C_DirtyTwo

I was having some issues up front with rubbing. I had everything as dialed in as it could be but my tire was rubbing not only on the coil on the inside, but on the fender as well.

Decided to go with 18's, great decision. The ride quality is much better; its not even that the 19's gave it a more sporty feel but rather a harsh uncomfortable roughness that made anguishing sounds when even just hitting the little lane reflectors on the freeway. Nonetheless, I did have the 19's on ever since I purchased the car and they did look good.

old specs: Front- 19x8.5 et32 (22 with spacer) 225/35
Rear- 19x9.5 et35 265/30

NEW SPECS: Front- 18x8 et32 (22 with spacer) 225/40
Rear- 18x9.5 et40 (35 with spacer) 265/35

So far I am pleased with the wheels. They are about 2lbs lighter than the old ones with tires as well.

Heres the Front inner wheel rubbing with the old wheels....


Heres the inner wheel with the new ones...




NOW for some pics....






I will be doing a shoot soon, waiting on some new Mercedes Benz center caps that are almost impossible to find in black with a 65mm diameter.

Let me know what you think

AMG3.2

Those are sick!

saer1one

2nd picture up from the bottom, that's a hair off from rubbing on the fender..!! Looks great..!!

Apox

looking good

Kreuzfeuer

TSW, but which one? Looks fantastic

Ironically, I need a 19 in the rear... With a nice deep lip, it would be a winner.

pww

Looks great!

FrankW

Looks beast!...i'd raise the front up a little tho.

Tsw Valencia?

C_DirtyTwo

thanks
yeah and if you look closely you can see that the tire actually goes up in there, the black part is just a shadow
gracias
valencias. surprisingly these have a bigger lip than the 19's did.

cant raise the front up! it looks too good slammed!! Thanks Frank

pww

Hmmm... Have me thinking of taking off my spacer in the rear and running a 35 offset, instead of a 23 in the back, so i can stop rubbing and keep it loww/make it lower. Love your front setup, basically the same as mine ha


Didn't think these wheels would work, but damn I was wrong.

C_DirtyTwo

35 offset is perfect for the rear and a 265. However, I did shave down the metal tab where the bumper and fender connect because it rubbed even when the car was stock height with the 19's and a 255.

pww

Yeah I've got 9.5 with a 23 offset, and a 255 and it rubs pretty bad, so hoping the 35 shouldn't rub, tabs are already shaved down

2MCHCAR

I had to do the same with my W209 to fit the rear 275 Pilot Super Sports.

Great wheels BTW!

FrankW

if it still rubs, you'll probably want to go down a size to 245/35 the stock C55 size.

OR camber the rear more which the downside is it'll kill your tire faster.

pww

I was gonna run a 245, but I know without the spacer it won't rub

Kevwood

Very nice, they suit the car really well.

ROLLNNN

car looks great!

OCKlasse

Lookin' good!

macbryanie

I personally loved your car (signiture photo) before but you have even futher improved your machine, it looks really good. Nice work.

w202mylove

Your car is looking insane I love it!

AMG Sleeper

+1 great sig pic and love the first set of blacked out wheels

pww

Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't the original wheels blue and just looked black in the picture?

SoCalC55

Very very nice!

Now we just need to take the cars out on a long overdue mountain cruise

C_DirtyTwo

thanks guys!

haha thank you!
the first ones were good, but I think I like these a little better!
No they were black in the pic. Then I painted them blue, now they are black again.
Agreed! I just got a gopro too so itd be extra epic!

Essex

Looks great but how's the ride on these? I still run a stock set but thinking of moving to 18's. My other car (Ford Mondeo) has 18's but I reckon it ruins the ride. Also over here in Belgium the car would fail the yearly technical control if wheels are anything but stock. I could get past that by running the stock set on winter tyres though.
BTW; what is a 'Netherlands mod'?
Cheers
Stig

AMG Sleeper

I'm biased cuz my first set were those wheels in silver still, the new ones are a great look for u! congrats