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Old May 6, 2012 | 09:12 PM
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Question on style of wheels with Sport pkg

Just committed to lease a 2012 E350W4 Sport package. In production either now or in a few days.

My order under the 321 package says 18" 5-spoke alloy wheel. But when I look at the brochure, I see a split 5 spoke wheel.

Will the car come with the 5 solid spoke wheels (which I do like) or the split 5-spoke wheels. Very confusing.

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Old May 6, 2012 | 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by mjsbenz
Just committed to lease a 2012 E350W4 Sport package. In production either now or in a few days.

My order under the 321 package says 18" 5-spoke alloy wheel. But when I look at the brochure, I see a split 5 spoke wheel.

Will the car come with the 5 solid spoke wheels (which I do like) or the split 5-spoke wheels. Very confusing.

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Standard is the solid spoke wheel.

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Don
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Old May 6, 2012 | 10:02 PM
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Thanks Don.

The brochure is very confusing. It refers to the split 5 spoke as part of the E350 Sport sedan. I much prefer the solid 5 spokes.

Mark
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Old May 6, 2012 | 10:14 PM
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Umm...negative. The new '12s are rolling out w/ the split 5-spoke. I know because mine came w/ those and the dealer agreed to swap out '11 MY wheels (solid 5-spoke) w/ the new ones. The Operations/Inventory Manager explicitly said that the new '12s are being delivered w/ the split 5-spoke, which isn't to my liking (as evidenced in my sig--'11 MY rims! )... Hope that helps!
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Old May 7, 2012 | 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by hofb99
Umm...negative. The new '12s are rolling out w/ the split 5-spoke. I know because mine came w/ those and the dealer agreed to swap out '11 MY wheels (solid 5-spoke) w/ the new ones. The Operations/Inventory Manager explicitly said that the new '12s are being delivered w/ the split 5-spoke, which isn't to my liking (as evidenced in my sig--'11 MY rims! )... Hope that helps!
Appology to the OP. This appears to be true on the '12's. Mine is an '11 and the solid 5 spoke was standard on the sport.

The standard split 5 spoke on the 2012 appears to be the asymetrical one. Not to my liking either!

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Old May 7, 2012 | 03:38 PM
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The new '12 wheels suuuck! They such downgrades from the standard solid face standard ones of before.
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Old May 7, 2012 | 03:44 PM
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The new '12 wheels suuuck! They such downgrades from the standard solid face standard ones of before.
This is why we have Designo Wheels lol

I agree with you , pre 12 AMG 18" rims are dandier
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Old May 7, 2012 | 05:35 PM
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The new '12 wheels suuuck! They such downgrades from the standard solid face standard ones of before.

They are lighter and that is important for wheels! Need to look for the positives.
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