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Old 01-18-2011, 10:12 AM
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Is anyone running 235s on their front, and 265s on their rear, 18" AMG split five spoke wheels?

Thanks in advance,

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Old 01-20-2011, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Derspeed
Is anyone running 235s on their front, and 265s on their rear, 18" AMG split five spoke wheels?

Thanks in advance,

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I thought everyone would be all over this..... there are some threads in the C63 section on wider tires.... I too need to buy new rubber in the spring for my amg 18's
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i'm running 225 front and 255 rear in the summertime. one size up on each would have some nice curb rash protection.
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you can get the 235 on the 8" up front, but i'm not sure if you can get the 265 on the 8.5" rear on the split spoke.
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I'm running 235/40/18 front on 8.5" 45 offset without any problems.
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im running 235/30/r19 Fronts and 255/30/r19 Rears i am lowered on Full suspension and i do rub in the rears with a load of 4 people
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im running on front 235-40-18 and on the back 275-35-18
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did any one actually read Derspeed's question? LOL he's asking if anyone ran them on the optional AMG split-spokes. lol
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Originally Posted by Goni C63
im running on front 235-40-18 and on the back 275-35-18
Stock Tire - 245/45R18.......... Tire 1 - 275/35R18
Section Width:9.64 in .....................Section Width:10.82 in
Rim Diameter:18 in..................... Rim Diameter:18 in
Rim Width Range:7.5 - 9 in .....................Rim Width Range:9 - 11 in
Overall Diameter:26.68 in .....................Overall Diameter:25.57 in
Sidewall Height:4.34 in..................... Sidewall Height:3.78 in
Radius:13.34 in.......................................... Radius:12.78 in
Circumference:83.81 in..................... Circumference:80.33 in
Revs per Mile:779.6 .....................Revs per Mile:813.4
Actual Speed:60 mph .....................Speedometer1:62.6 mph
Speedometer Difference: - .............Speedometer Diff 4.335% too fast
Diameter Difference: -..................... Diameter Difference: 4.17%

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Originally Posted by B AS IN BENZ
Stock Tire - 245/45R18.......... Tire 1 - 275/35R18
Section Width:9.64 in .....................Section Width:10.82 in
Rim Diameter:18 in..................... Rim Diameter:18 in
Rim Width Range:7.5 - 9 in .....................Rim Width Range:9 - 11 in
Overall Diameter:26.68 in .....................Overall Diameter:25.57 in
Sidewall Height:4.34 in..................... Sidewall Height:3.78 in
Radius:13.34 in.......................................... Radius:12.78 in
Circumference:83.81 in..................... Circumference:80.33 in
Revs per Mile:779.6 .....................Revs per Mile:813.4
Actual Speed:60 mph .....................Speedometer1:62.6 mph
Speedometer Difference: - .............Speedometer Diff 4.335% too fast
Diameter Difference: -..................... Diameter Difference: 4.17%

C63 stock is 255/35/18... 275 is just inside the minimum requirement.
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Originally Posted by FrankW
did any one actually read Derspeed's question? LOL he's asking if anyone ran them on the optional AMG split-spokes. lol
Yes, that's all I need to know.

I thought the same thing bassmoxy. I guess the answer is no to this point.

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