95viper

I bought these rims for my 07 CLS550 from a guy who thought they were OEM but they are reproductions. They are in perfect condition like new and have almost new tires on them so they have good value but I am stuck on getting OEM ones. I will post a pic when I can figure out how. I can quickly email anyone directly.

He is refunding my purchase but I told him I would post here and ship them to someone from here instead of shipping to him and then he has to sell and ship them again.

I told him that I thought $1500 was a fair price considering the tires are Pilot A/S. You would have to deal directly with him though so if interested I will give you his number.

Front Wheels:

• Size: 19x8.5
• Offset: 30
• Bolt pattern: 5x112
• Hubsize: 66.56
• Finish: Anthracite Machined
• Hollander#: 85084
• Manufacturer Part#: 2304015602

Rear Wheels:

• Size: 19x9.5
• Offset: 31
• Bolt pattern: 5x112
• Hubsize: 66.56
• Hollander#: 85085
• Manufacturer Part#: 2304015702

Front Tires
255/35-19

Rear Tires:

• Size: 285/30-19

Fitment:

• 2003-2012 Mercedes SL Class SL500 SL550 SL600 SL55 SL63 SL65
• 2006-2011 Mercedes CLS Class CLS500 CLS550 CLS600 CLS55 CLS63

95viper

P.S. These are the twin spoke. I am sure that you could google the part numbers above for a pic but these are perfect.

M1RAG3

GLWS....unless you find someone selling their OEMs, you are going to pay an arm and a leg for true OEM AMG wheels.

95viper

Yes, would never buy OEM new. I have seen many pop up for sale so am on a mission now. Fortunately I have a perfect set of 18" rims on there now so I can be patient.

Lakehouse

Yeah, good luck with sale and your hunt. Ill keep my eyes open too!

djrabbi

Do you have pictures?!?!

95viper

Sending but there is now drama involved. Having a hard time getting a confirmation on payment refund. Fortunately I have ebay buyer protection. I will send to you.

djrabbi

PM me link to eBay

95viper

After talking to djrabbi these are not for sale. Measured the offsets today and they are not as OEM above. These are 35mm all around. Not good for our CLS's.

The seller is also now being difficult. Still not sure if he knew this ahead of time or not.

yanzhou

Where there is genuine OEM Mercedes wheel hub sales, exports
I am looking for

95viper

Well this story sure has turned interesting. I bought the wheels on ebay using Paypal credit card. Seller seemed like your best friend sending emails and text messages. Nice guy? Nope.

I pay for the wheels on 4/27. Ebay ad is still out there and has in bold letters that they are real OEM, Not fake. He has pictures of them front and rear. He even has pictures of the non-OEM numbers. I didn't know how to tell fake from real until a few days ago so what a mistake that was.

I get them in a couple of days and they appear perfect. No scratches, not a mark. Look like takeoffs as he said in ad. I send him a text that I am waiting on my car to arrive from Michigan and he says to send a pic. I opened one and put them in the corner of garage the first week in May.

Last weekend, I get them out to polish them since my CLS is here. I turn them around to do the barrels and I see no merc identifications. After talking with people here I find that they are fake. I send him a text and he says that he bought them on Ebay and he was unaware that they were fake. He says that he will work with me to fix it.

I am feeling bad for him and do more research hoping to help him sell them. I even posted ads here. I find out that Ebay has Buyer Protection which I know nothing about and I am 43 days since I paid. I file a claim and send him a text explaining that there is a 45 day limit.

Now it turns bad. He replies to Ebay saying that I should have returned them at my expense within 2 weeks. Because I waited a month after receiving them he feels that I should own them. We return messages back and forth and he keeps claiming that they are OEM even though his pictures on the Ebay ad are still there and they clearly show that they are fake.

I have to formally dispute it to Ebay tomorrow after we waited the 3 days to settle it. Then they have 48 hours to decide. When I get my money back I hope that they don't think that I am paying to ship these back.

I am reading online that I also have the option of a credit card dispute because I paid Ebay/Paypal/Credit card. I guess I will wait for the Ebay response first.

djrabbi

status?

