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brendan01 · February 5, 2011

hi im new to the site.

ive just bought a gs 300 sport and have managed to crack one of the rear rims are the rears standard size 10j 275/18s

and whats the difference between the 300 and the 300 sport?

cheers

bren

steve2006 · February 5, 2011

Hello and welcome to the LOC.

Not sure about the standard rim size,which year is your GS?

Link below may help with GS Sport differences.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexus_GS

brendan01 · February 6, 2011

hi

thank you

its a 97 p

brendan01 · February 6, 2011

thans steve

i think lol

im still not sure. looks like i have 1st gen but i havent seen any others like mine i have on the front 245/40/18 and on the rear 275/35/18 the rear wheels are dished the fronts arnt.

i also have aspoiler onthe rear which i havent seen on any other 300s. also my suspention is lower than standard 300s i took it to a garage and the guy said that it was factory fitted(somthing about colour coding on shocks etc).

i do know that its the supra 3.0 straight 6 engine.

is the sport a ltd eddition?

thanks for your help

cheers

bren

dave1 · February 7, 2011

thans steve

i think lol

im still not sure. looks like i have 1st gen but i havent seen any others like mine i have on the front 245/40/18 and on the rear 275/35/18 the rear wheels are dished the fronts arnt.

i also have aspoiler onthe rear which i havent seen on any other 300s. also my suspention is lower than standard 300s i took it to a garage and the guy said that it was factory fitted(somthing about colour coding on shocks etc).

i do know that its the supra 3.0 straight 6 engine.

is the sport a ltd eddition?

thanks for your help

cheers

bren

The Sport was indeed fitted with rear spoiler and lowered, although I believe that the alterations were carried out in UK. The tyre size and wheel description is for Series 1 GS 300 Sport, although not all had the 10" deep dish rear wheels. The wheels, rear 10" especially, are hard to find. I owned one for 6 years and it was a great car. From what I remember the V5 doesn't actually state "Sport".

TigerFish · February 7, 2011

as Dave mentions, the "Sport" model was put together once they hit the dealers in the UK. The 10" rears were an optional extra on the "Sport", the standard "Sport" wheels had the same wheels as the fronts on all four corners. The differences on the "Sport" model was: