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Old Dec 9, 2002 | 11:54 AM
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Pics of New Rims for CLK55

My new HRE 19x8.5 front and 19x10 rears I love them and thanks to Peter at the wheel experts. Everything fit perfect no spacers.


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Old Dec 9, 2002 | 01:17 PM
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Old Dec 9, 2002 | 03:36 PM
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Beautiful car with awesome HREs. I was thinking about going with HREs too. What offsets do you have? Was a 19x9 for the front too wide, also what size tires are you running? I was hoping to go with SO3s at 275/30 in the rear. Could you take a picture from the rear.

CLK55 and convertible... nice!

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Old Dec 9, 2002 | 04:04 PM
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Beautiful car with awesome HREs. I was thinking about going with HREs too. What offsets do you have? Was a 19x9 for the front too wide, also what size tires are you running? I was hoping to go with SO3s at 275/30 in the rear. Could you take a picture from the rear.

CLK55 and convertible... nice!

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I would highly recommend HRE's. As far as the size I went with 265/30 in the rear. Check with peter at wheel experts he set it up all the offsets and so I can add brembos in the future.

John
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Old Dec 9, 2002 | 06:54 PM
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Looking good!
I had 18" Chrome 547's on my vette. Pricey suckers!
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Old Dec 10, 2002 | 01:06 AM
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HRE wheels are very beautiful but chrome is just isn't me
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Old Dec 10, 2002 | 02:31 AM
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I would highly recommend HRE's. As far as the size I went with 265/30 in the rear. Check with peter at wheel experts he set it up all the offsets and so I can add brembos in the future.

John
Peter,
Any advice on HRE fitment on a CLK 55? Offsets? Max tire size for SO3s (assuming fender rolling). 275/30s look tight for the rear.

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Old Dec 10, 2002 | 11:29 AM
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HRE wheels are very beautiful but chrome is just isn't me
If you can believe thats not chrome its all hand polished forged alloy. Thats what cranks up the price.
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Old Dec 10, 2002 | 11:41 AM
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John, the car looks beautiful!!!! Thanks for posting it!

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Any advice on HRE fitment on a CLK 55? Offsets? Max tire size for SO3s (assuming fender rolling). 275/30s look tight for the rear.

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I can set it up for you , no problem. I will use a 19x10 and just bump the offset up a few mm if you want to use 275s.

If you need more info, please feel free to contact me.
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Old Dec 10, 2002 | 11:42 AM
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Just FYI guys, John is using 235/35/19 F and 265/30/19 R dunlop sp9000s.
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How come the CLK55 doesnt have AMG brakes?
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Old Dec 10, 2002 | 12:44 PM
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How come the CLK55 doesnt have AMG brakes?
They do but the Brembo is a much better braking system
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Old Dec 10, 2002 | 03:30 PM
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The CLK55 has the old version of the AMG brakes, as does the old E55. The first car to get the new style ones was the C32 (which is a Brembo caliper if i'm not mistaken).
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Looks very nice stormy! Reminds me of me when i first got mine! I was so and still am! Another excellent work by the Boss man himself!!
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Looks very nice stormy! Reminds me of me when i first got mine! I was so and still am! Another excellent work by the Boss man himself!!
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Originally posted by lee2375
John, the car looks beautiful!!!! Thanks for posting it!




I can set it up for you , no problem. I will use a 19x10 and just bump the offset up a few mm if you want to use 275s.

If you need more info, please feel free to contact me.
Peter,
What offsets would you recommend for a HRE 540R (19x8.5, 19x10) with SO3s (245/30, 275/35)? The fenders will be rolled but the width of the setup seems to be limited by the corner where the rear quarterpanel meets the bumper. It's at a higher elevation so the benefit of rolling the fender is somewhat limited compared to some other cars like an E39. I'll contact you offline on the price. Thanks for your help and great info.

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Peter,
What offsets would you recommend for a HRE 540R (19x8.5, 19x10) with SO3s (245/30, 275/35)?

DC
How come your going with 245/30F and 275/35R? Most typical setup for this is 245/35F and 275/30R. Just wondering. What car is it?
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How come your going with 245/30F and 275/35R? Most typical setup for this is 245/35F and 275/30R. Just wondering. What car is it?
OOOOooops good catch, s/b 245/35F and 275/30R. It's for a W208 CLK55.

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Old Dec 11, 2002 | 10:33 AM
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Re: Pics of New Rims for CLK55

Originally posted by stormy
My new HRE 19x8.5 front and 19x10 rears I love them and thanks to Peter at the wheel experts. Everything fit perfect no spacers.
Those wheels look terrible on your car, they would look much better in mine, send them to me!............................j/k, they look awesome on your car, you did really good!
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OOOOooops good catch, s/b 245/35F and 275/30R. It's for a W208 CLK55.

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Cool man!! Those wheels will look great on that car!
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Originally posted by DC@neowerkes
Peter,
What offsets would you recommend for a HRE 540R (19x8.5, 19x10) with SO3s (245/30, 275/35)? The fenders will be rolled but the width of the setup seems to be limited by the corner where the rear quarterpanel meets the bumper. It's at a higher elevation so the benefit of rolling the fender is somewhat limited compared to some other cars like an E39. I'll contact you offline on the price. Thanks for your help and great info.

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Due to certain individuals and/or shops who have been or are trying to "steal" or "copy" our fitments and technical data, I cannot disclose the exact offsets, pad height, backspacing, rim half widths, etc... we calculated. However, I will GUARANTEE a fit for your vehicle.

There is a lot more to fitting HREs than meets the eye. I hope you understand my position. If you would like for me to elaborate, please contact me in private.

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Oh, one more thing, the area in question is the part where the bumper meets the quarter panel. However, the CLK is wider in the rear than most MBs (not counting the SL of course), so a 275/30/19 R is possible provided that the car is not slammed, but just lowered regularly (by this I mean no more than 1.5 - 2")

The offsets we use on HREs are different than those used by any other mfg. For special applications, the numbers are "tweaked" depending on the situation. We use different numbers than HRE themselves do.
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Old Dec 11, 2002 | 12:05 PM
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Thanks everyone for the comments. I was telling Peter from the Wheel Exchange, "I get people that are not into rims (like my wife) say the really like them". But unfortunately my wife continually reminds me how much they cost. She now wants new Diamond earings because I got my rims. Man this is getting expensive
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Thanks everyone for the comments. I was telling Peter from the Wheel Exchange,
Peter from Wheel Exchange??? Huh? Think you meant Peter from Wheel Expert?!
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