95viper

ebay had 48hrs to make a decision in their Dispute Center. That was Sunday. All I have is a message that they need more time and will send email shortly. I hope they are sending the pics of the original ad to a mercedes dealer since they will show that they are fake. I am not worried about getting a refund because this is clear. I wonder if they are going to try to force me to pay return shipping.

djrabbi

Pretty sure they will make you pay for return shipping. Just make the seller pay for the shipping as a COD. I did that once to a guy who sold me "authentic" AMG wheels and he was pissed once he realized he had to refund me after he had to pay for shipping back.

CLSED550

Fly there punch him in the face , throw the rims on his hood ...
I would be furious...
Guys lesson learned, even with PayPal they want you to pay for shipping back.. Totally insane... Totally mislead you and they want you to pay for shipping... B.S.
Been in something similar before... Almost flew to Florida !!! Seller changed his mind and credited me enough to make me satisfied. PayPal is funny sometimes..
DjRabbi good idea, PayPal only wants a tracking number... Smart move.

95viper

Well this story never ends. I send the wheels back for $200 signature required US Post Office. I inform ebay of the shipping tags and they refund my money. I confirm that it hits my paypal account and credits my credit card. So I think that this is over and all that I am out is $200.

Well, no. Surprise today that Post Office knocks on my door and the tires are in the truck. They have yellow labels Returned. The Seller obviously is going to try to claim that he was gone or something and never knew that the post office was trying to deliver these to him for 14 days. The Post Office was cool because they said that I didn't pay for 2 way shipping and they could have made me pay $200 to get them back which I wouldn't have done.

So I now have these back, I have my money back, and I think ebay is the only one out 3k at this time. How long do you think I need to hold onto these? I guess I should contact ebay? Trust me, I am not shipping them again.

CLSED550

So your credit card issued you a full refund? And they will battle it out with paypal and ebay?
Save your shipping paper work. To show that you tried shipping them back..
What the the state and town of this flake ?

95viper

Actually eBay initiated the refund. I used eBay with PayPal linked to credit card. Here is a tip to anyone. If you have an expensive eBay purchase ensure that you link PayPal to your credit card. I didn't need to use it but I always could have filed a credit dispute.

I was in contact with eBay via the dispute and warned them that he did not accept the first delivery attempt. They said that they would deal with him and refunded my money. I watched it hit my credit card a few days later. Now two weeks later the wheels are back.

I assume eBay will go after him and he will claim that he was on vacation or something. Too bad. If he wants them now he is paying. He is in biloxi ms.

djrabbi

I will take the tires off your hands!

95viper

I will be selling them once the right amount of time has passed. Maybe 6 months? Teh last thing that I need is someone holding me accountable if he comes after them in a couple of months.

djrabbi

They should be free actually haha jk. What brand tires?

95viper

I "think" they are Pilot A/S. Here is what I just sent to Ebay...

Just a fyi that the wheels showed up at my house a few days ago. The Seller obviously avoided the delivery in an attempt to not pay. I received my refund so I assume this is between the Seller and Ebay or the Seller and Paypal?

I was able to convince the US Post Office not to charge me an additional $200 since my payment only covered one way shipping. How long do I need to keep them before I donate them to Goodwill? They have a process where they Ebay items and use the funds for good things like helping people which would be rather ironic considering this situation.

djrabbi

If they are Pilot A/S I will take them asap. I think eBay doesn't give a **** honestly. They would have been calling you 10000 times a day. I say give it a month

Sir-Boost-a-Lot

iTrader: (1)

I agree w Djrabbi Craig, I'd store them for him free of charge for one month, and cooperate with shipping or a rendezvous with a buyer he secures within that time. Send him a message somehow now of that timeframe, then after it expires, hook someone up on this forum with a killer deal.

95viper

Fortunately I am done with communicating to the Seller. I will only talk to my Ebay claim administrator now. Odd that she hasn't responded to the email that I pasted above but she will.

I manually measured the et with tires on and got very close to et35 on front and back. That would require 10mm spacers to run good on a w219 cls and maybe only a 10mm spacer on the front to run on a w218. SL too I guess. These are high quality replicas but probably not worth much. The tires are good but not near new. I need one of those cool little tools to measure the depth.