wdbaugh

I would like to dress up my C7 wheels with chrome plated
lug bolts. Anyone know a supplier?
Another possibility is covers, plastic chrome plated.

mleskovar

I had bad luck with the plastic covers.....almost all of them flew off right away.

gopher

anybody know the lug pattern/ offset for c230 coupe? i'm planning to get 18x7.5...... tnx

Lynn

The bolt pattern is 5x112mm. I'm not sure about offset, between 30mm and 37mm.

SFC320

I posted this in the wheels/tires group so hopefully I don't get banned for double-posting :

I purchased some aftermarket wheels for my C320 and was wondering what the torque specifications are. I've been told 80 and 90...so i'm wondering what the correct setting should be.

Thanks!

Smoky

I asked this when I bought my car. It has the C7 Evolution package, the salesman had to ask the service department.

They advised me to torque wheels to 96 foot pounds, gave me a piece of paper with the specs on in metric, and the conversion pencilled in.

Hope this helps,

Smoky

Mach430

The dealer always tends to over-torque the wheels. We torque all of our wheels to 80.

Thanks

Ben

Kyli

Does anyone know the thread size/pattern for the lug bolts on the C320?

I think most German cars are 1.5x14 but want to make sure.

Also what type of bolts do the OE 7 spoke wheels use? Cone or ball seat?

I would RTFM, but my dad has the C320 and I'm doing some research for him.

TIA

E55 KEV

I believe the thread size is '12mm X 1.50'. Mercedes OEM wheels use ball seat.

Most aftermarket wheels use cone seats.

Kyli

Thank you...I will verify and post here.

Buellwinkle

Bought some this weekend and yes they are 12mm by 1.50 ball seat. Are you buying them because of a spacer?

Kyli

Sort of...

I have a set of 16" wheels w/ winter tires from my car that I can no longer use.

The offset on this wheel is 35mm so it is very close to the OE offset of 37mm, but the bolt pattern is wrong. So I have to get a set of adapters and was checking to see the specs on the bolts.

the bolts that I have now are 1.5 x 14.

any suggestions on a place to order adapters?

E55 KEV

Mercedes bolt pattern is '5 X 112'. Usually adapters or hub-centric spacers help fit wheels with different center bore not different bolt pattern. Don't believe those type of adapters are available or may be very hard to find.

I have two used sets of Mercedes wheels for sale, one with winter tires and a new set of 16 inch AMG replicas for sale. Check them out:

www.E55AMG.com/wheels.html
www.E55AMG.com/aero.html

xc240x

there are adapters that go from one bolt pattern to another, but to find adapters for a 5 and 112 pattern isn't easy, but they do make them, b/c i had a set once

tberry

I have the Flik Lex 17x8, 5x112, 35 offset wheels w/ 235/40/17s Yokohama AVS that I want to put on my C230k. The wheels were originally on my 99 A4 and worked fine. With the new rims they sent me new spacers that were for a C320 (which I'm told should work with C230). When i got to the place the MB wheel bolts were too long for the wheels (about 15mm). I went around town to NTB, Autozone, and Firestone but no luck. I plan to go to Discount tire on Sat. Any other suggestions?

Buellwinkle

Autoclass.net has different size bolts.

Lynn

Tirerack.

allen

I had the same question last week. I also went around Houston to find the right bolts but no luck. You may try Prestige Wheel for custom length bolts. Or you can cut the bolts to the right length. That's what I did

schwarz c230

I got some factory 16's for winter, are the wheel bolts the same for the 16's, and the c7 wheels.

Buellwinkle

The MB factory bolts are all the same size. The only time you'll need otherwise is the spare (comes with it's own bolts) and longer bolts for spacers.

schwarz c230

thanks I did not get new bolts, I did not want my wheel to fall off

antonio

okay, just curious. if you have wheel bolts that are a bit too long, is it safe to cut them shorter? also, contemplating getting spacers for the looks. are they safe or not worth the headaches? thanks.

tberry

I think the point of real shorter bolts is not the ridge part (where u can cut) but on the non ridge part where the wide part meets the narrow cylider-shape part (okay yeah i'm not a great describer or know the terms ).....hope it make sense. Just go to discount tire they'll find the right bolts for you......

shazmer

For all those people who have changed there Mercedes factory alloys, can you check to see which bolts you have on at the moment and whether they are your original bolts or new ones which came with your wheels?

I added some 18 Wheels recently and was given new bolt bolts from where i bought the alloys and these are really poor quality and have started to corrode. I still have my orignal bolts and i have asked the dealer if i can put these on but they would not advise me as my wheels are not Mercedes Wheels.

Does anyone now ?

KWiK

If the new bolts and the old bolts are the same size and head, then yes you can just use the old ones with the new wheels.