Someone please tell me proper tires size for 18.8.5 & 9.5
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CLK430, CLK320 Cabriolet, ML350
Someone please tell me proper tires size for 18.8.5 & 9.5
I did a search but got too many mixed and off-point results. Could someone please tell me the popular tire size for staggered 18" wheels, 8.5" wide in front and 9.5" wide rears. This if for a CLK430. Thanks!!!!!!
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Rear: My AMG catalog doesn’t show an 18x9.5 rear for a W208 chassis. It does show an 18x9 (with a 35 offset) and an 18x10 (with a 25 offset). In both of those cases, the tire was a 255/35. My Brabus catalog shows a 255/35 was used with an 18x9.5 (with a 35 offset). Carlsson doesn’t list an 18x9.5, but they do show an 18x10 (with a 30 offset), and a 255/35 was used.
Front: My AMG catalog shows a 225/40 was used with an 18x8.5 front (with a 25 offset). Brabus shows the same tire but the wheel offset was 30, and Carlsson used the same tire with a 35 offset.
Odd how the offsets are all over the place, but the catalogs are in agreement on the tire sizes. However, tire brands will matter. In double checking the Continental Tire catalog, the rolling circumferences of those tire sizes for a ContiSport Contact 2 would be a match. Ditto for Michelin PS2's. They wouldn't match on a Dunlop Direzza.
Front: My AMG catalog shows a 225/40 was used with an 18x8.5 front (with a 25 offset). Brabus shows the same tire but the wheel offset was 30, and Carlsson used the same tire with a 35 offset.
Odd how the offsets are all over the place, but the catalogs are in agreement on the tire sizes. However, tire brands will matter. In double checking the Continental Tire catalog, the rolling circumferences of those tire sizes for a ContiSport Contact 2 would be a match. Ditto for Michelin PS2's. They wouldn't match on a Dunlop Direzza.
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1999 clk 320
I have 18x8.5 fr/18x9.5rear
255.35.18fr./ 275.35.18 rear
photos(and explaination) in my post "What You Need To Know When You Buy a Used CLK"
Check it out. I have tried different sizes over the years and this is it.
This info is from EXPERIENCE. NOT a catalog.
BTY: offsets on my wheels are 33f/35r. But these vary depending on the Rim itself and how(and wether) it was made to fit this particular vehicle.
If your goal is to fill the wheelwells, it's 255, and 275.
255.35.18fr./ 275.35.18 rear
photos(and explaination) in my post "What You Need To Know When You Buy a Used CLK"
Check it out. I have tried different sizes over the years and this is it.
This info is from EXPERIENCE. NOT a catalog.
BTY: offsets on my wheels are 33f/35r. But these vary depending on the Rim itself and how(and wether) it was made to fit this particular vehicle.
If your goal is to fill the wheelwells, it's 255, and 275.
Last edited by SaintMiles; May 26, 2008 at 10:55 AM.
