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Old 09-22-2007, 11:48 PM
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New rims! How do they look?

What do you guys think? I am having some rubbing issues and steering wheel wobbles past 35mph any insite? THe guy at the rim shop told me it may be the cheap spacers that the guy gave me but im not to sure about that. Input much appreciated!
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not feeling them...what are they..Mayas?
Old 09-23-2007, 01:48 AM
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I don't think they are terrible. They probably look nice at speed. The wobble is the spacers, period...How thick are the spacers?
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I don't think they are terrible. They probably look nice at speed. The wobble is the spacers, period...How thick are the spacers?
true. they are not too bling, finish is nice....i just don't like the razor-sharp look of the wheels.
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looks good but not for the C55 get some H&R spacers
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I dont hate.... I think they look great.
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Yeah it may be the spacers but i tried to fix and the jackass that put them on put the lugs on so tight i can't even take them off by hand. Yeah i guess its the spacers. THe ones on there right now are 5mm spacers and they seemed kinda flimsy, basically they were universal spacers so there wasn't much material to them. Thanks for the input I think the rims look sick but they will probably look better once I do some more stuff like carbonfiber lips and stuff but well see.
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not feeling them
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I think they would look better in person than in the photos. Generally for me, wheels with depth look real good, esp on the C55, which is why I think the stock wheels were designed just right. Wheels that are only bright on the outside surface don't do the wheel nor the car's fenders justice.
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I think they would look better in person than in the photos.
No, I've seen them up close on a W203 and they looked just as ridiculous.
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Hub rings?

Are the hubs machined specifically for the E? If not maybe you need hubcentric rings to prevent any vibrations.
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I love Porsches as much as anyone out there, but I am not sure why someone would put a Porsche front logo plate on a Mercedes.

Your profile doesn't list a Porsche. Are you a big fan?
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No, I've seen them up close on a W203 and they looked just as ridiculous.
lol... I was trying to be nice...
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i think they are on the border of i like them vs. they could grow on me, but it's also a lot of bling in them, i don't know, perhaps something more subtle would work better
where exactly is the rubbing?
the wobbling is mostlikely the spacers or hubcentric rings, even a poor balance? which i doubt since they mounted them they better have balanced them properly.
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I love those wheels, they are one of my favorites.........but not a good match for this car imo. To me they are too JDM, not teutonic.
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I had cheap spacers on my old eclass that some bogus wheel place out of cali sent me that did the same thing, found a decent set and never had any other problem. If you can get that cleared up, keep em...they actually look as long as you dont follow up with chrome headlight rings. Keep it clean

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they look good but no a personal favorite

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