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Old Aug 29, 2007 | 11:36 PM
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Cool Any photos of cars w/20" wheels, not lowered?
Do 20" wheels with 245/30-20 tires look okay on the CLS55 if you don't lower it? Anybody have any links or pics of cars with this setup? I'd like to get 20s but don't want to lower it right now and just concerned it may look too thin of tire with a big gap in the wheel well.

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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 12:12 AM
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Do 20" wheels with 245/30-20 tires look okay on the CLS55 if you don't lower it? Anybody have any links or pics of cars with this setup? I'd like to get 20s but don't want to lower it right now and just concerned it may look too thin of tire with a big gap in the wheel well.

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Before I lowered it



I have not taken pictures after I got it lowered, but it definitely looks better with a 1 finger gap
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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 01:00 AM
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... Looks pretty sweet. Thanks for the pics. I guess I'm going 20s... Radenergies look pretty good in that combo.
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Looks very very nice!
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Thanks guys. I waited about 8 months before lowering it. It looked good before (and I definitely had no complaints), but a slight drop just gave it a better stance.
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looks good! would be better with the drop.
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nice pics... I met you at Status when you were getting the drop. Hope everything came out GREAT !!!
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nice pics... I met you at Status when you were getting the drop. Hope everything came out GREAT !!!
They did a great job!! You should post a pic of your ride here. I went with only a finger gap, but your aggressive drop looks good.
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Originally Posted by tinny
Do 20" wheels with 245/30-20 tires look okay on the CLS55 if you don't lower it? Anybody have any links or pics of cars with this setup? I'd like to get 20s but don't want to lower it right now and just concerned it may look too thin of tire with a big gap in the wheel well.

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I went with a 255-30-20 and still had to lower it at the same time.
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Hi, when you had the 20s on there w/o being lowered, what size tires did you have and did you have any problem with rubbing with 4 people or when turning? Thanks.
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Hi, when you had the 20s on there w/o being lowered, what size tires did you have and did you have any problem with rubbing with 4 people or when turning? Thanks.
255/35/20 in the front and 285/30/20 in the rear. Absolutely no rub before and after (with 1 finger gap). When it was below 1 finger, i had some rubbing issues in the front.
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