Peydidy

I am interested in buying some BBS Lm's with or without tires. I live in the SF bay area and every wheel store iv called says they dont have them for fitment for the w203's, also I tryed craigs list and a ton of stores on line and had no luck. Is anyone on here trying to sell theres? or know of a good place I can get some? Thanks

a3i

Are you looking for authentic or replica?

Peydidy

Replicas, Authentic ones would be sick but there just not in my price range right now.

a3i

Here's where I ordered mine from, pretty affordable for 19's but they're not direct fitment, you'll need 12mm spacer around to make it work and the front will be sticking out a little. Not sure if you want to go through all the hassle with that, I'd def rather go with a direct fitment if you can find one
http://esmwheels.com/access/wheels-c...0tqki3l4dejqn5

Also I was looking at Linea Coarse which I should have gone with since they claim its direct fitment but dummie me I thought I could make the ones I got work without spacers. These are a little pricier but between the spacers and bolts and stuff you'll need with the ESM wheels its almost the same
http://www.wheeldude.com/wordpress/w...s-hyper-silver

Peydidy

Sorry for bumping a new thread but recently I have really been wanted to get a new set of LMs. Wheeldudes is charging 1300 for LM reps, which I thought was kind of over priced because the average cost of them is like 600. Would you mind taking a picture of your wheels from the side so I could see how much they stick out? because if they don't stick out that much I would rather just go that rout rather then drop 1300 on direct fitment ones. thanks

a3i

Yeah sure, let me try to get a picture today

StillNDADIRT

I'd like a set for my coupe

a3i

Here we go, rear fits fine, no sticking out there. There will be a problem with putting center caps on though, front H&R spacers are designed in a way that the center caps wont snap on, I had to cut off tabs off the back of the caps and then use silicone to make the caps stick to the wheel, works though. Also, I've put about 1500 miles on the wheels and the clear coat on the rear lips is starting to peel off, not too noticeable and its something you can fix down the line though, just strip the clear coat and polish them

StillNDADIRT

Looks flush to me. How's it sit out back?

Peydidy

Ya I agree they look pretty good too me, thanks for the pics! appreciate it

phister

for some reason peydidy seems to be the only one I've seen have issues with the LM reps. a3i and other members seem to get it right with the spacers and all the first time. Maybe its just a sign for you to get other wheels lol or to save up for the real deal haha... But I say just get the wheels and push them to around +25 all around.

Peydidy

I think the reason that I didn't get it right was I didn't fully understand spacers the first coupe of tries and also I had alot of shops (americans tire co, tire rack) that didn't know much about spacers and all also push me in the wrong direction, I just want to make sure I have everything exact before I start dropping money on them

a3i

back is fine
Im kinda thinking about selling these now though and getting different wheels

Peydidy

To bad your on the other side of the country or else I would have bought them off of you, shipping costs would probably make it not worth it. sorry you didnt like them

a3i

Yeah I like them just thinking about a different look

phister

shipping wheels and tires is around 150 max for 18s. all you do is put a board between the wheels and just get plastic wrap and wrap the tire up then get clear tape and wrap it. no need for boxing them. fedex is the cheapest i found.

StillNDADIRT

Are they 18s or 19s?

a3i

19's

Benzos4theteam

just wondering , @ esm wheels , in case i were to order them , the ones for our w203's are the :

19x8.5 5x112 32 66.6 2.0" $225/wheel- Yes

or

19x9.5 5x112 40 66.6 3.5" $250/wheel- Yes


which one? lol

Benzos4theteam

and does anyone have pictures of 19" vs 18"

i heard 19" rub in the back.

my future setup , would be tein lowering spring on either 19" or 18" bbs lm reps made my ESM.

what size tire would i run?
and will it rub?
also which would look better :0

StillNDADIRT

I think I would rather have 18s on mine so it can sit a little lower, pnot as heavy and less rubbing

Peydidy

19x8.5 on the front and 19x9.5 on the rears, I called EMS today though and they said they are out of stock on the 19x9.5s until the end of the month

I hear both ways about rubbing but it also depends on tire size too, I think the 19s look nicer when it comes to BBS LM reps

Plus 18s tires are alot cheeper

Project

anyone have that wheel on a c class need to know what tire to run for no rubbing

hcoronado

you want to go with 235/35/19 up front and 265/30/19 out back. some members go with 255's to stretch the tire a little bit and to gain a bit more clearance. I've heard some going to 275 but that is asking for trouble (rubbing).

hcoronado

by the way, this is the linea corse on w203. I freaking love the stand.