Rx 450H Wheels

[Wally]

Hi all,

I have reposted this into this forum as I saw that teepee got some answers to his (her?) RX 450H queries here so I thought I'd try this too as the RX4xxh forum seems a bit empty of members at the moment.

Wondering if any one can tell me if you can fit bigger wheels to the RX 450h Sports Luxury (which I am seriously considering buying). When I compare its wheels to the BMW X5 (which I am also looking at) there's a huge size difference. I am an ex-BMW 5 series owner who moved to an IS 250 Sports Luxury & now want to move to an SUV so am tossing up between these 2 cars.

The RX runs 235/55 R19s on 19x7.5J rims while the X5 40D runs 255/50 R19s on 19x9J rims (frt) & 285/45 R19s on 19x10J rims (rear).

Anyone have any ideas ro seen anything out there? Appreciate any feedback.

Thanks...

[Lexo]

I'm afraid you're not going to be able to fit tyres as wide as in the X5 because the RX rims are narrower. There are 2 issues when fitting wider tyres - rubbing and speedo error. Use the link below to experiment your options.

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

[Wally]

I'm afraid you're not going to be able to fit tyres as wide as in the X5 because the RX rims are narrower. There are 2 issues when fitting wider tyres - rubbing and speedo error. Use the link below to experiment your options.

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

Hey thanks mate...that's a useful tool to have. However my plan is to get wider non-Lexus rims for bigger tires but stay with 19". The calculator shows that my speedo wld read slightly fast (that's good) with wider tires but using a lower profile like a '45' or '50' tire.

Perhaps I shld have phrased my question a bit tighter...I want wider rims to take bigger 19" tires so does anyone know of any offhand...or what the offsets are for an RX 450h (or where i can find this info out) so I can talk to a few tire guys like Bob jane or Tempe Tyres?

Thanks again for any assist...

[NSXsan]

I have just posted my RX450h photos on your other thread

please have a look http://au.lexusownersclub.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9999&pid=29387&st=0entry29387

and please don't buy from Tempe Tyres, the quality of their wheels is very bad