Okay guys, it seems that us Mercedes W204 owners have been lacking a little imagination on our wheel offsets. 45mm rear offset is not agressive at all. I know a few guys on here are running some low 30mm offsets in the rear of there cars with a little modification to the fender. If the Subaru guys can run high 20 offsets by just rolling the fender there is no reason we cant. Keep in mind that the STIs run about a 50mm offset all around already. So if your aggresive post up not looking for anything over 40mm offset.

Thanks John

 

There are only about 3-4 people if that with W204 platforms that run an aggressive offset that low

 

 

Hey crazy if you check your PM's we will make it Four !

 

 

resent PM!

 

My plan was to stretch and poke hard but I'm not willing to cut my car apart to get the stance I was looking for or rub on every bump or turn. Godspeed to anyone willing to do it the fenders on our cars are difficult to say the least.

 

What is so difficult about the fenders?

 

Not enough to roll on the rear. Has to be cut and repainted to be done right. I just can't bring myself to do it to this car. On my Audi's I rolled and pulled the fenders BIGTIME but I just can't do it to a Benz. BUT! Now you have me rethinking my decision

 

Post pics bro! I'd love to see what you've done

 

Take a look at all the guys running these aggressive offsets, they don't know how to drive their cars with stretch and poke. They all have fender damage. I'd rather have a clean flush car than a damaged stanced car.

 

 

Awesome, now we know why Benz get no love from the aftermarket support channel!

 

 

Havent done anything yet, just waiting on some info to decide how low of a offset I can go. Have my heart set on some CCWs but a 2 inch lip in the rear is not going to do it on those rims. Im thinking I can go as low as 35 but I am not 100% sure. Just got to figure out how much poke is there going to be at that offset. I dont want to run mad camber to make them fit,

 

So clever are you ! Get out of my thread. Damm child !

 

Well, I've done ALOT of measure and test fits and I can tell you what I've come up with. I'm on H&R coils cranked all the way down and a 19x9.5 ET 35 won't work. I'm running 2 degrees negative camber and I'll still rub on every bump. I had my rotiforms in ET 35 and had to sell them because they just didn't work on the C. You can do a ET 40 fairly easy but it'll still rub without hard stretch. I'm new to Benz but not to cars, wheels and stance. You can either have a nice stance and really drive the car or have a wicked stance that looks hot but limits the drivability of the car.

 

Hmmm, I wonder if you go down to a 18 do you get a better fit

 

Definitely! Well, not a better fit but a different fit. You can run a 40 series tire with much more stretch to clear the fender and have more poke while retaining the overall tire height. 18's were an option but the 19's look perfect. The 18's looked too small IMO. These cars scream for 19's!

 

Well I love your VMRs you have Idea how much the weigh and how is the ride quality?

 

Thanks man! The front weigh 19 lbs and the rears weigh 21. The ride quality is a bit more rigid then stock but I'm also running 215/35 and 235/35 tires.

 

Not a 204 but before i sold my 210 i DD
19x9.5 +35 et with 25mm spacer "active +10 et"
225/35/19 - flush (f)
20x10 +42 et with 20mm spacer "active +22 et"
245/30/20 -tucked (r)
Fenders were rolled, slight pull.
Note that sig pic was prior to fitting the 9.5 up front =]

 

Nice ^^^^^^^ Just saw Vossen is coming out with the V3 in 19s for our benz

 

yep just like the V1,V2 and we can only hope for the V4 and V5

 

Looks hot! Hard to compare that to a 204 as far as fitment though. MB just picked a horrible design for us wheel ******