Hot_Fur

Having come from the Jeep/Crawling world, I've made the transition from dealing with backspacing to offset....simple enough.

I've found that our W204s are offset sensitive....opinions going from around +40 to +55 or so....but +40 at the minimum (taking into consideration wheel width as well).

Now that I'm in the serious hunt for wheels....why is +37 too low for an an 18x8 or 19x8.5 wheel?
https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...s-lm-reps.html
Kevin's fronts are at +32 and rears at +40 on 19x8.5 and 19x9.5 respectively. Looking at the pics, they really do not seem all that bad.
Anyone else running a more aggressive offset on 18s or 19s?

Matt_Eurojerks

"Now that I'm in the serious hunt for wheels....why is +37 too low for an an 18x8 or 19x8.5 wheel?"

It's not.

I plan on running around that when I get wheels.

jimmythegreek

I have a set at +35 in 8.5 and 9.5 that I run occasionally. Its all depending on if your dropped or not. U can run any offset really, but u will stretch ur tires depending on size. +37 works fine for 8 or 8.5, but most of use want wide tires for the look. I run a set w 10" rears at +45 offset w 275's and it clears barely, looks like a musclecar from the back lol. Find some wheels u like then post up your specs and the ride height and I'll let u know what fits what

Hot_Fur

Basically down to 2 sets:

Roderick RW-2s in the staggered 19x8.5 and 19x9.5 (et +45 and +48...pretty standard)

I found a site that does custom powdercoated LM reps in 18x8 or 19x8.5...both at +37...and non staggered.

The car is being taken to the shop tomorrow finally for Eibach springs and f/r sways...so the drop wll be very little....mainly just to get the fender gap down a bit.

Without drawing it out....trying to figure out how flush or pokey the 19x8.5s will be....with tires that arent stretched...or stretched too much.

jimmythegreek

the rodericks u can run no prob w any drop. The reps at +37 will fit too, the eibachs are barely a drop at all, u wont even notice the drop, its like half an inch. On the 18s u wanna run 225/40/18s and on the 19s u wanna run 225/35/19s. U could run 235 and clear w 19s, but they need to be skinny tire brands. u will have issues w reg tires up front on bottom outs when your wheel is turned hard

If you want a real aggressive look ur gonna want staggered wheels, OR get a small spacer for the rears and will give you the look while still being able to rotate the tires

Hot_Fur

....I'm leaning toward the Rodericks....I love how they look and think they'll add a clean touch to the car.... I did the whole poke look back in the early 90's when I ran full reverse 13x10 Daytons on my GTI.... I'm a tad older now....so I may end up being a bit more conservative....lol. I'll post some pics when the lip...stereo.....wheels...springs....spoiler...and white strut brace are installed....

After looking at wheels for the past 2 weeks...they all start looking the damn same after a bit....

Hot_Fur

....thanks to you both for your input though....