***Official Wheel/tire/stance Fitment Thread***
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okay, wheels are finally on the car! If you want to skip my pissy/whiny tale of woe, the short story is I highly recommend Vassili at PowerWheels Pro for excellent followup and standing behind the product.
The details? Well, first off the wheels were out of stock, but PWP emailed 2 weeks later to tell me they found one set through their "network of suppliers." Great news! I had planned to buy tires from TireRack as I have many times, but got a quote to get the tires from PWP and have them shipped mounted and balanced. This added to the shipping enough to pretty much negate any price savings, but I figured it would save me aggravation once they arrived. I don't think PWP would mind me revealing that they gave me the chrome bolts N/C since I'm a MBWorld member, and I got him to include a second set of bolts to fit my E350. They took 16 days to get to me (counting two weekends) and I took them to my MB dealer to put on and get an alignment. Every once in a while, the dealership turns out to be a great deal, and this seemed like one of those times. An alignment is $120, and the SA gives me a $40 off coupon; I say I'll wait for the car, he comps my lunch in their cafe. Smooth sailing till he comes into the cafe and asks if I can come look at something in the shop. I was somewhat prepared for him to give me a little grief about having non-staggered rims, and he said, "well, that's one of the issues." Once in the shop he shows me one of the tires is mounted inside/out. Remounting? $45. Whatever, just do it, I say. Next issue? Wrong bolts. PWP sent one set with the wheels, and they sent the 14mm set that fits the E350. Dealer tells me that there is no OEM bolt that will hold these wheels on my car. Shop foreman shows me one that he fears is too short, and he's not comfortable using (it looks like a galvanized roofing nail next to my beautiful wheels too.) Worse, he goes on to tell me that the wheels are not hubcentric, that they're in fact boltcentric, and gets me worrying that if I ever get them on the car they're gonna wobble at 45mph. I call PWP and speak to Deborah, who had been my usual email contact person throughout the sale process, and she says she's gonna have Vassili call me right back. Amazingly, I hear from him within 20 minutes, and he assures me that he will make good, and that I should have the correct bolts on Monday (this was last Friday). He suggested I ask the dealer to hold my wheels there but they were already back in my folded-down back seat at that point. The dealer just left my ticket open and told me to come back when I got the bolts. I did enjoy the free lunch, BTW.
Monday and Tuesday come and go with no bolts, and on Wednesday I wake up to an email from PWP telling me that postal service returned the bolts to sender, as they were deemed a suspicious package due to the weight, and could only be sent from a post office, not dropped in a mailbox. (You'd think a wheel company might have run into this before) I'd been trying to maintain my zen-like composure over 5 days of driving a two-seater with tires bouncing around the back, and Vassili steps up again and FedExes the bolts for Thursday morning delivery. Not that I wanted to wait another day, but giving the dealer that day's notice got me a free loaner put aside. FedEx arrives at 10:27 (guaranteed by 10:30!) and off I go. I take a 2012 GLK in the hopes I can swing back mid-job and pick up my old wheels, rather than have to put them back in my backseat. I drive about 50 miles away, do some business, and head back, arriving just as the old wheels are coming off. "Can you can come look at something in the shop?" I'm asked again....They tell me the rear bolts are a tad too long, just touching the emergency brake. Lucky for me, a tech says he can shorten them a thread or two (these guys usually hate thinking outside the box at all). Oh, and my front right lower control arm is shot, and they can fix that for $477. No hurry for an answer, just keep the loaner and let us know tomorrow. It was about 2 o'clock. I did some Googling and called my indie and determined that it was pretty likely there was more than $100 to be saved on that repair, so I told them to skip the control arm (and the alignment of course) and ready the car for pickup. The invoice included just the $45 remounting and one big lump sum of labor for the double effort of swapping the wheels (well, effort and a half, I guess). I ask Vassili to reimburse me the remount and half the labor (which must've also covered the bolt shortening) and he agreed and put the refund through within minutes. I brought the car to my indie today and got the control arm done for $300 (I bought my own lunch this time). I'm not sure if I'll ever order mounted tires again, but I would most definitely buy wheels again from PowerWheels Pro.
