sikvald

Ordered new wheels today, 20" sevas forged R77, 2" lip front and 3" rear lip. Waiting 5-7 weeks gonna be tough ;/, let me know what you guys think

DaGS1800

Those are hot, but are gonna make your car sooo much slower...

How much do they weigh?

sikvald

About 30 lbs, wonder how much more that is compared to my stock 19".

mthis

what kind of tire size would you run on a rim like that 20x10 rears,

sikvald

Its 8.5 front and 9.5 rear, tire size 235/30/20 and 285/25/20.

Hartawan

Have they improved their quality? Nice looking wheel though.

sikvald

I hope so , Ive heard they have had some problems. Sevas Forged sold their designs to SV1 Forged so i guess its a new company that fabricate them.

UGOTMOPPED

why are you running a 235 in front....run a 255..

mthis

what's the offset

BAD430BENZ

Wheels look sharp . I hope that they have changed their ways cuz sevas gave me so many problems on the set i ordered for my g35 . I had to send my set back 3 times to get the chrome lips fixed cuz they had so many little dings in them . Check them good when you get them .

sikvald

They had done a c63 before with 245 in front and they said it rubbed so i was recomended 235, is there any advantage by using wider front wheel?

sikvald

Do they use offset when its custom made?

mthis

I think so.

Tri-State MB

where did you find these? I thought they were out of business. I'd be leary if I were you

sikvald

I purchased them from wheelexecutives.com, I was recomended that site through a member here.

Ron Scarboro

That is about 5 or 6 lbs more per wheel than the stock 18in wheels.

silver2

That is not good...
Your original rear tire is 255/35/18... with 285/25/20, you are increasing the rear tire diameter by %6.3 (43 mm), which is not acceptable in technical. (%2 is a safe border, %3 is max)

This extra 43 mm will not only decrease your performance, but also heighten the rear of the car, effect brakes, handling...

Ofcourse that much power can handle everything but it is not a good tecnical application.

DaGS1800

Why would you put heavier wheels on a car that has over 400lbs of torque?!?!?!

houston713

I tried to order a set or Sevas Forged R5 for my CLS from Wheel Executives back on Sept 11 2008. They charged my credit card and took my money that same day, a month goes by and I inquire. I'm sure you are dealing with 'Joseph' he says wheels are on the way will be there the following week. Another month goes by with no responses, they don't have a business phone just personal cell phones seems like and it just goes straight to VM, no responses to any emails. Finally I get an email back saying there were delays due to this and that blah blah blah but the wheels will be there the following week. That week goes by and nothing, tried to call and email again no responses. Thanksgiving rolls around and I emailed again saying that if I don't get any response then I will call my credit card company and have them dispute the charge and credit my card back. 10 days past I get a reponse and I quote
'If you still chose to contact your credit card company, we will forward them all of the neccessary information and fith it, as we have done in the past'
Obvioulsy they are good at what they do and it's not selling wheels. He does in give me a contact number for the "owner" of Sevas. So I call him get the run around, by this time its the first week of Dec. Basically gives me the run round and promises to have the wheels sent out by Dec 17. I call him every few days up until the 15th with every conversation ending with him assuring me the wheels are done and ready to ship. I call once again on the 17th, all phones going to VM and no returned calls or emails. I wait and wait and wait, Jan 2 I try one last time to call and email. Nothing, so I call my credit card company explained everything to them and they credit my card back that same day. End of January rolls around and UPS shows up at my door with 4 boxes, by this time I already had another set of wheels custom made by Kennedy Performance delivered and on my car. So I refused the delivery from UPS, Joseph then takes the refusal notice and sends it to my credit card company. The credit card company sends me a dispute resolution form on March 26 2009 and tells me I need to fill it out and explain my part in detail and return it to them within 10 days, the problem was I wasn't in town when the letter came LOL I look at my credit card statement 3 days ago and see the charge for the wheels on there. I call the credit card and they say they can no longer dispute the charge because I didn't fill out the for and return it within the 10 days... LOL Kind of ironic, I wait months and months and months with no responses and empty promises and when it comes down to it, I'm given a 10 day deadline and I didn't respond so I LOSE, FINE. I have a buddy who has a CLS550 and I'm like screw it I can give it to him or whatever. 2 days ago I call Joseph at Wheels Executives to get my wheels sent and what do you know, the number is disconnected. So I email him, he does reply but give me another 1 800 number to call and says they have your wheels. I call that number and guess what? Goes straight to VM HAHA

Good luck man, I really hope you get your wheels.

bigbodybeeenz

That just shows why you should buy your wheels from a reputable company or distributor. Don't EVER deal directly with these small wheel manufacturers.

For me personally, I learned my lesson from all these horror stories and will ONLY buy HRE from now on. They are local here in San Diego, so if something's wrong I can just stop by. Plus, everyone knows they make a quality product.

Also, next time buy with AMEX. They do a great job of protecting the consumer.

DaGS1800

+1

AMEX is DEF the way to go, and this might be the 10th story I have heard like this about certain wheel manufacturers.... Stick to the big reputable names

veightkiller

post some pic's when you get them mounted!