jtorrebl

Got it Thursday at 9pm. New wheels on next day at lunch break. Got the sport interior with nappa leather, black anthracite wood.

jtorrebl

quick interior pics at night. not the best, but you get the idea. Very well made interior. the nappa leather is buttery smooth.

jtorrebl

interior now feels like a mini AMG with all the contrast white stitching on the dash, seats, door panels. Side skirts arrive Tuesday, then off to the body shop to paint and replace the stock running boards. Tint sunday AM.

mb_21

Congrats on the new ride! Love the exterior color! Is it diamond white? And the wheels are perfect! Beautiful truck, enjoy driving!

hos

Looks beautiful. Exactly what we are getting in the new year.

Coreysimms

Very nice. Wheels look good.

ChrisMclass

Jtorrebl what fitments did you use for the 22's? I saw the thread where you were looking for advice but never saw your final choice.

ChrisMclass

They look great on your ML btw! And congrats on the new purchase!

Chasvs

Are you selling the running boards?

skw

Love it, A local rim shop has a set of these 22" reps w/ tire that came off of a W164 for less than it would cost me for the tires alone. I have find a day to go up there to see if any are damaged. Seeing your pics, I think they stand out better on your white truck than on my black one.

jtorrebl

22x9 wide on 285 35 22 tires with 48 offset. Pretty flush with fender now.

jtorrebl

Polar white

jtorrebl

It's a lease so don't really know what to do. Sometimes they can ding you for not keeping it stock, sometimes not

SEXYBEEST

very nice

EVOII_Racer

Awesome ml and stunning rims well done Sir

threeMBs

285/35 on 9" wide? Well...9.5 is minimum "recommended", range is 9.5-11, with 10" ideal width for above tire size.

jtorrebl

Maybe it's a 9.5 wide. Someone mentioned it along the way. Either way the side wall is perfectly aligned to provide some protection .

Kvn22

Looking good!!

threeMBs

Well, I guess my question would be can you provide a source for the wheels? I was looking at the same wheels as well, and assuming you bought from one of the vendors listed on eBay (there are many for these wheels), all I can see are the listings for 20x9 et48. There's one listing for 20x10 et50, but none for 20x9.5 for these wheels. Since I want to run 275/40-22 tires, 9.5" would be an ideal width as 9" (same as stock) is a bit too narrow while 10" a bit too wide.

jtorrebl

http://bit.ly/JBvGZ0

Here is the wheel and tires and eBayer info. The tires fill the wheel well perfectly and are a perfect width. I'm sure all theses sellers get it from the same supplier. I went with the only one that had this finish in stock and was close. Only one other eBayer has it in stock in Ontario, CA

jtorrebl

Day pic with 285 35 22
The tire you want probably has the same dimensions. The first 2 numbers I tires are relative to one another and not absolutely standard across the board. I used to think a 40 is a 40 series for thickness, but it's not. It varies in the width of the tire

threeMBs

Thanks for confirming what I said before - the eBay link you included lists 22x9 et50 with 285/35-22 tires - not a proper fit. The pictures in the link show 21" wheels with a top brand 295/40-21 Continental tires.

As a side note, I would never put a third rate tires like Delinte (in the listing), etc. (no matter how cheap they are) on any car, much more so on a V8 monster. Not a surprise since they sell it as a package - 9" wide wheel with 285 section tire. This alone would cross the seller as a reputable for me, by that only IMHO.

ChrisMclass

The first number is the section width in MM, the second number is the percentage of section width in sidewall height, of course your third number is the rim diameter.

The idea when plus sizing is to keep your rolling diameter, or circumference the same or as close as possible to the stock size so you do not throw off speedo, ABS and about 10 other sensors that rely on that particular measurement.

jtorrebl

I've had all these tires. Pirelli, continental, Dunlop, etc. they've all performed the same. They all wear out and I have to replace them. I don't track. I just drive. So I didn't care at all about the name brand. They have they're government approved speed rating and that was good enough for me. I am a car snob too, I just don't care about this kind of stuff. Have you seen what cheapo companies like hankook has now. Pretty good almost even playing field now compared to years ago. Next time I'd probably get a better name tire too, this is what they had that day when I did the impulse buy. To me I actually value the tread look more than the brand. I too fealt uneasy about a brand I never heard of Delinte. When they had the wheels ready to go in front of me I just wanted to pull the trigger. All the high end brands usually have the nicer treads but when I thought about it more what is the REAL world difference in paying more for a fancy brand. Someone enlighten me.

jtorrebl

275 40 22 will increase the diameter of the wheel even more than what I got which is slightly taller than stock but not much