The details? Well, first off the wheels were out of stock, but PWP emailed 2 weeks later to tell me they found one set through their "network of suppliers." Great news! I had planned to buy tires from TireRack as I have many times, but got a quote to get the tires from PWP and have them shipped mounted and balanced. This added to the shipping enough to pretty much negate any price savings, but I figured it would save me aggravation once they arrived. I don't think PWP would mind me revealing that they gave me the chrome bolts N/C since I'm a MBWorld member, and I got him to include a second set of bolts to fit my E350. They took 16 days to get to me (counting two weekends) and I took them to my MB dealer to put on and get an alignment. Every once in a while, the dealership turns out to be a great deal, and this seemed like one of those times. An alignment is $120, and the SA gives me a $40 off coupon; I say I'll wait for the car, he comps my lunch in their cafe. Smooth sailing till he comes into the cafe and asks if I can come look at something in the shop. I was somewhat prepared for him to give me a little grief about having non-staggered rims, and he said, "well, that's one of the issues." Once in the shop he shows me one of the tires is mounted inside/out. Remounting? $45. Whatever, just do it, I say. Next issue? Wrong bolts. PWP sent one set with the wheels, and they sent the 14mm set that fits the E350. Dealer tells me that there is no OEM bolt that will hold these wheels on my car. Shop foreman shows me one that he fears is too short, and he's not comfortable using (it looks like a galvanized roofing nail next to my beautiful wheels too.) Worse, he goes on to tell me that the wheels are not hubcentric, that they're in fact boltcentric, and gets me worrying that if I ever get them on the car they're gonna wobble at 45mph. I call PWP and speak to Deborah, who had been my usual email contact person throughout the sale process, and she says she's gonna have Vassili call me right back. Amazingly, I hear from him within 20 minutes, and he assures me that he will make good, and that I should have the correct bolts on Monday (this was last Friday). He suggested I ask the dealer to hold my wheels there but they were already back in my folded-down back seat at that point. The dealer just left my ticket open and told me to come back when I got the bolts. I did enjoy the free lunch, BTW.
Monday and Tuesday come and go with no bolts, and on Wednesday I wake up to an email from PWP telling me that postal service returned the bolts to sender, as they were deemed a suspicious package due to the weight, and could only be sent from a post office, not dropped in a mailbox. (You'd think a wheel company might have run into this before) I'd been trying to maintain my zen-like composure over 5 days of driving a two-seater with tires bouncing around the back, and Vassili steps up again and FedExes the bolts for Thursday morning delivery. Not that I wanted to wait another day, but giving the dealer that day's notice got me a free loaner put aside. FedEx arrives at 10:27 (guaranteed by 10:30!) and off I go. I take a 2012 GLK in the hopes I can swing back mid-job and pick up my old wheels, rather than have to put them back in my backseat. I drive about 50 miles away, do some business, and head back, arriving just as the old wheels are coming off. "Can you can come look at something in the shop?" I'm asked again....They tell me the rear bolts are a tad too long, just touching the emergency brake. Lucky for me, a tech says he can shorten them a thread or two (these guys usually hate thinking outside the box at all). Oh, and my front right lower control arm is shot, and they can fix that for $477. No hurry for an answer, just keep the loaner and let us know tomorrow. It was about 2 o'clock. I did some Googling and called my indie and determined that it was pretty likely there was more than $100 to be saved on that repair, so I told them to skip the control arm (and the alignment of course) and ready the car for pickup. The invoice included just the $45 remounting and one big lump sum of labor for the double effort of swapping the wheels (well, effort and a half, I guess). I ask Vassili to reimburse me the remount and half the labor (which must've also covered the bolt shortening) and he agreed and put the refund through within minutes. I brought the car to my indie today and got the control arm done for $300 (I bought my own lunch this time). I'm not sure if I'll ever order mounted tires again, but I would most definitely buy wheels again from PowerWheels Pro.
