Oryan Baker

I just came across a deal I couldn't refuse, but now I'm in a headache.

Background:
I own a 94 Mercedes E320 Sedan, & I love my Lilith as I've named her. I purchased the car just over a year ago, she's been great & extremely reliable to me. I've addressed all but two pending issues: 1) AC Compressor is leaking freon at an alarming rate & 2) Front & rear springs as factory original & sagging. I'm a mechanic, so these issues & all my previous are no problem tovfix, just haven't gotten to them yet.

The Deal:
I had a customer come in for aftermarket wheels & tires on his 2005 Benz S430, his wheels he had on it were just going to collect dust in a storage shed so he sold them to me. I paid a whopping $200 for AMG 5 Spoke 18" Chrome wheels. I replaced the tires on the wheels with brand new 225/45R18 on the two 18x8.5 fronts & 235/45R18 on the two 18x9 rears.

Problem:
The rears fit flawlessly, no rubbing, not one single issue. The fronts however an an absolute nightmare...Clearly I didn't think through the fact that I'm now attempting to run 18x8.5 wheels on an area designed for 15x6.5...I'm pressing against my strut.

Gurus:
Can you help me out, what spacers am I going to need? Where can I get them? Obviously I'll need to roll my fenders, that's no problem, I plan on it anyways. I though I'd be able to maybe tweak my camber, I do aligbments daily, but I'm pretty well screwed because of the sagging springs right now.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated guys, & thank you in advance

Oryan Baker

thcdi

The tyres should be a 40 profile,225 width.
To be honest i cant see you getting the fronts to fit even with amg spacers for the fenders.
Im guessing the offset is high forties and with the 15 mm spacer required to clear the shock it is going to bring the outer edge way to far out past the lip of the wheel arch.

thcdi

Oh yeah dont forget you need special lugs as i am pretty sure they would be for 14 mm studs.

It would be alot cheaper to sell them and buy some 17x7.5 rims with about a 35 to 40 offset

Oryan Baker

I've got them fitting perfectly on 45's now, without even installing fender spacers yet. Took a 5mm spacer for the fronts, & no spacer on the rears. New coil springs will be in tomorrow to fix the sagging suspension, & spacers meant to fit instead of universal's. Definitely going to have to install AMG fender spacers & still possibly going to roll fenders for extra security. Definitely fills out the fender wells better, looks good.

K-Mac

The W124 has Front Camber and Caster adjustment OEM . We manufacture these 4 bushes with twice the adjustment range and the bonus of replacing these 4 highest wearing front suspension bushes at the same time. While the rear kit (No Camber adjustment available OEM) provides precise adjustment and also this K-MAC kit includes extra Toe adjustment to compensate for the new Camber facility.

W124
Front Camber and Caster bush kit #501716J $380
Rear Camber (and extra Toe) #502026H $320

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