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I checked the thread that’s stickied but didn’t see these. I have a 1990 300E and I found these wheels in a junkyard for $50/each. They’re 17”. Will they fit my car? I’m hoping someone will recognize this style and know. I don’t remember what car they came off of, it was pretty dinged up and had half of it’s body removed.

AMG wheels in a junkyard

ohollenbeck

Look on the back side of the wheels for a group of numbers that look like this;

7 1/2J x 17H2 ET 37

Never trust the statement that wheels came off a "???". Owners mount the wrong wheels (or compatible ones), on cars all the time.
Just because the wheels were on a car, that doesn't mean they fit them all that well.

Sizes, just sizes and nothing else will keep you out of trouble from wheels/tire that don't fit well and rub.

7 1/2J means the width of the rim, 17H2 is rim diameter of course, and ET37 means that the vertical mounting surface is "Offset" from the center line of the wheel by 37mm.

Offset is very important, and cannot be ignored. S class cars have ET's in the upper 40's; SL's could be in the teens, with 124's in the middle.

S class wheels could easily rub on the inner fender of a 124, SL wheels could easily run on the out fender, but SLK's, CLK's, and many C class and some E class models can share wheels.

This is basic wheel fitment 101, the combination of width, diameter and ET (and the proper tire sizes), will allow a wheel to fit on some models, and not others.

W124's were designed with wheel wells and suspensions for 6J x 15H2 ET44 wheels, and other sizes as well.
The point is that the wheels wells on W124's are not designed for very oversized wheel - tire combinations that everyone seems to want, there are limits you will hit rather quickly.

Generally, for "most" W124's a 17" wheel should be near this size - 7 1/2J 17H2 ET37, with minor exceptions
rear wheels can go a little wider (8 or maybe 8.5), but the ET's need to be in the mid 30's to mid 40's range.

Overall tire diameter needs to come in at 25", so a tire to fit a 7.5x17 et37 wheel should be a 225/45 17 , which is 25" overall diameter as well

Anyway, this conversation could be much longer, just look at the back of the wheels and look for the numbers as shown above.

Also look for part numbers, almost all Mercedes wheel part numbers begin with the model number they were designed for

Just a guess, but these look like early SLK wheels, and if they are, they will fit with the correct tire sizes.

Look at all 4 wheels, they came staggered from the factory, having 8.5" rear rims, with ET 34, still a good fit for a 124.

These are nice wheels painted up, a bargain at $50 ea.... Good Luck

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