Hi all, I just have a few questions about installing aft. mkt rims. I am not familiar with all the technical terms, so please bare w/ me.

1.) What's the need for a spacer? Is it to clear the room so that the rims won't touch the caliper and suspension arm?
2.) I rememberd seeing one of you mentioned that 8.5F/9.5R is the biggest allowable size w/o fender roll. Now, do I need spacers in if I were to opt for a set of 18'' and with the 8.5/9.5 configration?
3.) So, I am thinking about getting a set of AMG SL55's rim (shown below), and the specs are 18x8.5 front and back. Will they work on C32? Does it make a big diff (visually) if the front and back are of the same 8.5 width?

Thank you very much for any inputs.

-----===[ DFC's C32 AMG ]===-----

Sorry, not yet. As soon as my car is clean I'll take some good digital pictures. I love them and they look great!!!

dfc,

Those SL55 wheels 'may' use 14mm wheel lug bolts and the W203 uses 12mm lug bolts. The offset may be high and need a spacer. That wheel may be very difficult to mount on a W203.

Usually a spacer is needed if the offset is too high and the wheel is designed for another application. I think some companies make one high offset say 45mm to fit a W220 S-Class however using a 10mm spacer brings the offset down to 35mm and other applications like a E-Class or C-Class may use the same rim.

Thanks E55KEV for your input. I shall look around for something less complicated. Ehhh JamE55, what does that Bling Bling man suppose to mean?

I guess Uncle Bens=Rice

Sorry dfc no offense. But just saw that multispoke wheels really big and chromed out that's all. I normally see those on SUV's. That's all.

Actually, those big chrome low-rider styled rims were cut straight from the SL 55's image. Somehow it just looks chrome here. Personally, I'd never get chrome rims... IMO it's just ghetto, and very cheap looking.

Exactly what i'm sayin!

hey e55 kev

where can i get a 10mm spacer for the front wheels and fast? oh, we'll i get shaking in my front wheels? these spacers are hub centric, right?

www.bekkers.com sell a 10mm hub-centric spacer for Mercedes but it is not listed on their website. You have call them for informartion and price. www.HRsprings.com also makes them.

hey roOzy, whose that in your sig????

do original mercedes caps fit on ssr gt3?

just wondering.

No, they dont fit....that was the first thing I tried when I got mine.