good websites for wheels

May 31, 2008 | 10:33 AM

hooleyboy

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good websites for wheels

anyone know of any good websites to search for wheels? looking for light weight wheels that wont kill the bank roll to much

May 31, 2008 | 01:29 PM

OverDrive

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tirerack.com is pretty good, Your looking for 5x112 wheels and what i found on tire rack if you put your car as a c320 there are tons more wheels to choose from. I know for a fact that there are some OZ wheels that are 15lbs on the website.

May 31, 2008 | 02:53 PM

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I don't have any experience with Eurotech but the wheels look nice and the prices are good.

http://stores.ebay.com/EuroTech-Luxu...QQfsubZ6306760

May 31, 2008 | 03:24 PM

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If you looks for light weight I would stay away from reps off ebay. what kinda budget are we looking at here?

May 31, 2008 | 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by OverDrive

Yeah... don't do that. The reason there are so many more choices is that the brake-clearance amount requirements are different, IIRC. The C32's and C55's have been known for awhile as a hard car to fit wheels - unless you go custom (i.e. HRE, iforged, et al.), or stick with tried-and-true options like Renntech, Brabus, Carlsson, Bremmas, etc. There are also AMG rep's you can find from places like ebay - a thread not very long ago listed an ebay seller that had a pretty good selection, I believe. One good option, if you can be patient, is to watch the mbworld classifieds - there are plenty of w203 and w209 owners who switch out wheels frequently... if you're on a budget, this might get you the best "bang for the buck" - just be smart and avoid any shady situations that feels wrong... because it could be a scam:

https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/244457-scam-alert-fs-oem-mercedes-benz-e63-amg-wheels-tires-package-must-sell-quickly.html

Anyway, it would suck to order a set of wheels from Tire Rack, only to have them show up and find out they don't fit - and when you try to return them, explain you loaded the wrong car into their system on purpose because it showed more choices...

Not a smart approach IMHO...

Good luck w/ your search!

May 31, 2008 | 05:32 PM

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I wanted monolites but they are hard to find. I'm not in a big rush at the moment. I'm seeing some good deals on BBS wheels. trying to keep it under 3500 Funny thing is Ive seen some really cheep (cost) wheels that look great but they most likely heavy and not made well. Are there any cheep wheels that are good? Not really a fan of going the cheep way but if they are cheep and they brake they are cheep to get a new one.

May 31, 2008 | 06:26 PM

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May 31, 2008 | 09:44 PM

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discount tire direct
1010tires.

May 31, 2008 | 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Gramma_Benz

Here's a good thread that has some good pics to help decide:

https://mbworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=140282

Thanks alot this is a good thread for sure.

May 31, 2008 | 11:36 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by IIIMBPIII

If you looks for light weight I would stay away from reps off ebay. what kinda budget are we looking at here?

ditto, DPE, I forged, HRE, renntech, brabus japanese work wheels vsxx..... you drive an AMG make sure to buy some nice shoes for it

May 31, 2008 | 11:54 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by c32AMG-DTM

Good call totally forgot about that

Jun 1, 2008 | 12:21 AM

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I'm going to try and keep the budget under $3500 I'm open to used sets of rims. I know this topic has been beaten to death so thanks to al that posted.

Just a quick updat I should be getting my Renntech airbox in this week and I will have some more dyno numbers for you.

Jun 1, 2008 | 01:09 AM

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If you are looking for used just stay away from rims that are coming from Miami

Jun 1, 2008 | 01:55 AM

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try craigslist, sometimes they got some ppl selling DPE /I FORGED/HREs

Jun 1, 2008 | 05:23 AM

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If you are looking for used just stay away from rims that are coming from Miami

I will remember that.

Jun 1, 2008 | 04:38 PM

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try these and tell me how they are! seem to specialize in vettes but do make mb fitments. wheels seem pretty light and reasonably priced.

http://www.ccwheel.com/files/home.php

Jun 1, 2008 | 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ashura

try these and tell me how they are! seem to specialize in vettes but do make mb fitments. wheels seem pretty light and reasonably priced.

http://www.ccwheel.com/files/home.php

My brother who has a G35 coupe says people on G35driver forum hate them

Jun 1, 2008 | 06:32 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by hooleyboy

My brother who has a G35 coupe says people on G35driver forum hate them

the supra guys love em.

Jun 1, 2008 | 06:36 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by hooleyboy

If you have $3500 to spend, you should try to get a set of lightweight forged wheels so at least you will get some performance benefit from it.

Jun 1, 2008 | 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkXerox

If you have $3500 to spend, you should try to get a set of lightweight forged wheels so at least you will get some performance benefit from it.

Thats the goal Maybe thinking about some BBS wheels. Im open to used HRE's, BBS, Monolites, I forged, Just want a rim thats lighter than stock and looks good. 3500 wont cut it for any of those wheels new thats for sure.

Jun 2, 2008 | 12:16 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by hooleyboy

I wanted monolites but they are hard to find.

If you are still in the market I believe a member over at the Crossfire forum has a set for sale.

Link Here

They aren't perfect but I'm sure you could pick them up for a good price as they've been for sale for quite some time.

Jun 2, 2008 | 04:36 PM

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I just saw this ad today. Sounds like a decent deal, but the rears may be too wide unless you run a 265 on it.

ANd may be too far for you too:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/pts/704373171.html

Jun 3, 2008 | 05:06 PM

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Hello,
Here my first post,from whole the way from Belgium.
Here a website with nice rims with different sizes and offsets.
The gay has CNC-machines to make the offsets and holes like you want.
www.cavaro.be