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okay, wheels are finally on the car! If you want to skip my pissy/whiny tale of woe, the short story is I highly recommend Vassili at PowerWheels Pro for excellent followup and standing behind the product.
The details? Well, first off the wheels were out of stock, but PWP emailed 2 weeks later to tell me they found one set through their "network of suppliers." Great news! I had planned to buy tires from TireRack as I have many times, but got a quote to get the tires from PWP and have them shipped mounted and balanced. This added to the shipping enough to pretty much negate any price savings, but I figured it would save me aggravation once they arrived. I don't think PWP would mind me revealing that they gave me the chrome bolts N/C since I'm a MBWorld member, and I got him to include a second set of bolts to fit my E350. They took 16 days to get to me (counting two weekends) and I took them to my MB dealer to put on and get an alignment. Every once in a while, the dealership turns out to be a great deal, and this seemed like one of those times. An alignment is $120, and the SA gives me a $40 off coupon; I say I'll wait for the car, he comps my lunch in their cafe. Smooth sailing till he comes into the cafe and asks if I can come look at something in the shop. I was somewhat prepared for him to give me a little grief about having non-staggered rims, and he said, "well, that's one of the issues." Once in the shop he shows me one of the tires is mounted inside/out. Remounting? $45. Whatever, just do it, I say. Next issue? Wrong bolts. PWP sent one set with the wheels, and they sent the 14mm set that fits the E350. Dealer tells me that there is no OEM bolt that will hold these wheels on my car. Shop foreman shows me one that he fears is too short, and he's not comfortable using (it looks like a galvanized roofing nail next to my beautiful wheels too.) Worse, he goes on to tell me that the wheels are not hubcentric, that they're in fact boltcentric, and gets me worrying that if I ever get them on the car they're gonna wobble at 45mph. I call PWP and speak to Deborah, who had been my usual email contact person throughout the sale process, and she says she's gonna have Vassili call me right back. Amazingly, I hear from him within 20 minutes, and he assures me that he will make good, and that I should have the correct bolts on Monday (this was last Friday). He suggested I ask the dealer to hold my wheels there but they were already back in my folded-down back seat at that point. The dealer just left my ticket open and told me to come back when I got the bolts. I did enjoy the free lunch, BTW.
Monday and Tuesday come and go with no bolts, and on Wednesday I wake up to an email from PWP telling me that postal service returned the bolts to sender, as they were deemed a suspicious package due to the weight, and could only be sent from a post office, not dropped in a mailbox. (You'd think a wheel company might have run into this before) I'd been trying to maintain my zen-like composure over 5 days of driving a two-seater with tires bouncing around the back, and Vassili steps up again and FedExes the bolts for Thursday morning delivery. Not that I wanted to wait another day, but giving the dealer that day's notice got me a free loaner put aside. FedEx arrives at 10:27 (guaranteed by 10:30!) and off I go. I take a 2012 GLK in the hopes I can swing back mid-job and pick up my old wheels, rather than have to put them back in my backseat. I drive about 50 miles away, do some business, and head back, arriving just as the old wheels are coming off. "Can you can come look at something in the shop?" I'm asked again....They tell me the rear bolts are a tad too long, just touching the emergency brake. Lucky for me, a tech says he can shorten them a thread or two (these guys usually hate thinking outside the box at all). Oh, and my front right lower control arm is shot, and they can fix that for $477. No hurry for an answer, just keep the loaner and let us know tomorrow. It was about 2 o'clock. I did some Googling and called my indie and determined that it was pretty likely there was more than $100 to be saved on that repair, so I told them to skip the control arm (and the alignment of course) and ready the car for pickup. The invoice included just the $45 remounting and one big lump sum of labor for the double effort of swapping the wheels (well, effort and a half, I guess). I ask Vassili to reimburse me the remount and half the labor (which must've also covered the bolt shortening) and he agreed and put the refund through within minutes. I brought the car to my indie today and got the control arm done for $300 (I bought my own lunch this time). I'm not sure if I'll ever order mounted tires again, but I would most definitely buy wheels again from PowerWheels Pro.
