I am thinking of buying these rims from a 05' SLK owner.

HRE 549R
19x8.5-235/35/19 (F) Offset: 30
19x9.5-265/30/19 (R) Offset: 35

Do you guys think there will be any fitment issues? I know typically an 8.5 and 9.5 setup doesn't require rolling the fenders, but I called up HRE and they told me it would require rolling the fenders on both front and rear. In addition, they told me I would also require spacers in the rear to clear the C32's brakes.

I am not too familiar with rims and not sure if HRE is just giving me a story so I'll buy new custom rims from them.

Thanks for the help!

You can put those 19" widths on your car, however I am not perfectly sure about the offset.

I've seen a C32 with the same width rims as you with offset of 32mm front and rear.

i have HRE 545R wheels on my C32, 19 x 8.5 (front) and 19 x 9.5 (rear). tires are 235/35/19 front, 265/30/19 rear. you need to roll the fenders, especially if you are lowered. my car was very very low on H&R coilovers, while i ran Falken GRB-FK451 tires on the hre 19" setup. if you want to lower you car to where almost all fendergap is gone, then I definitely recommend rolling the fender. it isn't too expensive to do, and i can't say it's 100% aboslutely necessary, but i'd have them rolled just incase. for running 265's in the rear, i was advised to run only a certain few tires, the Falken's being one of the most popular candidates. i switched to Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 tires for a change, since they are a far superior tire and i got a good deal on them. i rubbed a lot with them, so i had to raise my rear suspension. it was to the point where i was basically rubbing on the rear tires while sitting still. so if you want 265's and lowered, there are only a few tires you can run, ones with not so tall sidewalls. hope this helps and good luck

Any differences for the C55? Im adding a set of wheels with toyo T1R in those sizes.

I have the H&R Coilovers also, so now I am not sure if it will fit at all with the rim offset.

Kevin, what's the offset on your wheels?

I'd think he will have no problem up front clearing the AMG brakes with a 30 offset.

i'm not sure if my case is specific only to me, but this is what happened

rims were made for c32 fitment. i'm not exactly sure on the offsets. but i ran 19 x 8.5, 19 x 9.5, 235/35/19 and 265/35/19. i have H&R coilovers. when i would make sharp turns sometimes the rim would rub against the front coilovers' coil springs, which is fairly large on H&R coilover system. i have to run a 5mm H&R spacer in the front. on my new Goodyear tires and my very low setup in the front however, i often rub over bumps.

good luck with your rim setup.

People seem to have rubbing problems running H&R coils with ANY wheel/tire setup because of the thick front struts. If it were me, I'd go with a low offset (30 or less) and thinner front wheels to avoid having to use a spacer.

I have the stock 17" AMG wheels and they rub also. Everytime I turn it would rub, but wasn't sure what it was rubbing against.. Thanks for the info on that.

What are the problems associated with running the wheels with spacers? I heard there could be vibration issues when running on spacers.

That's the main issue I'd be concerned about, but there was one thread where I read a whole scientific dissertation about how spacers mess up the geometry of our suspension, leading to long term problems and that was enough to scare me away from ever considering using them.

you only needed a 3mm spacer to avoid the wheel hittnig the front coil. This is typical for all W203 who runs 19s and H&R coilover. The H&R setup was probably made with the 17-18" setup in mind. Because of the 19" we are all actually running oversize tires 235/35 and 265/30 even though that's the recommanded size, but in truth to keep the overall diameter for the 19" the same as the 17" to avoid your front wheel hitting the coil we have to actually run 225/35 so that the overall diameter is less than 1% error.

not necessary true. All Carlsson wheels require specific spacers for each MBZ as well as all Brabus wheels. Spacers doesn't hurt as long as they are hubcentric to the wheel and balanced correctly.

I dunno Frank, I'm just telling you what I read.

Do you have a stock suspension or H&R coilover? did you replaced the tire with a different size? you should not rub if everything is stock you might have some worn bushings or something bent. hope you fix it good luck....

yea i was thinking 5mm is too thick, and pushing it out too much, combined with the tall sidewalls of the Eagle F1 GS-D3's causing me to rub.

This may be a helpful link: www.rollyourfender.com <--- For anyone looking to roll fenders.

So does anyone have any opinions on HRE 549Rs on a C32? I haven't seen it on any C32s so was wondering what are people's ideas.

Thanks

I had 448R which is pretty similar except the spoke are straight instead of curved like the 540r series.

here's a link of C32 w/ HRE 549:

http://wheelexperts.com/gallery_reg_mb_002.html

I have couple 3mm spacer that I used on my 448r. They are basically cheap metal spacer. I can mail it to you if you want just pay me the postal cost...lol Or I can have Wilson bring it to you when he goes back up north.

sorry for late response, i hadn't seen this thread until recently. free spacer :p ? yea i would really appreciate it, thanks!