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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 07:37 PM
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wheels questions

I've been searching but no luck here

What is stock wheels offsets and sizes? I have amg pack and they are 18's
for aftermarket wheels, between what sizes are you guys runnung without fender roll or crazy camber?

I appriciate any inputs!
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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 07:49 PM
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The most common wheel size is 19x8.5 front and 19x9.5 rear. The tires are 235/35/19 front and 265/30/19 rear. I am running these now with 10mm spacers all around and have no issues with the fenders. I do rub a bit against the front plastic fender liner on tight turns. That's probably because of the combo of the 10mm spacer, 235 tire, and being lowered on PSS9's.
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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 08:15 PM
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thanks for the input so what is the offset on your wheels?
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ET25 now with the 10mm spacers. ET35 before.
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would they not have fit with the ET35 offset and NO spacers?
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They would have (and did) but my BBK wouldn't

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So it's really depends on the wheel with 35 that can clear bbk in front or not..
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It depends on your whole setup. Brakes, height of the car, offset of the wheels, size of tires...
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So it's really depends on the wheel with 35 that can clear bbk in front or not..
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Originally Posted by S1KW209
So it's really depends on the wheel with 35 that can clear bbk in front or not..
To clear the bbk, you need to look at the size of the rim and the offset of the rim. For example on the AMG 6 pistons, your rim need to be at least 18" not the 17" stock. As for the offset of the rim, I would think you need at least 30 offset to be safe. It all depending on the rim "spokes" design i guess because, mine 19x8.5 rim with 35 offset wouldn't clear my stock front caliper.

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Thanks for repeating what was already posted, what would we do without you.
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thanks guys it helped me out alot
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so, would I be rubbing with 19x8.5 +25 and 19x9.5 +25 ?
anyone have 10.5 in the rear? 9.5 is still too narrow for my taste..
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Thanks for repeating what was already posted, what would we do without you.
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so, would I be rubbing with 19x8.5 +25 and 19x9.5 +25 ?
anyone have 10.5 in the rear? 9.5 is still too narrow for my taste..
You shouldn't. Will you be lowering the car?
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Originally Posted by dynomite05
It depends on your whole setup. Brakes, height of the car, offset of the wheels, size of tires...

Just to piggy back on what Wes said, if you run KW V2's instead of the PSS9s, the wheels will most likely hit the coilovers without spacers no matter how low the car is.
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Just to piggy back on what Wes said, if you run KW V2's instead of the PSS9s, the wheels will most likely hit the coilovers without spacers no matter how low the car is.
Ditto for the PSS9's...They were almost touching my HD's also.
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You shouldn't. Will you be lowering the car?
Yes it will be lowered at some point. Not too much though
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Originally Posted by S1KW209
Yes it will be lowered at some point. Not too much though
It kinda depends on how you will be lowering the car. Were you planning on coilover setup or lowering springs?
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Originally Posted by saltydizzle
It kinda depends on how you will be lowering the car. Were you planning on coilover setup or lowering springs?
I have not decided yet... What would be good amount for lowering if I want to avoid any rubbing and camber issue?
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someone correct me if i am wrong, but i would go with H&R springs. you will still get some negative camber tho no matter how you lower the car.
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Any type of lowering would affect the camber. You could install a camber kit to help out but might have a problem with squeaking. Salty and I both had that problem. I ended up taking the kit off and haven't put it back on. The camber really isn't that bad. I ran the H&R's with the setup you want to run and had no rubbing.

Eibach springs lower 1.2" all around and give you an even drop

H&R springs lower 1.4" front and 1.3" rear. It will look lower in the rear than the front.
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Originally Posted by dynomite05
Any type of lowering would affect the camber. You could install a camber kit to help out but might have a problem with squeaking. Salty and I both had that problem. I ended up taking the kit off and haven't put it back on. The camber really isn't that bad. I ran the H&R's with the setup you want to run and had no rubbing.

Eibach springs lower 1.2" all around and give you an even drop

H&R springs lower 1.4" front and 1.3" rear. It will look lower in the rear than the front.
thanks you guys are making my life easier
I am thinking 19x8.5 +25 225/35/19 and 19x10 +25 255/30/19 ...
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Or maybe that's too much stretch for rear.
I had 245/35/19 on 9.5 width with no problem so... Lol
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If you could fit a 265 with the 19x10 in the rear that would be better.
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