The details? Well, first off the wheels were out of stock, but PWP emailed 2 weeks later to tell me they found one set through their "network of suppliers." Great news! I had planned to buy tires from TireRack as I have many times, but got a quote to get the tires from PWP and have them shipped mounted and balanced. This added to the shipping enough to pretty much negate any price savings, but I figured it would save me aggravation once they arrived. I don't think PWP would mind me revealing that they gave me the chrome bolts N/C since I'm a MBWorld member, and I got him to include a second set of bolts to fit my E350. They took 16 days to get to me (counting two weekends) and I took them to my MB dealer to put on and get an alignment. Every once in a while, the dealership turns out to be a great deal, and this seemed like one of those times. An alignment is $120, and the SA gives me a $40 off coupon; I say I'll wait for the car, he comps my lunch in their cafe. Smooth sailing till he comes into the cafe and asks if I can come look at something in the shop. I was somewhat prepared for him to give me a little grief about having non-staggered rims, and he said, "well, that's one of the issues." Once in the shop he shows me one of the tires is mounted inside/out. Remounting? $45. Whatever, just do it, I say. Next issue? Wrong bolts. PWP sent one set with the wheels, and they sent the 14mm set that fits the E350. Dealer tells me that there is no OEM bolt that will hold these wheels on my car. Shop foreman shows me one that he fears is too short, and he's not comfortable using (it looks like a galvanized roofing nail next to my beautiful wheels too.) Worse, he goes on to tell me that the wheels are not hubcentric, that they're in fact boltcentric, and gets me worrying that if I ever get them on the car they're gonna wobble at 45mph. I call PWP and speak to Deborah, who had been my usual email contact person throughout the sale process, and she says she's gonna have Vassili call me right back. Amazingly, I hear from him within 20 minutes, and he assures me that he will make good, and that I should have the correct bolts on Monday (this was last Friday). He suggested I ask the dealer to hold my wheels there but they were already back in my folded-down back seat at that point. The dealer just left my ticket open and told me to come back when I got the bolts. I did enjoy the free lunch, BTW.
Monday and Tuesday come and go with no bolts, and on Wednesday I wake up to an email from PWP telling me that postal service returned the bolts to sender, as they were deemed a suspicious package due to the weight, and could only be sent from a post office, not dropped in a mailbox. (You'd think a wheel company might have run into this before) I'd been trying to maintain my zen-like composure over 5 days of driving a two-seater with tires bouncing around the back, and Vassili steps up again and FedExes the bolts for Thursday morning delivery. Not that I wanted to wait another day, but giving the dealer that day's notice got me a free loaner put aside. FedEx arrives at 10:27 (guaranteed by 10:30!) and off I go. I take a 2012 GLK in the hopes I can swing back mid-job and pick up my old wheels, rather than have to put them back in my backseat. I drive about 50 miles away, do some business, and head back, arriving just as the old wheels are coming off. "Can you can come look at something in the shop?" I'm asked again....They tell me the rear bolts are a tad too long, just touching the emergency brake. Lucky for me, a tech says he can shorten them a thread or two (these guys usually hate thinking outside the box at all). Oh, and my front right lower control arm is shot, and they can fix that for $477. No hurry for an answer, just keep the loaner and let us know tomorrow. It was about 2 o'clock. I did some Googling and called my indie and determined that it was pretty likely there was more than $100 to be saved on that repair, so I told them to skip the control arm (and the alignment of course) and ready the car for pickup. The invoice included just the $45 remounting and one big lump sum of labor for the double effort of swapping the wheels (well, effort and a half, I guess). I ask Vassili to reimburse me the remount and half the labor (which must've also covered the bolt shortening) and he agreed and put the refund through within minutes. I brought the car to my indie today and got the control arm done for $300 (I bought my own lunch this time). I'm not sure if I'll ever order mounted tires again, but I would most definitely buy wheels again from PowerWheels Pro.
btw, that's one loooong story bro .. but I'm glad you got what you wanted
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The wheels look reall good pal, unfortunately these epic adventures with wheel manufacturers/retailers are common.
