wheel drive car and also a van I have used cross climate, they were awful in snow - useless in my experience.

[peniole]

I've driven cross climates in snow on a fwd manual car, excellent performance. So much so I've bought them again for my ES.

[Killysprint]

On 8/31/2021 at 10:10 AM, Killysprint said:

I ran these with Bridgestone blizzaks for a couple of winters. Worked great in the snow and cold wet weather. Haven’t put them on the GSF.

linea corsa 818 10x19 255/35 all round.

still have them - drop me a message if you’re interested.

Just put an advert for these up of the for sale forum.

LC818 10x19 with Bridgestone blizzaks

drop me a PM if interested 

[Killysprint]

Bump - with a price reduction to £250. see the for sale section for details!