TheoCLK

Hi Everyone,
Do you think 22' Rims will fit on a W208 CLK 320, I know the larger they are the more they compromise the ride quality but will they fit if it's lowered?

There's another thread where someone fitted on a W209 CLK a set of 20" on the front and 22" on the rear, the link is: https://mbworld.org/forums/clk-class...05-clk320.html and the image provided is https://mbworld.org/forums/attachmen...k320-benny.jpg

It looks good on the rear but the front although not yet lowered doesn't seem to suit. It got me thinking is there a reason for it other than ride quality.

HWYSTAR

Well i am no expert but the first thing that comes to mind is that the ride quality is going to be very harsh. Secondly since there is a difference in body styles between the W208 and the W209 then i would have to say no,they probably wont fit and if they did you wouldn't like the ride. I would suggest to stick with 19's or 18's. Just sayin, but its your ride so roll it how you wanna.

Williams707

It's all about keeping the diameter the same. In order for that to happen you would have to find a low profile tire of about 20R22.
I've read there are other issues that you'll encounter going outside of OE diameter specs. You can probably run 30s but your offsets are going to have to be perfect if you plan on dropping it. Anything over 20"s and the car starts to look like a 4x4 or the car being Donked.

gun4hire

Impossible with a drop. going from 20's to 30's would mean a 5" radius increase. These cars don't have that on stock suspension, let alone lowered. To run 30's one would have to lift the car (dumb, IMO - lol!).

Unless the roads are perfect where you are, I would stay away from 20's let alone 22's - one pothole and you face a very expensive wheel repair/replacement.

Williams707

Depends on how far the member plans to drop it. If the member wants to ride high I think running 22" rims on 30 series tires might fit with proper wheel alignment caster and proper wheel offsets. It won't look pretty though. If the member wants to drop it all around then 20 series 22" tires would be required. Problem is, I doubt that there are any 20 series tires out there that meets the size that he will need.

I'm going off of how my car looked on stock height when I put my 20" rims on 5 years ago. At the time I calculated up to 21" rims but determined that the car would sit to high for my taste buds.

Seeing that you selectively only commented on part of my post, it first reads this:

It's all about keeping the diameter the same. In order for that to happen you would have to find a low profile tire of about 20R22. I've read there are other issues that you'll encounter going outside of OE diameter specs.

If you go with a set of cheap rims and cheap tires then yes, the likelihood of destroying your rims on rough roads significantly increases.

Member should use a tire calculator, you can use my tire sizes as a reference when making your calculations.

F: 235/30R20 et 35 8.5j
R: 255/30R20 et 32 10j

http://www.powerdog.com/tiresize.cgi

HWYSTAR

Mr Williams I couldn't agree more. These cars are not donk material, however I do have a question. From what I have read the original tire size diameters are 25.00, plus one and plus two sizes can go as high as 25.5 to 25.7 depending on the manufacturer. My question is this, how much rubber can we actually fit in the wheel wells without modification. As I am from the "more meat the better" club aka the widest tires I can fit=more grip(in most cases) I am most likely going up to 18 or 19 inchers very soon.

Williams707

Not sure how much rubber can fit, can only share what I've done.

I believe I've heard someone run 275s on the rear and I think I've heard someone run 245s in the front but not sure what their data/specs are.

As for me with my rim size/offset the only 235s that would run on my fronts are the Nitto Invo's which I highly recommend which replaced my Pirelli Pzero Neros. After switching to Nitto Invo's I wish I never knew about Pirelli Pzeros. As for the rears I can probably, and that's a stretch, fit 265s.

HWYSTAR

Thats good info, my recent research has found a 275/35-18 for the rear(25.5 OD) and a 255/40-18 for the front(25.0 OD) with Privat wheels-Akzent mesh style in a 18X8.5/32mm offset front and 18X9.5/30mm offset rear. I may need to use spacers on the rear to even them out but not too sure. I want them to sit perfectly and not stick out or tuck in. And the mesh center I will have painted to match the color of the car in Glacier White.

dlbehrns

I have 18x8x32 on the front and they are perfect. What is the center bore of the wheels you are getting? I have 2 -7mm spaces I would like to sell.

Williams707

Would love to see pictures of that 255 up front. With my OD, this is all the space I have left before hitting the inner upper control arm bold.

platinumsc

Forget about whether it can be made to fit, it won't look right regardless. A 22 is too big for any year CLK. Period!

I can fathom a 21 with extensive body and fender mods but not a 22.

dlbehrns

make it a FWD and it will look great w/22s.

Sway-bar

I have on the back 275/30/19, wheel 10x19 and -50mm lowered. No problems.

gun4hire

My bad...when you were referring to running 30's, I thought you meant 30" wheels. (We say 20's or 22's for 20" and 22" respectively).

30's would look like this (and sadly yes, someone IS trying it):

Williams707

It's all good boss. That pic was painful to look at. What is that guy thinking

elijah

I hope to never see a CLK with 22" rims.

dlbehrns

OMG! I just threw up in my mouth..........

Josh K

Might want to add a cover and some horsepower to complete the look you appear to be going for.

bobbyjo9

No disrespect to the OP but Josh.... that is just classic!!

TheoCLK

Thanks to everyone for contributing an answer which related to the question that was posted.
So bottom line regardless of personal taste the 22" rim with 30 series profile tyre/tire is too large if it's to be lowered.