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From: Peregian Beach, Qld, Australia.
C200 Estate Kompressor W204, 2018 GLA 220d
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I found below wheels which might meet your demand but the centerbore are all 57.1. We can only redrill the wheels in U.S. The overall budget to rework the wheel is around USD500 (redrill and re-powdercoat).
Code
Item
20111003 U.S. stock
Production Schedule
V13187
VB3-FB-1885-5112-ET45
in stock
V13101
VB3-GM-1885-5112-et45
0
V13078
VB3-SS-1885-5112-et45
in stock
V13190
V710-FB-1885-5112-et45
4 pcs will be available around October 13
Mid November (in Taiwan)
V13166
V710-GM-1885-5112-ET45
0
Mid November (in Taiwan)
V13154
V710-HS-1885-5112-ET45
0
Mid November (in Taiwan)
FB: matte black
GM: gunmetal
SS: super silver
HS: hyper silver
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From: Peregian Beach, Qld, Australia.
C200 Estate Kompressor W204, 2018 GLA 220d
Don't suppose you would know if they have a set of V710 in hyper/super silver 18 x 8.5, 5 x 112, ET45, centerbore 66.6mm in stock would you?
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From: Dallas
2015 Carrara White Metallic Porsche Cayman
Sentosa, who quoted you those prices? Have you tried dealing directly with VMR? I can give you a contact if you'd like..I'm sure they can ship to Taiwan.
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From: Peregian Beach, Qld, Australia.
C200 Estate Kompressor W204, 2018 GLA 220d
Unfortunately, this is the convoluted way we have to do things in Australia to get these wheels as there is no distributor here.
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From: Peregian Beach, Qld, Australia.
C200 Estate Kompressor W204, 2018 GLA 220d
Wouldn't mind paying for wheels and shipping but the 500 for drilling put it way out. And our dollar has just dropped below parity making it about 10% more at the moment.
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From: Dallas
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Sorry C300 if I confused you. That was VMR main office in Taiwan quoting me to have the wheels redrilled in the US to send to me in Australia.Those other figures were supposedly stock that they had in their California operation. All those wheels that they showed in stock in California had 57.1mm bores. And that is the reason you have to get your bores redrilled cause they produce very few wheels with 66.6mm bores. They are producing some in November but they will be 9.5in wide. However i did tell them that because of that policy they are missing out on a lot of sales both in the US and Australia in the Mercedes and Audi camps. So who knows. Keep your fingers crossed.
Unfortunately, this is the convoluted way we have to do things in Australia to get these wheels as there is no distributor here.
Unfortunately, this is the convoluted way we have to do things in Australia to get these wheels as there is no distributor here.
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From: Dallas
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Lets see..
18x8.5 ET45 5x112 (2 @ $200 = $400)
18x9.5 ET50 5x112 (2 @ $225 = $450)
re-drill (4 @ $25 = $100)
shipping ($99)
Total = $1,049 for my staggered setup, re-drilled to 66.6, and shipped.
(Of course it would be $50 less, or $999, for the 8.5s all around.
Also, Vex Motorsports in Santa Clara, CA sells them in 66.6, so no extra for re-drilling, but they told me December at the earliest (this is for gunmetal, other finishes may be available sooner).
18x8.5 ET45 5x112 (2 @ $200 = $400)
18x9.5 ET50 5x112 (2 @ $225 = $450)
re-drill (4 @ $25 = $100)
shipping ($99)
Total = $1,049 for my staggered setup, re-drilled to 66.6, and shipped.
(Of course it would be $50 less, or $999, for the 8.5s all around.
Also, Vex Motorsports in Santa Clara, CA sells them in 66.6, so no extra for re-drilling, but they told me December at the earliest (this is for gunmetal, other finishes may be available sooner).
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From: Peregian Beach, Qld, Australia.
C200 Estate Kompressor W204, 2018 GLA 220d
That would be neat if you could do that. Then I could deal direct with them.
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From: LA-323
C300
Bumping this up. Im looking to get the v718's. Just to clarify, the center bore needs to be 66.6? 57.1 will not work? Also, what are you guys doing about the TPMS sensors? Do you take them out of the stock wheels?
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Correct. You will need to bore them out to 66.6. You can either switch your TPMS sensors over to the new wheels or buy a new set if you plan on switching your wheels back and forth.
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From: LA-323
C300
If I wanted to purchase new tpms sensors, where do I get those? Would I need to program it to work?
