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Old Apr 18, 2003 | 08:23 PM
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Nice.. How's the traction and handling?
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Looks good...tyre sizes??..whats the width on those rims??
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awesome! looks very aggressive.

(um, you copyrighted the photos? better not see these on autospies! )

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What hapaned with the grinding noise that your engine was having? I'm going Tuesday to the dealer to try to fix it.
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width of the rims is 8.5"
tires are 255/40ZR17

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I's been fixed (fingers crossed)
I can look up the statement, because I don't remember that part name they had to replace.

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What hapaned with the grinding noise that your engine was having? I'm going Tuesday to the dealer to try to fix it.
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I dunno what is exactly different about handling because I've put these on rights after the soft winter tires.
What I do know is that I need more power

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awesome! looks very aggressive.

(um, you copyrighted the photos? better not see these on autospies! )
Thanks young

I needed to scale the photos down from 5 megapixels and the quickest way was to throw them into this photoalbum web-site/application, I wrote, that shinks pictures down on-the-fly and it also adds this (c) note as well
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Looks similar to my AMG Split Spokes. I think the wide rear tire really makes the back end of the car look better on the C230K.
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So these wheels are different than the normal C7 wheels?
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Standard C7 wheels are 7.5" wide.
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is it just me or do those tires have a bigger space between the rim and tire. i like the low profile look with a thinner space between rim and diameter of tire.

wide is good but i think would look better if they where thinner. for some reason mine dont look that thick... ill go check it at lunch to be sure.
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Are you talking about the sidewall height?

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is it just me or do those tires have a bigger space between the rim and tire. i like the low profile look with a thinner space between rim and diameter of tire.

wide is good but i think would look better if they where thinner. for some reason mine dont look that thick... ill go check it at lunch to be sure.
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is it just me or do those tires have a bigger space between the rim and tire. i like the low profile look with a thinner space between rim and diameter of tire.

wide is good but i think would look better if they where thinner. for some reason mine dont look that thick... ill go check it at lunch to be sure.
This is what the 17" rims and the overall wheel diameter dictate. If you want a lower profile, you must go with 18", 19", etc.
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