docpaden

A friend of mine gave me some 20 inch rims with tires on them. They are 275/40/20. I have a 1997 e420 and was curious if these, as they are, can go on this car.

raymond g-

what is needed are the technical specifications for the wheel, e.g make, model, ET/offset measure, lug hole seat design, lug hole diameter

for your car, the information needed is year, model, suspension type, suspension modifications, springs being used, spacer size

docpaden

I am not that car savvy or wheel savvy.

My car is a standard 1997 Mercedes Benz e420 with stock suspension. It currently has 235/55/16 all around.

The wheels are 20x9, standard 5 lug and were bought for a 2011 range rover.

raymond g-

Strigoi

Just because they're 5 lug doesn't mean they'll fit any 5 lug car. You need 5x112. There's no way a 275 would fit the front either.

AndreNY

275/40 will not fit this car you could not even do 35's at least a 30 or even 25 profile, plus 275 is way too wide especially for the front.
If the wheels are from a Range Rover depending on the Offset they can fit a mercedes no problem

docpaden

Thank you! I may be able to use the wheels and not the tires.

raymond g-

no, you won't. again.....none, no, nada....of any Range Rover wheels 5-120mm will fit the Mercedes 5-112 lug spacing, unless you are Neo/Matrix and can bend metal.

Tomsti

Just elongate the holes in the wheels, they'll fit.

kajtek1

Put 5" blocks under the springs and you'll be just fine.
Pickups do it all the time.

kajtek1

AndreNY

don't listen to these people here they have very minimal knowledge about wheels, as i said before depending on the offset of the wheels THEY WILL FIT your car, and you will need to use adapters.
Ranger Rover uses 5x120 bolt pattern which is what BMW uses, Mercedes uses a 5x112 so you will need adapters 5x120 to 5x112 and they will fit, but like i said earlier all depending on the offset of the wheels, and being that Merc's are usually in the ET30-40 range and the smallest adapter they make is 15mm if the wheels are anywhere between ET 48 and over you will be fine

Good Luck


P.S.

Range Rover wheels on a Audi A8 which also has a 5x112 bolt pattern like Mercedes

Strigoi

Personally, I'm not a fan of spacers or adapters and would never run either on any of my vehicles.

raymond g-

I agree with Strigoi. To suggest to someone that wheels with that wide a lug spacing can be franken-graft
to work sets up unintended consequences which you can flippantly walk away. You have no financial and
safety investment with such a glib recommendation.

Are you going to be there if the OP has fitment, vibration, balance etc problems? You're playing with the
OP's money and thumping your chest as some know it all without initially providing the pros/cons in details
and portraying your recommendation as some plug and play answer, which it is not. So basically, your
thumbs up on the range rover wheels is misleading. Just because you've had a single success with some
hack job doesn't mean it is the safe and recommended method. You may simply have succeeded despite
your ill recommended gamble. That's it....a gamble. Do that for your own car and at least be up front
with it.

AndreNY

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i had over 20 cars on spacers/adapters and none of them were "Hacked", Just because YOU think its a stupid idea or some of the ppl here "think Spacers and Adapters" are unsafe does not mean you cannot put them on your car. It's obvious that most of the ppl on this forums are purist and only approve of cars that "came like that from the factory" The OP asked if there was a way to fit those wheel/tires on his car. The answer is simple the Tires will NOT FIT they are too big however with adapters wheels will fit and if balanced correctly (i always suggest Road Force) they will not shake,
What i love about YOU and others who posted here saying not to do it, is you talk all this CRAP on how its not safe and its bad and dangerous blah blah blah yet you guys have ZERO experience so its quite funny reading this nonsense. The only reason i replied to this thread is because i was annoyed by the stupid and ignorant replies posted here from pp that have no knowledge whatsoever and were misleading the OP.
In the end its quite simple It is 100% double and 100% safe to do it if the OP decides to go that route

Tomsti

Next time you say blah blah blah use these guys and free them from captivity

raymond g-

to the OP

negative impact you should consider:

• double the wheel weight designed for your suspension
• the offset will rub the inside suspension
• if spacer and adapter used to move the wheel outwards, it will require rolling the wheel arch and fender
• the combination of the two will impose a weight penalty on the geometry of the suspension
• all this added weight will bear on the thin, 12mm OE lug bolts
• depending on the wheel adapter, it may or may not have the desired hub centric diameter needed to share in weight loading

you can use your judgement on whether these meets your request, i.e. ".... if these, as they are, can go on this car."

based on my experience with an eye on safety and cost, it may be more than you bargained for, regardless of those
who feel strongly about 'pimping your ride'

kajtek1

When Andre has a point that the things can be done right- too often they are not.
We just have thread running about W211 where member is dumping beautiful monoblocks as they come from S and the adapters cost vibration.
I've been dodging lug nuts flying over my head at 70 mph (I strongly believe that would be lethal flying 3 feet lower), I've been observing a wheel making 1/2 mile freeway run without car attached and playing with wheels - several times I was able to buy factory MB rims for the value of rubber on them (thank you guys pimping your rides).
So the main question would be "why spend all that money and take all that additional risk, where you have good choice of directly fitting wheels?" For that pimped looks? Painting the car in zebra will bring more attention.
Will be way safer too.

AndreNY

LoL i love this forum,

OP Please do not read what i wrote previously i obviously have the intention of killing you, adapters are the most dangerous thing you can put on your car and you would have to a be a huge Idiot like me to even consider putting such a dangerous thing on your vehicle to "pimp it out"

i would like to start a petition against adapters at how dangerous they are and how wheels will shake so bad it will cause you to crash, please all interested parties reply here so we can get a class action lawsuits against these evil *******s, i say lets start with H&R they are German made TUV approved adapters i think we should go after them first and then we will go after everyone else, lets put these suckers out of business, i mean if car manufacturers can put Takata out of business for their "poor air bags" im sure we can do the same for these Adapter companies

E55 KEV

Sorry but there is absolutely nothing you can do with those wheels except buy a Range Rover to use them on. Sell them and use the money to buy proper fitting wheels and tires.