STRES

looking to get a mild-med stretch on my stock 18 wheels no matter how much i investigate i still am stupid when it comes to tire sizes. what would be a decent size tire looking to get hankook ventus v12 or similar no drop yet but coilovers are on there way looking to get it all done at the same time. any suggestions? thanks in advance

EuroJDMBenzo

too know what size of tire you need to stretch you gotta say how wide the wheel is lol (ex: 18x9)

STRES

they are the stock 18'' wheel let me look for the details

itsLoonie

Stock 18" amg wheels, but not the C63 AMG wheels right? Wheel specs for those should be something like 18x8 +50, 18x8.5 +54

Cleanbenz

Are they 18x7.5/18x8.5 or 18x8.5/18x9.5? If they are the first sizes you won't find a good tire to stretch on a 7.5. Smallest you can go would be 205/40 on 7.5 and a 215/40 on the 8.5. If its the second set of sizes go 215/40 on 8.5 and 225/40 on the 9.5, this is the setup I'm running on my incoming Brabus IV's. going with a 35 series sidewall on tires that small will leave very little lip protection and you may not be low enough to not have gap so I say 40 series sidewall.

STRES

rear 18" x 8.5" offset: 54mm
front 18" x 8" Offset: 50mm

from what i can tell except actually taking the tire off this is the stock sport c300 18'' option AMG package wheels

lessthanalex

It all really depends on what look you are going for. In the VW world we usually run 205/40 on an 8 for a nice stretch and 215/40 on an 8.5. Really depends on how aggressive of a stretch you are after. Most people would run a 225 or 235 on an 8 and 235 or 245 on an 8.5 for no stretch so go down from there. Also, use this site for reference. On my Jetta I have 215/40 all around on 18x8.5/9.

http://tyrestretch.com/

Heres a 205/40 on an 8:


Here's a 215/40 on an 8.5 on my car, hard to see but should give you an idea.