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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 08:01 PM
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Wheel Offset for 95 Cabrio

I was wanting to get some better looking wheels for the cabrio, but still wanted the classic 8 hole machined finish to match whats already on my car. My 1995 cabrio has 15 x 6.5, 8 hole machined (polished) wheels with a 44 offset. Mine have a bit of curb damage. I had looked over the sticky on wheel fitment and thought i had it figured out.....WRONGGGGGG

Anyhow i found some beautiful matching 15 x 7 machined take offs and ordered them. They arrived but unfortunately they are an offset 37 so they do not clear the front calipers.

Anyone with suggestions. Are 8 hole machined Mercedes Ronal wheels that hard to find ?

Could i use these wheels with spacers? What are the negative effects of using hubcentric spacers that are 7mm (roughly 1/4") ? Would i need to put them on the back for handling reasons as well?
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Old Feb 7, 2009 | 09:32 AM
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Wouldn't et37 have more caliper room than et44 if everything else was equal?

(Never have used spacers)
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Old Feb 7, 2009 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by cabriolad
I was wanting to get some better looking wheels for the cabrio, but still wanted the classic 8 hole machined finish to match whats already on my car. My 1995 cabrio has 15 x 6.5, 8 hole machined (polished) wheels with a 44 offset. Mine have a bit of curb damage. I had looked over the sticky on wheel fitment and thought i had it figured out.....WRONGGGGGG

Anyhow i found some beautiful matching 15 x 7 machined take offs and ordered them. They arrived but unfortunately they are an offset 37 so they do not clear the front calipers.

Anyone with suggestions. Are 8 hole machined Mercedes Ronal wheels that hard to find ?

Could i use these wheels with spacers? What are the negative effects of using hubcentric spacers that are 7mm (roughly 1/4") ? Would i need to put them on the back for handling reasons as well?
Doesn't sound right...
AMG 124 rims 15 x 7 had both ET25 and ET35 offsets. 16 x 7.5 were with ET31, 37, 42 offset.
I run 18x8 ET35.

All of the above clear the calipers.
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