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Need Your Advise
I bought some Oem amg wheels. They are staggered and size 18 inch.
The back tires rubbed a bit but I fixed that and all is good. The front however touch the upper ball joint right where the bolt is tighten.
The tires are 245-45-18, so they are to high and possibly to wide?
Anyways, what size tires do I need so the front wheels will fit nicely with no rubs?
Thanks in advance for the advise!
The back tires rubbed a bit but I fixed that and all is good. The front however touch the upper ball joint right where the bolt is tighten.
The tires are 245-45-18, so they are to high and possibly to wide?
Anyways, what size tires do I need so the front wheels will fit nicely with no rubs?
Thanks in advance for the advise!
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Thanks man! I will buy that size for the front. In the rear I have 275's that came with the wheels. They rubbed a little in the back towards front by the body frame bushing. I was able to grind and knock in a little of the metal and that fixed it. Those 275's look awesome on the car.
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Thanks man! I will buy that size for the front. In the rear I have 275's that came with the wheels. They rubbed a little in the back towards front by the body frame bushing. I was able to grind and knock in a little of the metal and that fixed it. Those 275's look awesome on the car.
275!!
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Here's one but I will post another tomorrow from the back and under that shows how WIDE these are. I may get some h&r spacers to bring them out more? Seems a bit in from the pic but not bad life.
I did have to do some grinding and use a hammer here and there but not bad at all.
http://db.tt/2pMfJJSg
And here it shows the stock 17 wheels vs the new 18 wheels and tires. Dunlops all around..... Rear are 275/40/18.
http://db.tt/9POMZe5X
Going to have to try 235's and 225's in front and see which looks and fits better. Thanks for your helps guys!
I did have to do some grinding and use a hammer here and there but not bad at all.
http://db.tt/2pMfJJSg
And here it shows the stock 17 wheels vs the new 18 wheels and tires. Dunlops all around..... Rear are 275/40/18.
http://db.tt/9POMZe5X
Going to have to try 235's and 225's in front and see which looks and fits better. Thanks for your helps guys!
Last edited by speed43; Oct 21, 2012 at 10:08 AM.
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Anyone interested in buying two Dunlop tires? 245/45/18. Maybe you guys have a different car that these tires will fit. They cost like $300.00 each on the web... I will take any reasonable offer. Have plenty of thread left...
Last edited by speed43; Oct 21, 2012 at 10:07 AM.
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Here's one but I will post another tomorrow from the back and under that shows how WIDE these are. I may get some h&r spacers to bring them out more? Seems a bit in from the pic but not bad life.
I did have to do some grinding and use a hammer here and there but not bad at all.
http://db.tt/2pMfJJSg
And here it shows the stock 17 wheels vs the new 18 wheels and tires. Dunlops all around..... Rear are 275/40/18.
http://db.tt/9POMZe5X
Going to have to try 235's and 225's in front and see which looks and fits better. Thanks for your helps guys!
I did have to do some grinding and use a hammer here and there but not bad at all.
http://db.tt/2pMfJJSg
And here it shows the stock 17 wheels vs the new 18 wheels and tires. Dunlops all around..... Rear are 275/40/18.
http://db.tt/9POMZe5X
Going to have to try 235's and 225's in front and see which looks and fits better. Thanks for your helps guys!
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Thanks. I did have to use a hammer to hit the corners from the inside panel. Not much hitting, but I also had to grind the metal down a bit. Than I under coated it and looks like new. Now I could never go back to any tires that are not 275's.