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Believe it or not, after all that my first impression was that the wheels looked a little too "fancy," but they're growing on me fast.
Hey, where is that thread/post where someone had one hot set of wheels on the left of his CLK and another on the right, and he was seeking opinions? I've been checking posts of all the usual suspects and searched terms like "those wheels on the right/left are sick" but I can't find it.....
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Maybe this is the one you were looking for Eddie;
https://mbworld.org/forums/clk-class...ims-maybe.html
Your wheels look great BTW...
https://mbworld.org/forums/clk-class...ims-maybe.html
Your wheels look great BTW...
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that's the one, thanks Mike. I didn't realize it was a year old and didn't scroll back enough. Thanks on the wheels too, like I said, they're growing on me. Maybe if I do the SLR-style headlights too the wheels will look even better........
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Hey folks,
Since moving to my current neighborhood 2 years ago I've already bent 2 of the front 17" rims on my 2005 CLK, due mainly to the city's poor maintenance of the roads, but from what I've been told the fact that MBZ rims are not forged does not help me either. (currently have 225/45 tires on 17x7.5 on the front, 245/40 on 17x8.5 back)
I've learned that this is less likely to happen with 16" rims, and also that 16" rims came standard on the previous model year--unfortunately, I have not in one place been able to find any authoritative source for the exact wheel & tire sizes.
Here's what I believe is the correct specs, but can someone please confirm that they are (or provide pointers to a place where I can find the correct specs):
Front: 205/55 tires on 16x7 wheels
Rear: 225/50 tires on 16x8 wheels
(I *swear* I searched this thread 3 times before asking this question; apologies if it's been answered already, and if it has would really appreciate a direct link please!)
Since moving to my current neighborhood 2 years ago I've already bent 2 of the front 17" rims on my 2005 CLK, due mainly to the city's poor maintenance of the roads, but from what I've been told the fact that MBZ rims are not forged does not help me either. (currently have 225/45 tires on 17x7.5 on the front, 245/40 on 17x8.5 back)
I've learned that this is less likely to happen with 16" rims, and also that 16" rims came standard on the previous model year--unfortunately, I have not in one place been able to find any authoritative source for the exact wheel & tire sizes.
Here's what I believe is the correct specs, but can someone please confirm that they are (or provide pointers to a place where I can find the correct specs):
Front: 205/55 tires on 16x7 wheels
Rear: 225/50 tires on 16x8 wheels
(I *swear* I searched this thread 3 times before asking this question; apologies if it's been answered already, and if it has would really appreciate a direct link please!)
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Hey folks,
Since moving to my current neighborhood 2 years ago I've already bent 2 of the front 17" rims on my 2005 CLK, due mainly to the city's poor maintenance of the roads, but from what I've been told the fact that MBZ rims are not forged does not help me either. (currently have 225/45 tires on 17x7.5 on the front, 245/40 on 17x8.5 back)
I've learned that this is less likely to happen with 16" rims, and also that 16" rims came standard on the previous model year--unfortunately, I have not in one place been able to find any authoritative source for the exact wheel & tire sizes.
Here's what I believe is the correct specs, but can someone please confirm that they are (or provide pointers to a place where I can find the correct specs):
Front: 205/55 tires on 16x7 wheels
Rear: 225/50 tires on 16x8 wheels
(I *swear* I searched this thread 3 times before asking this question; apologies if it's been answered already, and if it has would really appreciate a direct link please!)
Since moving to my current neighborhood 2 years ago I've already bent 2 of the front 17" rims on my 2005 CLK, due mainly to the city's poor maintenance of the roads, but from what I've been told the fact that MBZ rims are not forged does not help me either. (currently have 225/45 tires on 17x7.5 on the front, 245/40 on 17x8.5 back)
I've learned that this is less likely to happen with 16" rims, and also that 16" rims came standard on the previous model year--unfortunately, I have not in one place been able to find any authoritative source for the exact wheel & tire sizes.
