DNAPoPo

Tires should be here on Thursday

RobbieRob

What size are you going with? They are going to look badass.

DNAPoPo

20's

chrisvr6

What offset and tire size you going with? Gonna look sick with those!

clmulli

Can't wait to see the pics PoPo.

DNAPoPo

Here are the specs I'm going with and keeping my fingers crossed;
Fronts = 20x8.5 ET43 w/ 245/30/20 Hankook V12's
Rears = 20x10 ET54 w/ 275/30/20 Hankook V12's

I know the rears should be 25 to match the original diameter, but I'm an old man and I need a little cushion.

If the rears turn out to be too tall for my lowered stance, I will have to roll fenders and raise her up a bit, or swap out tires and hope the airmatic is enough cushioning for my rear.

Tjdehya

why not go 245x35 in the front?
I will be switching to /35/front and /30/rear on my next set.

DNAPoPo

I was afraid of clearance issues, if all works out and looks like I have enough room, I might just to that the next time around.

Does anybody know exactly how the spedo is measured? From which wheel, axle, tranny, engine...

lyjw88

is that HRE P40 replica?

DNAPoPo

I didn't know what a P40 looked like so I had to look it up... hahhahah

So many wheel designs look like these now, I wonder who originated it, most likely the oldest, which as far as I remember BBS, but I could be totally off.

Since these wheels have only been out for a couple of years I would think of them as copies of someone else's design.

What is new to these wheels is how they are made, rotary forged/flow cast.... don't know if I fully believe in the tech yet or if it is just marketing hype, but I thought I would give it a shot. It is suppose to be stronger and lighter than a typical cast wheel. I just wish I had a scale big enough to weight it, the one in my bathroom just aint cutting it... LOL

AF330i

To find out the weight ... First weigh yourself on your scale than stand on the scale while holding the wheel

Also as far as the speedo .. what is the actual concern ... is your overall diameter the same ... if so you will have no problemn with the speedometer, have you used the tire calculator (see link below)

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

threeMBs

Unfortunately, 245/35-20 (unlike W211) will not fit W212 "sport" sedan. When I tried fitting 245/35-20 Summitomo HTRZ III (26.7" diameter tire) on a 20x8.5 ET32 wheel, the tire was firmly in contact with lower pearch.The highest diameter tire you can safely use is 235/35-20 (26.3") which does not have enough load capacity for W212 (you can probably still use it with air pumped to 45lbs), so the largest diameter tire (with acceptable load carrying rating) for front would be 255/30-20 (26.0") which fits perfectly.

DNAPoPo

Good idea on the weighing, I will do that.

Ryden88

Are those TSWs? A friend of mine just put those on his 2011 E Coupe. They look great on the car. cant wait to see the pics.
Ryden

DNAPoPo

Ryden wins! Yes sir they are. Not that it was a contest or anything.

Haven't seen you on the boards much lately, I was going to see if I could check out your car before I actually tried this wheel experiment since I went with your lowering advice. I am really scared of rubbing issues, but Joe at Trinity Autosports is fairly confident it will work out just fine.

Ryden88

haha. i'll post a pic of the coupe in a sec. you'll be fine with the setup, but the 275's on 10s will have a stretch to them. I think 285 would fit just fine depending on how aggressive that offset is.

Still loving the ride on mine. no complaints

DNAPoPo

Yup, went with the 275, since I wanted some stretch for the 30 profile. Hope it works out ok, if not, I'll fork out the dough for the 285/25/20...

Any recent changes to your car?

Ryden88

shots of coupe with same rims

Tjdehya

Really maybe you should tell FTB that. Because I think he is running 35's up front and I dont think he is the only one on this forum.
Maybe its an Airmatic only thing? But you can in fact run 35's up front for sure.

DNAPoPo

That is one mean looking coupe. I need to get in on those DarK Side photoshoots

threeMBs

Try 245/35-20 upfront first yourself, then tell me if it fits without rubbing (that is if front wheels will turn at all, its that bad, yes). If someone said they use it with stock pearch, and have no rubbing issues - and I will go on a limb here - that's a lie.

I've read people using 235/35-20 and even 225/35-20 (this last size is insane - completely incorrect - too small for W212), but not 245/35-20.

One guy here (forgot who) "modified" the pearch by hammering at it enough to "fit" (K-A even commented that he'll never buy a used car again), tried 245/35-20 for a bit, but soon after said he's switching to 245/30-20 (or 235/35-20) as he was still getting rubbing issues. Believe me, if 245/35-20 would properly fit upfront, I would be running 20s in a second.

People, does anyone realy run 245/35-20 upfront on W212? Do not hold back, please speak out if you do.

Tjdehya

FTB
https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...black-car.html

DNAPoPo

I know a couple of people here as well that do, it really depends on the offset you run. The less aggressive offsets can do it for sure, 255/35/20 and you might be pushing it. I too remember the thread about the guy hammering in his strut, the reason also was because he was using his w211 setup on his w212.

threeMBs

255/35-20 will not fit W212 nor W211 for sure, wheels wont even turn. Tried 255/35-20 on my SL (car has a lot more room than W212) - bolt (same problem as on W211), that was in contact with tire constantly, created an extra grove in the tire tread.

threeMBs

Thanks for the link.

OK I see it. He's running Conti Extreams which are even higher by 1/10 of an inch that Sumitomo's I tried - specs are 26.8" on 8.5 wide wheel. Wheel width is the key here - he is using 9" wide wheel. What it does in fact is "streches" tire enough to "lower" diameter to probably 26.6".

So 245/35-20 might still be possible on 20x9 wheel, but not on 20x8.5.
Would be great to hear from FTB if he sees any gap/space between tire and pearch (unless of course that pearch was modified, then this whole argument goes out the window, as there's pleanty of room for this tire size except for that pearch).

If you do switch to 245/35-20, would love to hear from you if the fitment was successful.