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Old Jun 12, 2019 | 11:07 PM
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Is anyone running a 275/35/20 Rear? w215

I'm testing a few different tires sizes and now running 275/35/20 in the rear of my 2004 CL55. Is anyone else running this size? If so, how low is your car and what all did you have to trim?
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Old Jun 16, 2019 | 12:40 PM
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I ran 275/35/20 for years, my ride height is low so recently the local tire shop had some 255/35/30 so I went with those, they practically never rub now, even with low ride height. The 275’s used to rub sometimes when entering really steep driveways for example
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Old Jun 17, 2019 | 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ctravis595
I ran 275/35/20 for years, my ride height is low, so recently the local tire shop had some 255/35/30, so I went with those, they practically never rub now, even with low ride height. The 275’s used to rub sometimes when entering really steep driveways for example
I just swapped my 285/30/20 to 275/35/20. I'm running a 20x10 rear wheel. I love the look of the 275/35 as the tire fills up the wheel well so much better, but it does rub on the bracket that holds the quarter panel and bumper together behind the bumper. It does not rub on the upper portion of the fender well. My car is low. The tires are pretty much right at the fender line. I'm going to see if I can do some minor trimming to get it to work.
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Old Jun 17, 2019 | 06:28 PM
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I had my fenders rolled, helps a lot but yes the ultimate fix is some dremel action to cut away a bit of that excess material where the rear quarter panel meets the rear bumper. I’ll get to it someday to fit 275’s again. I agree they look too good on the w215, especially from the rear. Makes the car look super powerful with those 275’s
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Old Jun 21, 2019 | 12:01 AM
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Trimmed that excess material where the quarter meets the rear bumper and all the rubbing has gone away. I do have my fenders rolled. Here is the pic. Running 255/35 fronts and 275/35 rears.
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Trimmed with snips? Dremel? What worked best for you
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Old Jun 21, 2019 | 11:49 PM
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I had my body shop do it. Probably a dremel if I had to guess.
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Old Jun 23, 2019 | 04:32 PM
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Trimmed that excess material where the quarter meets the rear bumper and all the rubbing has gone away. I do have my fenders rolled. Here is the pic. Running 255/35 fronts and 275/35 rears.

Sitting beautifully. Can you let us know your widths and offsets?
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Old Jun 23, 2019 | 09:59 PM
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Sitting beautifully. Can you let us know your widths and offsets?
20X9 and 20X10 38M front and 44M rear offset.

Disclosure: I bought the wheels off eBay and they "claimed" a 38m offset. We shaved the rears down 6m to get them to fit.
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Old Jun 24, 2019 | 04:15 PM
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Thank you for the info and the additional details!

Glad everything worked out after losing the 6mm.

Last edited by bentleymp21; Jun 24, 2019 at 04:18 PM.
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275/35/20. Rolled the fenders as best I could with heat gun and eastwood roller. On YSR Coils. Rubs a tiny amount over big bumps on highway







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Looking good! What is the rear size and offset?
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Old Jul 5, 2019 | 09:56 PM
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Looking good! What is the rear size and offset?

Thank you!!

I believe they're 20x10 in the back. S550 amg package wheels.
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Old Aug 31, 2019 | 11:45 PM
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I'm running 285/30/20 on the rear of my CL65

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Thats a good look! What do you have in the front?
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Old Sep 3, 2019 | 08:42 AM
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Yes please post the rim sizes also. I am shopping around for tires on 20x8.5 & 20x9.5 SL63 replica wheels and I really like the look of your tires. the size looks perfect, hope it doesn't rub.
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i have 275/35/20 on my car now and im not crazy about how it looks, i've realized the ones ive liked the most were 275/30/20

this is a very low profile tire but it gives a much more "squared off" look, especially when viewing the car from behind. my 275/35/20's, especially the michelin run flats have a more "rounded" and less aggressive look to them
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