Aftermarket Wheel Thread
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Your personal opinion, perhaps, but nothing more than that. Mine to the contrary is reflected with these 17"s as I see no benefit to the loss of ride comfort, acceleration, braking, and fuel economy by having a heavier unsprung rotating mass for a visually almost invisible difference.
Maybe its different if you have 4 or 6 Piston Brembos stopping you. I'm tired of people putting large rims on their cars to fill out the wheel well while sacrificing performance and drivability. Why do engineers speed countless hours on aspects like this? Never mind- what do they know anyway?
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Your personal opinion, perhaps, but nothing more than that. Mine to the contrary is reflected with these 17"s as I see no benefit to the loss of ride comfort, acceleration, braking, and fuel economy by having a heavier unsprung rotating mass for a visually almost invisible difference.
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Actually, you're wrong on all accounts but ride comforts friend. 0-60 times, 1/4 mile times etc will be slightly better on 19's than 17's. The testing has been done if you search for it. Also, performance of a 17 with a larger, softer sidewall is significantly worse than a stiff low profile sidewall. Less flex offers better handling and cornering. Braking will have almost no difference with wheel size unless you're comparing 14" wheels and 24" wheels. If you don't like the look of bigger than 17" wheels that's fine but don't say they perform badly. Its simply not fact.
Last edited by Sportstick; Jul 28, 2012 at 04:01 PM.
Me want.
They documented the rebuild of his wheels here:
http://lowerandwider.com/how-to-mirror-of-my-soul/
Here's the article translated to english:
http://www.google.com/translate?hl=e...-the-system%2F
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Love this thread. Just got my wheels installed today, so here's my contribution.
Vertini Magic Concave in Matte Black with Gloss Black lip.
19x8.5 and 19x9.5
Let's keep it going.
Vertini Magic Concave in Matte Black with Gloss Black lip.
19x8.5 and 19x9.5
Let's keep it going.
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Actually, you're wrong on all accounts but ride comforts friend. 0-60 times, 1/4 mile times etc will be slightly better on 19's than 17's. The testing has been done if you search for it. Also, performance of a 17 with a larger, softer sidewall is significantly worse than a stiff low profile sidewall. Less flex offers better handling and cornering. Braking will have almost no difference with wheel size unless you're comparing 14" wheels and 24" wheels. If you don't like the look of bigger than 17" wheels that's fine but don't say they perform badly. Its simply not fact.
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Actually, details that are important were left out of my reply now that I think about it. Let me correct myself just a bit so it will make more sense to you. The OP was comparing stock 17" wheels which are heavy as hell compared to the 19 and 20 lb wheels I'm running. Rolling diameter if my setup is slightly smaller than stock also so just by using all of your theory's my wheels will out perform stock wheels and tires. Period. And we're not talking about the strip here but real world daily spirited driving. I would never run a street tire on a drag car so comparing the two really doesn't make sense. If we took two of the same MB wheels in 17's and 19's I agree the 17 will perform better.
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Another round of ICE
The last two posts were great discussion. My earlier one which somewhat kicked this off was in response to another poster who said no 17" wheel would look good, and I took issue, pointing out that to some (me, for example) on this highly subjective issue, the right 17" looks quite good. I was referencing the ones I showed in the photo which are not the stock wheel, and are quite a bit lighter. Therefore, one can have good aesthetics and maintain the benefits of a smaller, lighter wheel. 
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The last two posts were great discussion. My earlier one which somewhat kicked this off was in response to another poster who said no 17" wheel would look good, and I took issue, pointing out that to some (me, for example) on this highly subjective issue, the right 17" looks quite good. I was referencing the ones I showed in the photo which are not the stock wheel, and are quite a bit lighter. Therefore, one can have good aesthetics and maintain the benefits of a smaller, lighter wheel.
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I like MOMO. Any one opinions about this?
I'm not looking for 20s or even 18s, nor anything super aggressive. What I AM looking for on my stock c300 Lux, Steel Grey, ideally, would be some lightweight 17" OEM size wheels, in a super light weight, color-matched or close to the paint. I suppose a darker grey would be ok. Any ideas? I saw some OZs that were 16.2lbs, but I really don't care for the styling. I saw a Rial that looks very OEM, but 24lbs.
On second thought, 18x8s with the same or slightly lower weight (these appear to be 22lbs each - what are stockers, 24-25?), which would be a nice improvement. What do you know about them?
Momo Revenge, anthracite.
On second thought, 18x8s with the same or slightly lower weight (these appear to be 22lbs each - what are stockers, 24-25?), which would be a nice improvement. What do you know about them?
Momo Revenge, anthracite.
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W166 GLE63s AMG
New to the Merc scene so not much done to the car yet. Pretty close to winter where I live so I've bought new winter wheels for it. Planning on getting the Zito ZS05's as they are cheaper than the forged equivalents of the split Y 5 spoke (HRE P101's, BBS FI's, PUR 4OUR's, etc.). Wanting to get 19" x 8.5" ET40 front and 19" x 10" ET50 rear. Looking for a flush fitment, anyone know if I can achieve that with those sizes, and if there will be any rubbing? Rolling the fenders is not a problem for me but knowing beforehand would be nice (:
Anyways, pictures of my current winter setup (also sorry for crappy pictures):
OEM C63 Rims
18" x 8" ET45 All around
Nokian Tyres Hakkapeliitta R2 225/45/18 all around
Attachment 443158
Anyways, pictures of my current winter setup (also sorry for crappy pictures):
OEM C63 Rims
18" x 8" ET45 All around
Nokian Tyres Hakkapeliitta R2 225/45/18 all around
Attachment 443158
