MrRat

It's the traditional Mercedes Benz hand formed sheet metal repair. There are plans for a planishing hammer and an English wheel. For now it's the rubber mallet and block of wood.

Mike5215

Ahhhh. Old school. He needs a rudimentary smelting pot to fashion various brackets and whatnot as well.

dakare46

Yes please get me a number for a wheel place

Mike5215

Dave was supposed to be working the concierge desk tonight but he's probably just watching **** again instead.

Go to EBay, search for Mercedes AMG Style wheel and the size you want and you'll get a lot of hits. 35mm offset are the most common and will fit. 45mm offset are closest to OEM but won't look as aggressive.

mercedesbenzs55

Just you watch Mike! Ill get it to look as if it wasn't ever damaged. I don't like aftermarket rims because individualizing outside standard factory specs makes it look tacky.

1bad540

That's my thoughts on fixing 1/4 panels w a hammer.

Mike5215

Right. But posing for a picture covered in stacks of money is the height of class.

So would the reason you bought a salvaged S have anything to do with the IRS reporting requirements for cash transactions over $10,000? (If that's the case then the buy actually makes more sense.)

mercedesbenzs55

I paid more than 10k for the car.

Mike5215

^ Yeah, I thought so. Just trying to make sense of the madness is all. Transactions can be split of course. The total was close to $10k though, right? You must have paid cash (in the form of a cashier's check or wire transfer.) Can't imagine a bank would collateralize a salvage piece.

Anyway, on reps, the whole point is that they look exactly like OEM. The difference, in the case of the 45mm, is 2mm, which is imperceptible. You might pick up on the 35mm offset wheels if you were really paying attention. The benefit of course is price. A nice set of reps will run you under $1k, where the OEM version in new condition can run three or four times that. You can piece a set of refurbished OEM out on Ebay if you're patient (I just did that for a set of CL63 wheels) but every refurb house has a slightly different idea of what color silver a Mercedes wheel should be, so I ended up sending the whole set in again to get the colors matching.

bigkev21

For ****s and giggles, I had them give me an estimate at the dealer. Reps it is!

Mike5215

Yeah, and those are remans. You can pick up fresh OEM refurbished wheels all day long for under $500 a piece on EBay. It's crazy what they go for new.

That set I have half of came off a 2011 S63 back in 2012. The guy spun out and curb rashed both wheels on one side, along with a bunch of sheet metal damage. Insurance paid for 4 new wheels so the old ones were sitting in a corner at my buddy's shop for a couple of years. I gave him $500 and sent them off to Turbax for refinishing. Got a beautiful set of OEM wheels for $1k.

One benefit of these particular rims is that they have a machined finish, so no issues with color matching.

bigkev21

They look awesome! That's exactly what I'm looking for.

mercedesbenzs55

I might get refurbs. Don't like the 9 spoke look.

Mike5215

Here's a set of those as reps on EBay, Item #181870343517 $860 shipped. Your TPMS and center caps will swap over.

bigkev21

http://www.ebay.com/itm/19-AMG-SPORT...QAAOSwLVZVx8IB

What's the chances these are real?

1bad540

I don't think they made that wheel in a 19". Ill sell you my real 19" non stag amgs 5 spoke w nearly new contis. 2k.

Mike5215

Absolutely not real and not advertised as OEM. I've run replica wheels before, nothing to be afraid of. I have my OEM front and rear on EBay, just need to hunt down the other two if you want to stick with OEM.

(Didn't realize that link was for 19", should be able to find them in 20")

bigkev21

http://www.ebay.com/itm/19-SILVER-SP...UAAOSwrx5UV9sv

I'm thinking these Mike

Mike5215

Yeah I like those. They might look a little undersized though just by the nature of the design. Are you set on19"?

These S65 reps look incredible on the 221:

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bigkev21

I think so. I want a little bit of tire. I think the 19" are sporty, but not too flashy..

bigkev21

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These are similar. Not staggered though. I'm not sure about 32mm offset.

Mike5215

Not much difference between 32 and 35. On reps I want the factory offset if possible, especially on the front where the car tends to be most sensitive. Rears don't matter as much outside the clearance issues.

Ideally you'd want a square 19" set up in a rep at 45ish offsets.

bigkev21

That's what I figured. I'll keep looking, thanks!

Mike5215

If you run a search for C63 wheels you'll get a bunch of hits for 45mm. Really, 08-2014 C Class took the same offsets, as did the 2000-2006 S Class, CL Class, and 2007+ S and CL. Mercedes sold a ton more C Class than anything so a lot of wheels are available for those. They won't show a 221 as a fit but ignore that stuff. All MB passenger car wheels share identical bolt pattern and hub bore. Only variation is diameter, width and offset. Actually, wheels for Audi bolt right up too, but let's not get carried away.