16 inch winters on my C300?
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16 inch winters on my C300?
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Brand new to the board.....this is my first post.
I just bought a CPO 2009 C300 Sport 4 magic. I take delivery on it tomorrow. Im in the market to buy a set of used winter tires.
I saw pretty amazing deal on a lightly used set of Pirelli's 205/55/16s that the guy had mounted on a C240.
I cant seem to find a clear answer as to whether the tires will fit. Do I need to go 17s because of the brake callipers?
Also, will the bolt pattern match?
Thanks in advance.
Brand new to the board.....this is my first post.
I just bought a CPO 2009 C300 Sport 4 magic. I take delivery on it tomorrow. Im in the market to buy a set of used winter tires.
I saw pretty amazing deal on a lightly used set of Pirelli's 205/55/16s that the guy had mounted on a C240.
I cant seem to find a clear answer as to whether the tires will fit. Do I need to go 17s because of the brake callipers?
Also, will the bolt pattern match?
Thanks in advance.
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Call the Tire Rack and check with them on whether that tire and wheel size will fit. There is probably a 16" combination that will work but you need to be careful.
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Hey Guys
Brand new to the board.....this is my first post.
I just bought a CPO 2009 C300 Sport 4 magic. I take delivery on it tomorrow. Im in the market to buy a set of used winter tires.
I saw pretty amazing deal on a lightly used set of Pirelli's 205/55/16s that the guy had mounted on a C240..
Brand new to the board.....this is my first post.
I just bought a CPO 2009 C300 Sport 4 magic. I take delivery on it tomorrow. Im in the market to buy a set of used winter tires.
I saw pretty amazing deal on a lightly used set of Pirelli's 205/55/16s that the guy had mounted on a C240..
I cant seem to find a clear answer as to whether the tires will fit. Do I need to go 17s because of the brake callipers?
Also, will the bolt pattern match?
Thanks in advance.
Also, will the bolt pattern match?
Thanks in advance.
The CLEAR answer is that not just any 16" wheel will clear the front caliper. But, there are a few 16" wheels that will even clear the bulkier C350 front calipers.
I got tirerack on the screen, and asked for 16" wheels that were for a C230-C240 (Canada only cars).
I bought one as a "full speed spare" from tirerack, as described in this thread:
205-55-16-wheel-tire-spare or 4-corners.html
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They are the Pirelli snows.
My car is a C300 4matic Sport.
hmmm.....not sure what to do here. Perhaps I should just hold out for 17s as I dont have the opportunity to try the rims out to see if they fit as it's someone on Kijiji.
My car is a C300 4matic Sport.
hmmm.....not sure what to do here. Perhaps I should just hold out for 17s as I dont have the opportunity to try the rims out to see if they fit as it's someone on Kijiji.
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Hey Guys
Brand new to the board.....this is my first post.
I just bought a CPO 2009 C300 Sport 4 magic. I take delivery on it tomorrow. Im in the market to buy a set of used winter tires.
I saw pretty amazing deal on a lightly used set of Pirelli's 205/55/16s that the guy had mounted on a C240.
I cant seem to find a clear answer as to whether the tires will fit. Do I need to go 17s because of the brake callipers?
Also, will the bolt pattern match?
Thanks in advance.
Brand new to the board.....this is my first post.
I just bought a CPO 2009 C300 Sport 4 magic. I take delivery on it tomorrow. Im in the market to buy a set of used winter tires.
I saw pretty amazing deal on a lightly used set of Pirelli's 205/55/16s that the guy had mounted on a C240.
I cant seem to find a clear answer as to whether the tires will fit. Do I need to go 17s because of the brake callipers?
Also, will the bolt pattern match?
Thanks in advance.
Sold them on Craigs list.
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If you do go for 17, no need to duplicate the OE size....you can go narrower with 215/50-17 for winter.
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Looks like some wheels fit and some don't. I just tried one of my old steel 16x7 et37 wheels that I used as winters on my 2002 C230 on the front of my 2010 C300 and it clears but it's very very close. There's approx 3 mm clearance between the caliper and the wheel...didn't try it on the rear of the car.
I don't know if there are any issues with the caliper being so close to the wheel such as heat build up or debris being caught between the caliper and the wheel. Personally, I'm going to keep looking into as I'm concerned about possible safety issues.
Edit to say that the stock wheel bolts on the stock 17 inch wheels on my C300 were a bit too long for the steel wheel that I tried. Shorter wheel bolts would be needed.
I don't know if there are any issues with the caliper being so close to the wheel such as heat build up or debris being caught between the caliper and the wheel. Personally, I'm going to keep looking into as I'm concerned about possible safety issues.
Edit to say that the stock wheel bolts on the stock 17 inch wheels on my C300 were a bit too long for the steel wheel that I tried. Shorter wheel bolts would be needed.
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Here are two pics. In the second pic, if you look at the 4th hole from the top you will see how close the caliper is to the inside of the wheel...it's very close but it clears.
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If Tire Rack still sells them, they fit.
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There offset on my oem 17 x 7.5 fronts on my W204 is 46 or 47mm. The offset on my W203's 16 x 7 snow's is 37mm. By using 1010 tires wheel offset calculator and assuming a 46mm offset, this tells me that my W203 snow's provide an additional 15 mm of inner clearance and poke out by 3 mm in relation to my w204's oem front wheels. Not all w203 wheels have the same offset as my snow's.
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'08 C300 Lux Barolo Red Beige Leather P2 MM 18" wheels '84 944
I ended up using the OEM 17's the car came with (C300 Lux) and bought a set of Nokian WRG2s which worked out fine.
Sold the 17s with Blizzaks on Craigs list with little trouble.
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There offset on my oem 17 x 7.5 fronts on my W204 is 46 or 47mm. The offset on my W203's 16 x 7 snow's is 37mm. By using 1010 tires wheel offset calculator and assuming a 46mm offset, this tells me that my W203 snow's provide an additional 15 mm of inner clearance and poke out by 3 mm in relation to my w204's oem front wheels. Not all w203 wheels have the same offset as my snow's........There's approx 3 mm clearance between the caliper and the wheel........
In your case the 10mm less offset may have helped to provide caliper clearance.
When I bought the posted 16" wheel, the guys on the phone @ Tirerack all read the same message, that the 16" wheels would not fit a C300 in the US. I had a hunch and took a chance, based on the close offset numbers.
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i have 16's on my car at the moment, the only problem i have is some rubbing when i hit bumps to fast, and the weights barely clear the brake callipers
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