LILBENZ230

I had my second meet up with Drew (bdgdl08) and his always-lovely girlfriend Victoria last night. We met at the Varsity in downtown Atlanta where Drew loaded my car down with some very, very dirty 2007 SS rims. Unfortunately there weren't many pics taken although I snapped this crappy one:



We did dinner @ Bahama Breeze in Kennesaw, GA and then I drove Drew & Victoria in a tour of Atlanta in Drew's 07 C230. I really do quite like the feel of the 07 V6 cars.. the refinement is a big step up.

We thought that this was a cool photo I took of the "pencil building" aka Bank of America tower.



And today, at 98,900 miles, my car finally has the wheels I have always wanted!

tommy

I agree - those are some very nice-looking stock Benz rims. Close to the C7 rims overall, and much better than any of the 5-points, which all look fairly nasty to me.

I'm hoping the towel was to clean up the rims, and not the back seat.

You're 0 for 2 in terms of getting good pics from a meet of you two and your cars, by the way.

LILBENZ230

It was to clean up the back seat, actually. Do you know how dirty that color gets when you haul rims in the cabin?!

Everyone knows what these cars look like.

cpbeasley

Congrats on the wheels Matty, welcome to the club.

So now when are you going to take some better pics of the new look?!?

LILBENZ230

In 1,100 miles when the odo reads 100,000.

cpbeasley

Well then hurry it up and roll that hag over the hump already!

MW_ATL

Wheels look great Matt. My favorite wheels on a 203!

Of course I see you guys didn't invite - again. And Bahama Breeze is right around the corner. Discrimination against Coupes!!!! I swear, that is what it is!

samaritrey

lol now i just have to come pickup up my rims

cpbeasley

Trey

Break down your handle for me, what does the "samari" part mean before trey?

So you're gettin' Matt's 05 sport rims, which ones do you have now?

samaritrey

well i had a 1987 Suzuki samurai when i was a kid (10 years old). I was making my first screen name and my mom misspelled samurai so it has stuck ever since.

Right know i have the stock 16 inch rims. They suck but tires are cheap and i can rotate so i get 40k+ on sets of tires which is awesome. I plan to keep them and get some blizzak tires for them

cpbeasley

LOL funny. I had a screenname forever like that too... misspelled it and it stuck... BonMaster.
it was so stupid. From the days of AOL dialup to playing quake 1 @ 14.4kbps and finally on Xbox Live playing Halo 2 before dental school and a wife took over my video game time dont remember the last time I picked up a controller or aimed my mouse over someones head.
anyway!!!

big step up for the wheels! your car should handle better for sure.

correction: beforewife, school, and a Benz/mbworld.org came into my life

W203E35

Good stuff Matt, I agree with tommy those 5 point wheels on the 05 06 look ugly (better than the non sport wheels but still ugly).

LILBENZ230

Karo - I don't think the rims are ugly, I just think they don't fit well with the AMG sport kit like the 07 rims do. Marco actually says he liked the 05 rims better.. But I think the rims from my car will go very, very well on the more conservative look of Trey's pre-facelift lux model.

Trey - Yes, you have to come get them. Don't pack much in your C320 if you intend to load the rims. They take up the entire trunk and back seat. I really hate driving them around in the car, too. Something you should be aware of are the tire conditions. The fronts will be DWS.. they have shoulder wear (29,300 miles of use) but show good for wet or dry conditions. The rears will be General UHPs, they're pretty worn - like 10% remaining.

Karo - Come to GA.

Mike - OMG I swear I forget. We should get together for Bahama Breeze sometime soon even without Drew.

I really love the rears:

samaritrey

I plan to replace all the tires you give me anyway matt so don't worry about it. I can't wait but now have to save money for new tires too but plan to wear out my current tires first so i won't be enjoying the 17 inch rims for awhile.

LILBENZ230

You can get away with running the 17s for a bit while you save up if you want to have them mounted right away. They're gonna look really good on your car!

PA_Pete

Trey, your wheels look really good for the age of our cars. Mine look like $h!t. Matt, I really like those wheels as well, well, I mean the ones you have on your car now.

johnand

Wheels look great Matt, even though I am a little biased

samaritrey

Well that was last year after hours of removing brake dust lol. They look like power coated back rims again I am going to buy some really good snow tires for them and continue to use them in the winter.

AdidasC230

congrats on the wheels matt. Now your car looks just like andrews did! Andrew how are those pretty dark AMGs? We have to get together some time! Lemme know when your down next!

LILBENZ230

Yeah John.. it is the best thing I've done. It's at 99,100 miles and it seems so new and refreshed now with the rims. They're easily the most attractive W203 rim and one of the rarest since they appeared only on the SS sedans of 2007 in the USA.

Thanks for the compliments!

bdgdl08

I guess I should go ahead and chime in... We all had a great time. Matt provided a first-class tour of Atlanta, and it was fun being driven in my own car. It's great having friends from all over. I ran into one of you guys on I-75 today. It's nice to be part of a community like this.

cpbeasley

I think they were on the 07 CLK too right? Even so, still rare!

LILBENZ230

I don't think so.. I've never seen them on anything else. I could be wrong but I thought the 07 CLKs had the 04-06 Sport rims.

Drew - I had fun! Wish you guys lived closer, though. I need to road trip to your hometown and let you take me on a tour!

cpbeasley

Stealership lent me an 07 CLK Convertible that had the rims in question.

Could have been coincidence.

LILBENZ230

I did some quick investigation and out of all the 07 CLKs I looked at, none had these rims. Your dealer must've put them on for some reason. I believe these to be exclusive, in the USDM, to 07 Sport sedans.