There was a vender for reproduction AMG wheels, $699 for a set of four. I've an 06 CL55 AMG with the stock 19" wheels. The fronts are cracked and all four show their years and 155k miles. Plan on the reproductions or another, and widening the rears from 9.5 to 11. Has anyone thoughts on their build quality, etc.?

 

I had a set on my-e class, I had no issues.

 

Thx you, Would you know the company here that sells them?

 

I've been through a lot of 18, 19 & 20" wheels recently, both OE and repo.

All of them get bent, cracked, corroded or whatever eventually.

I don't see much difference between any of them.

Nick

 

I have a set I use on my CL65 for my snow tires. I don't know how old they are since they were on the car when I bought it, but after one summer and three winters they are holding up fine. They just have the wrong offset for my car so the rear tires rub every time I hit any bump when above 120mph.

 

There is a company that sells an aftermarket set. Search "Hollander AMG" besides all the newer styles you should find the older style as well.

You should NEVER be driving over 120 mph, therefore it won't rub. What were the offsets?

 

Fronts are 19x8.5" with a 32 offset, rears are 19x9.5 with a 38 offset. They look good stance wise, but just not safe at speed.

 

It would be nice to remove the face of the wheels and have new barrels made to custom width and offset, I don't think the faces really get damaged. However, I'm sure the one off service would come at cost.

 

Interesting discussion. I recently did a wheel and tire project on my 2005 CL55. I settled on Brabus Monoblock VI wheels and Michelin Super Sport tires. I did a lot of research on various wheels, sizes and offsets and found some inspiration from an old Brabus project car posting:

http://www.brabus-usa.com/CL55K8.html

I thought it looked very much like the original OEM wheels but better. My goal was to dress up the car a bit but keep the stock look. In my case I settled on the following:

Front: 255/35ZR19 ET40(offset) 8.5 rim width [stock: 245/45R18/RF 100Y ET44(offset) 8.5 rim width]

Rear: 275/30ZR19 ET35(offset) 10 rim width [stock: 265/40R18/RF 101Y ET46(offset) 9.5 rim width]

After all that was done I then got some lowering links and lowered the car 1.5 inches. Note, after doing all this, get a 4 wheel alignment. It is needed.

These all work great together and there is no tire rubbing anywhere even at high speed, extreme bumps (the dreaded speed bumps) and tight cornering. So I would recommend it to anyone.

Overall the car is a little “squat” and the rear wheels stick out a little (though there is still safe fender clearance and no rubbing). But this is a matter of personal preference. I like it better than the car being lower and sitting more “on top” of the wheels (which would not allow the 35 offset that I have on the rears). If you want to lower the car more then stay closer to the stock 46mm rear offset but you will have to play around a little if you want to go with wider wheels and/or tires than stock because you don’t want to rub brake lines and the like.

Benefits are the car really, really corners well. Much “tighter” in the corners than stock (I think a combination of being lower to the ground, wider stance and more rubber on the road). One unexpected benefit was that the steering is no longer as “loose” as it once was (a little bit more of the go kart tight feeling—which I like). I am not sure why that is, the front offset is only 40mm instead of the stock 44mm, the wheel width is the same, the tires are 255 instead of 245 stock. I had Michelin Super Sports before and after and I don’t think the fact that I went from 18” to 19” would make a difference. Maybe somebody can explain it because it is very noticeable?

The only thing that I might do different is I might go with 275/35ZR19/RF 100Y for the rears instead of the 30 series. A couple of reasons for this. First, 35 series is the tire that Michelin recommends for the CL65 (which comes with 19 inch wheels). Second, with the 35 series the speedo will be dead on, it is not with the 30 series. Third, with the 30 series rear you don’t have much side wall. I was hammering speed bumps to see if I could get the tires to rub and unfortunately chipped the clear coat on one of the rear wheels. So not much cushioning.

Hope all of this helps.