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Are these wheels ok to put on my LS? I think they would be great? Any comments?

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Posted by: Ken Motz

I'm either going with these or the HRE wheels (549r)

http://azaforged.com/RimDemos/photos/front/17f.jpg

I'm thinking these aza wheels with 245 in the front and 275 in the rear.

Do these look ok?

I'm not going for the black pimp thing, but the look of luxury? These aza's are 19".

Posted by: itsnotmydaddys

those are hot

Posted by: Akkord29

I would have to say HRE if you got the money.

Posted by: gt95coupe

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Originally Posted by Akkord29

I would have to say HRE if you got the money.

HRE all the way!

Posted by: 99 KOBRA

If you like the neutral handling characteristics of the LS, you might not like the understeer having skinnier tires in front than in back will cause.

Posted by: DLS8K

275 seems a little bit wide to be putting on the LS............what is the point? So it (the LS) looks cool with wide tires? What is the Lincoln......a drag car?

You drive a 4 door Lincoln.......not a Mustang. If you are thinking the LS is going to handle any better, you are wrong. What are your motivations for going so wide in the back? I don't understand why people do this..........it isn't going to help anything on this car...........on any car........unless they are drag cars. (which the LS is not). I agree with 99 kobra.

Posted by: HyeLifeLS

Those rims are really nice, if you could fit 275s in the back would be even better, just the understeering, but the looks would be sick.

DLS8K - LS is not a mustang but some nice wheels with wide rear tires would make it look 10x better than with the original wheels. Also, my LS on 20s handles better than it used to do with stock 17s. Plus if you don't understand why people put rims that in your opinion don't help to the LS with anything, than why did you paint your side markers black, do they help you with anything??

Posted by: mikedeezy123

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Originally Posted by Ken Motz

I'm not going for the black pimp thing,

....HUH?

Posted by: lexdiamondz10304

Im getting 20's on tuesday. Bought them off ebay for 900 bucks with tires shipping included.

Posted by: Ken Motz

The 275's are wide. But look at all the BMW 5&7 series and even the 3 series that have WIDE tires up under the wheel well. They are at LEAST 275 in size on the back!

The objective is not a "drag racing" look with 3" tires in the front! But rather a full look, like all the BMW's, Mercedes, Lambo and cars like the Astom Martin. Some of those cars (luxury performance cars) have HUGE tires in the back and something smaller in the front because of steering issues....ultra wide tires will hit the steering and wheelwells on most cars in the front.

My thoughts are that if your going to drop $5k on tires and wheels they better fill up the wheels wells and look SICK as hell!

Posted by: lexdiamondz10304

Theres actually one member on here who has 275 in the back and 245 on front custom 20" 3 piece wheels and they look really good. He posted pics but the thread got erased after the hacking.

Posted by: HyeLifeLS

That's "Suprasonic", I think that's his user name, he has a black sport LS on HRE 540s 3 piece and the tires in the back are 285/30/20s, that's sick, but he had the rims custom made.

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Originally Posted by lexdiamondz10304

Theres actually one member on here who has 275 in the back and 245 on front custom 20" 3 piece wheels and they look really good. He posted pics but the thread got erased after the hacking.

Posted by: Ken Motz

The AZA wheels are 3 piece and are $1000 each...I was thinking the biggest I can get installed is the 275? 285 is HUGE