seaholic

Hello everyone,
I am a proud owner of my new used S550(will make another post for pictures and details)

Real quick, I wanna thank everyone for sharing all your knowledge on this board. In the last month I have learned so much reading all your posts.

Anyway, found some 22s for my S550. They are the EXE Flair(So many choices and very hard decisions on wheels).

The fronts are 22X9 offset is 32 and tires are 255/30/22
The rear are 22X10.5 offset is 48 and tires are 295/25/22

From what I read on this board is that 245s in the front is the right size. Are the 255s gonna work. I am gonna lower the car about 1.5 inches or so.

Also the offset kind of sounds not right from what I read.

Am I going to be Ok with this set up??

Thanks a lot in advance, and I'll be sure to post pictures.

Richie

phatisfy

32 et front is correct. you can use either 245 or 255 series tires. As for the rear, 48 et sounds a bit off? You can run either 295 or 285 series tires for the rear. If the offset is not perfect,I would suggest you use 285's for the rear tires because the 295's will give you all kind of rubbing issue if the wheel offset is not correct. What wheels are you looking at?

seaholic

Thank you for the reply

The wheels and tires are used but look like they are in great condition. I would have to take them as is with the exact set up I listed in my first post.

Just not sure if I should pull the trigger on these as I don't wanna end up with wheels that don't work for my Car

Here is a pic of the wheels I am looking at.

phatisfy

Do you know if the wheels came off a S550?

phatisfy

If the rear is pushed in too much,it will rub the inner of the wheel fender with 295' tire.

seaholic

Actually just checked with the manufacture and they said the offset on the rears are 46 and not 48. Not sure how much of a difference will that make.

I believe it did come off of a s550 but not sure if that vehicle was lowered. I will be lowering my car about an inch or so.

I guess I'll just have to drive out there and try them on.

Thank you phatisfy and all

If anyone can know for certain if these wheels with this set up will work for me, that sure would save me a long drive.

phatisfy

well put it this way. The wheels will be pushed in about 5mm or so,and that can be fixed with spacers if you feel the need to.

ohlord

on a 9.5 wide rim is 43
with a 10.5 rim and a 46 et the rim will reduce inner clearance by 16mm
and reduce outer by 10mm
Brabus maxed out at 285's on wide rims and perfect offset.
You drop it and try 95's you are going to really push the odds of rubbing.
Besides already ruining your ride quality by going to 22's.
Proceed with caution

BTW there are no 550AMG's someone needs to be told

phatisfy

With the correct offset, you can run 295's. I have 295's on my car now,and my tires are tucked and it only rub on a small tab which I cut off,and rubbing was eliminated. btw don't be distracted by my 550AMG sign. I know there's no such thing so it's cool.I just like to add the AMG at the end rather than 4Matic.

silkz03

Run the 295s, if need be roll the rears and cut or bend the tab. Works great and the ride feels good. The wheels would look sick by the way.

KKfromLA

are you set on those wheels? You should be looking at high quality forged wheels like HRE, DPE, Iforged, etc. I can't imagine putting garbage wheels on such a car- i'd rather roll stock

seaholic

Thank you for the reply
From what I have read on different forums and such is that the materiel EXE used on these wheels are very high strength and high quality, and to be honest I really like the design more so than any way more expensive wheels. I am sure there are a lot of cheap wheels out there that I wouldn't touch, but if there is a good well made wheel at a good cost, I don't see the reason why not go with them. I personally don't need to spend 5 or 6 K just to feel that I got good wheels on. I mean if I have to I will, but to be honest, I don't see myself getting that much more from a 5 K set of good wheels vs these 1500$ set of good wheels.

Sorry, my knowledge with wheels is limited. Can you please explain to me why you say the wheels I was looking at are Garbage. what is your experience with these wheels? are they gonna brake or bend on me a lot more so than the 5 k set of wheels??

phatisfy

High end wheels all bend.So as any other wheels.Only good thing is that if the lip bends,you can take them apart and have them repaired of replaced. But again,it will cost a lot to do any of those. I have had a few sets of wheels that cost over $6k,and had not too good of an experience with them.So I can say,High-end wheels are not what people think there worth. I mean yes,there forged and custom made upon order,light weight etc.But think it as this way...why just buy 1 set of $6k wheels when you can get 2 sets of wheels that are just as good as the high end wheels? I mean I have spent so much money on true forged wheels in the past,I just feel it's not worth it now.IMO

Jt Adams

I recently replaced my 19" AMG rims for 20" rims. I have 20 x 8.5 front, 245-40-20, and 20 x 10 rear, 275-35-20, my question is am I going to have a problem down the road because my car is a 4Matic... MB manual only calls for 255-40-19 at the most....

Mike5215

The only relevant number for staggering AWD is the variance in overall wheel diameter, axle vs axle. The variance should not exceed 3%.

To calculate variance (presuming rim diameters are equal) compare sidewall heights. For example a 245/40 tire has a sidewall height equal to 40% of 245mm.

245mm x .40 = 98mm, x 2 to get the overall impact on diameter. 98mm x 2 = 196mm.

A 275/35 tire would be 275mm x .35 = 96mm x 2 = 192mm.

192/196 = 98%, or a 2% variance. You just keep playing with the sidewall heights to get a combo under 3%.

Jt Adams

Mike5215,


Thanks, I don't quite understand all this but, seems to me that I'm not exceeding the 3% variance. So, I should be good with a variance under 3%..

Mike5215

Ha. yeah, it took me awhile to get a handle on it. That and offset seems to perplex a lot of guys. There's a handy free calculator on www.1010tire.com that will do the math for you and let you plug in various tires, but it looks like your numbers are fine.

mbamkxng

Those wheels look amazing on your car