Josh.A.Hussey

Has anyone put 20" rims on their C-Class, stock suspension?
If so what setup did you use?

I am looking at Lexani R-Seven's or
Lexani LSS-5's.

I would prefer the -5's and they are only available in 20's and 22's.

I am thinking 20x8.5" and 20x10 on the rear...

Got any idea if this would work without rub without rolling/pulling fenders?

I heard someone had a similar setup even on SS suspension and I went

I am in desperate need on rims as I cracked the stock 18" yesterday... HELP! haha

victort

What are the offsets?

Josh.A.Hussey

I was thinking 45 in the rear and not sure about the front...
Was hoping someone could give me a hand on this one, I am having trouble figuring it out but yet I saw a post on here of someone running 20x8.5 and 20x10 on stock suspension and another of the same on H&R SS suspension with NO FENDER rolling.. Very curious...

6-speed

There is only one tire that I found that you can run if you want to lower your car. Toyo's. but they are very expensive. Well over $1000. I ended up going with a slightly larger side wall so I could get a cheaper tire and kinda regret it because I do what to lower it and now I can't.

Josh.A.Hussey

I am on stock height.
What tires size and rim size/offset are you using?
I would be SO ****ING GRATEFUL if you could let me know.

6-speed

Lol!! Right I forgot to answer you in my thread. Lol sorry man. Let me check tomorrow when there is day light and ill def let you know. I'll have to get under the car to check the offsets. But I'll def let you know.

Josh.A.Hussey

you are the man.

I have spent the past 3 hours here trying to find a setup with +45 or less offsets and tire sizes so that I can get my Lexani R-Seven's or Lexani LSS-5's to fit...

Desperate is not even the word...
More like life or death... I'm going to have a stress heart attack.

I can't thank you enough.

6-speed

Lol!!! No worries man. You'll survive. I'll get back to you tomorrow as soon as I can.

Frnakito71

He is using my old set up,
20x8.5 44F
20x10 55R
My old tires were Nitto Invo 235/f 275/25/20

6-speed

Yes thank you for chimming in. Nittos that's right. I don't know why I though they were Toyos.

With that exact set up you can lower. I changed the rears and the side wall is a little bigger do I can't lower it. Thanks again Frnakito71

Josh.A.Hussey

Will my set up look too high off the ground without lowering it?

Appreciate all the help here.

6-speed

Really depends on the tires. I'm all about being low and for me it's a little high. I Can't wait until my rears ware down so I can get the nittos to lower it. To be honest. But a lot of people think the car is lowered because there is minimal wheel gap.

Josh.A.Hussey

I am in an area where winters have a decent amount of snow too..
So as long as I dont raise the car much by putting these rims on I think I will be fine.

But the rims I want dont come in those offsets

6-speed

Ya but I wouldn't rock 20s in the winter. Get yourself a set of winter tires and rims. Some 17" cookie cutters or something.

Josh.A.Hussey

Oh I won't be using the 20's in the winter, I just mean I don't want to lower the car because when winter comes around I will want the height.

Rocking 18" AMG's in the winter on 255/35's and 225/40's

But I want to make sure my car won't resemble a jeep on 20's at stock height.

6-speed

Lol gotchya. My old car was an 01 GTI and I was a few inches from the ground and I never raised the coil overs in the winter. I just snow plowed. Lol. We can get a good handful of snow at times in Toronto.

AZN Optics

Lexani LSS-5 are ET35 on their 20x8.5 and ET42 on their 20x10. You're gonna rub the front and probably the rears also. To be perfectly honest, 20s don't look right on stock suspension. They need to be lowered and slightly tucked to sit proper.

Josh.A.Hussey

Tired of this trying-to-make-it-work game.
I am gonna settle for 19's at the moment until I can afford the look I really want.
(Which will be soon, I was off a few months cause some ******* blew a stop sign and smoked me and I just went back to work so I will be getting compensated)

I have decided...

Lexani R-Seven
19x8.5ET40
19x9.5ET45

Continental ExtremeContact DW
235/35ZR19
265/30ZR19



What do you guys think?

vic viper

I wouldnt do it, before I bought my 20.s I was also very concerned about fitment and rubbing issues and at times a was thinking "f_ck this, Ill settle with 19s".
But then I realized that I would most likely regret that choice, and I was right, today I am very glad that I chose my 20s,
I have my car parked outside of work where I can see it and its so fun to see when cars slow down to check it out and people walking by taking photos and so on
I dont think this would have happened if I had settled with the more common 19.s

Josh.A.Hussey

I now after reading this have NO idea what to do...
I don't know if I should go with the

Lexani R-Seven or LSS-5
20x8.5 ET45
20x10 ET45
Nitto Inzo
235/30
265/25

or the 19" setup above...
I am ordering them today... In like 3 hours...
What would you do on stock height??

Josh.A.Hussey

Now that I am doing the math,
A 265/25R20 and a 265/30R19 should be almost identical size tires?
So that leads me to assume that with the same offset wheel, the tire should sit in the same place.

When it comes to circumference I believe the 20 is actually SMALLER... By about .2"

So the width of the rim really only dictates how much stretch will be on the tire, which means that the 20x10 should fit with MORE clearance than the 19x9.5 with those tires because their will be more stretch and the tire is actually less HIGH to begin with and the same size across...??

Am I correct???
This is very interesting...

vic viper

Well, the wide part of the tire (tread surface) always ends up in the middle of the tire, and a 10" wheel is 0.25" wider on each side, so a 9.5x19 with the same ET as a 10x20 will reduce the risk of rubbing.

Its not the height of the tire that causes rubbing, only width.

Josh.A.Hussey

Yes but I am confused how a 265 is any wider than another 265?
a 10" rim is 254mm wide, and a 9.5 is 241.3mm wide.
If the tire I put on both are 265mm wide then shouldn't they be the same width wheel assembly as the tire is the widest across?
I understand the rim itself will be .25" bigger on each side but shouldn't the tire be the same width on either assembly, and shouldn't it also be the widest part of the assembly? This would mean that both setups would work for me.

I am having trouble grasping this one...

I appreciate all the help.

I guess the biggest thing that stumps me is that if the tire is wider than the rims, if a 265 works on a 19x9.5 then why wouldn't it work on a 20x10...
As far as I can tell they are the same width across at the widest point, AKA the tire, as a 265 tire is wider than both a 9.5" and a 10" wide rim.

vic viper

The part of the tire closest to the rim edge always follows the rim when changing rim width, but you are right that when comparing 9.5 and 10" the difference is minimal and will most likely not cause any issues other than visual.

Josh.A.Hussey

Have you ever seen a 20x10 ET45 265/25 setup in the back of a C350 4Matic?

Do you think it would look nice? I know its all preference and I can live with a little bit of protrusion but I don't want too much.