Here's what I believe is the correct specs, but can someone please confirm that they are (or provide pointers to a place where I can find the correct specs):
Front: 205/55 tires on 16x7 wheels
Rear: 225/50 tires on 16x8 wheels
(I *swear* I searched this thread 3 times before asking this question; apologies if it's been answered already, and if it has would really appreciate a direct link please!)
Oh, and welcome to the forum
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Unfortunately, they phased out the 16" in '05. And I'm more sure about the tire sizes than wheel sizes (if I have the tire sizes right is there more than one wheel size that each could fit?)
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Don't put 16's on your 2005. I had OEM 2003 16's on mine all winter and anyone who knew anything said they looked like crap, and I was only using them as winter wheels. I think tires and tire pressure have a lot to do with it too; my new 18's have been on less than a week but with Conti touring tires they're handling Boston roads, some of the nastiest in the US.
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Thanks Kevwood, I've admired your mod history for some time, but have somehow avoided temptation and kept mine stock. I drive it year-round, but not often, so I usually avoid the occasional nasty conditions we get here.
I currently have old style 17" AMG rims with snow tires, and this year instead of just switching to summer rubber I'll be mounting 18" Style IV rims that I picked up last fall. They came off a CLS - 7.5"/8.5" with slightly lower offsets - so they should fill out the fenders a bit more. Hopefully won't need new bolts, but we'll see. Going to go with the stock widths 225/40 and 255/35, not sure what brand yet.
I currently have old style 17" AMG rims with snow tires, and this year instead of just switching to summer rubber I'll be mounting 18" Style IV rims that I picked up last fall. They came off a CLS - 7.5"/8.5" with slightly lower offsets - so they should fill out the fenders a bit more. Hopefully won't need new bolts, but we'll see. Going to go with the stock widths 225/40 and 255/35, not sure what brand yet.
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Thanks Kevwood, I've admired your mod history for some time, but have somehow avoided temptation and kept mine stock. I drive it year-round, but not often, so I usually avoid the occasional nasty conditions we get here.
I currently have old style 17" AMG rims with snow tires, and this year instead of just switching to summer rubber I'll be mounting 18" Style IV rims that I picked up last fall. They came off a CLS - 7.5"/8.5" with slightly lower offsets - so they should fill out the fenders a bit more. Hopefully won't need new bolts, but we'll see. Going to go with the stock widths 225/40 and 255/35, not sure what brand yet.
I currently have old style 17" AMG rims with snow tires, and this year instead of just switching to summer rubber I'll be mounting 18" Style IV rims that I picked up last fall. They came off a CLS - 7.5"/8.5" with slightly lower offsets - so they should fill out the fenders a bit more. Hopefully won't need new bolts, but we'll see. Going to go with the stock widths 225/40 and 255/35, not sure what brand yet.
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Eddie, I just noticed something bro... The tire shop installed your wheels backwards. SLR wheels are directional, they are made to actually draw air away from the brake rotors to aid in cooling, the spokes/fins should extend from the hub backwards to the outer barrel, not forward.
In other words, the wheels on the passenger side should be on the drivers side.
In other words, the wheels on the passenger side should be on the drivers side.
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Eddie, I just noticed something bro... The tire shop installed your wheels backwards. SLR wheels are directional, they are made to actually draw air away from the brake rotors to aid in cooling, the spokes/fins should extend from the hub backwards to the outer barrel, not forward.
In other words, the wheels on the passenger side should be on the drivers side.
In other words, the wheels on the passenger side should be on the drivers side.
I had them on my SLK for a while
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Eddie, I just noticed something bro... The tire shop installed your wheels backwards. SLR wheels are directional, they are made to actually draw air away from the brake rotors to aid in cooling, the spokes/fins should extend from the hub backwards to the outer barrel, not forward.
In other words, the wheels on the passenger side should be on the drivers side.
In other words, the wheels on the passenger side should be on the drivers side.
I'm not ready for the old age home yet
They are directional wheels.
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From: Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
2006 CLK 350
The 10mm spacers in the rear are definitely needed for 9.5" width with offset of 41mm. Otherwise they will rub from inside. I really appreciate everyone's advice from here.
