Noob wheel question?
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2004 C240 4MATIC
Noob wheel question?
Alright well I just bought my C240 about a month or 2 ago. It's beautiful blah blah blah lol. Well I also purchased my VMR V718s last week they will be here Saturday. I got 18x8.5 all around with the right center bore. They are 35 offset which I believe should fit. I'm wondering what spacers can I use to flush out my car? I'd prefer not alot of fender rolling etc but if need be I'd do it. Also, I'm ordering H&R lowering springs this month. I have a 04 C240 4Matic. Any feedback would be awesome as I'm really trying to get that flush look. Oh and my tires are 225/40/18 all around. Thanks!
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They don't work. It's been discussed many times. Vogtland makes springs and Megan or ksport makes coilovers for 4matic. You can call h&r but i haven't seen anything from them. You can do 10mm all around to flush but the rears will need rolling. You can do 10 in front and 5 in rear if you want. Front can go lower offset than rears without rolling
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They don't work. It's been discussed many times. Vogtland makes springs and Megan or ksport makes coilovers for 4matic. You can call h&r but i haven't seen anything from them. You can do 10mm all around to flush but the rears will need rolling. You can do 10 in front and 5 in rear if you want. Front can go lower offset than rears without rolling
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I don't think so just depends on how much you want to push the wheels out. But since you're doing 8.5 all around you can actually do more spacer in the rear since you have more room to work with in the fender. you can do 5mm in front and 10-15mm in back depending if you really want to roll the fenders. you can even do 10mm in front and 15mm in back if you want. Once you go past +25mm in front you'll start having to roll the fender. With the 8.5" in the rear you can go pretty low in offset because most go 9.5 or 10 so you basically have an extra 25mm of space to play with. But for my money if you want a pretty good flush look and not have to worry about rolling I'd do 8mm spacer in front and a 15 or 20mm in back. That may sound low in the back but you have to take into account its only a 8.5 wheel. But if you're scarred its too much doing 20 just do 15mm and see if you like it. You can go to a wheel shop and test fit spacers to see which one you think will be best for you.
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Alright so they sell an 8mm spacers in the front and I've seen a 15mm online but normally you can only buy a 4 back. Also sorry for all the questions but these can go on stock suspension and if I get springs too? I wonder if they have wheel shops around here that can fit me spacers? Maybe a tire place or what? Thanks!
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wheel spacers can go on anything all it is is a basically an extension that you put on before you put the wheels on. most spacers actually come in 2 packs because for the rears after you go past 5mm spacers you'll need the spacers that have a lip on them so the wheel can sit on them. just get a good spacer like from H&R, Ichiban, Motorsporthardware. You just have to make sure you get lug bolts that accommodate the spacers. Heres how most front spacers look, they don't have the lip since the hub bore is so long
Heres how the rears look after 5mm spacers requiring the lip so the wheel can sit on the hub
Heres how the rears look after 5mm spacers requiring the lip so the wheel can sit on the hub
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