UGHHHH - Winter Wheel Package from 350 doesn't fit on 550
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'11 E550 4MATIC, '07 Suzuki SV1000S
UGHHHH - Winter Wheel Package from 350 doesn't fit on 550
So in my haste to upgrade from my 11-350 to my 11-550, I didn't do a thorough enough investigation into my winter wheel combo to determine if it was a true direct fit. Well it's not...so now I have a 2 yr old set of wheels and snows, that I need to either sell outright or just get wheels that fit and then swap out the TPMS and snow tires - then potentially sell the wheels. This sucks...I had the rears on, and then started on the fronts and was looking at it saying damn that looks really tight in there...let me call TireRack to be sure...they were more than happy to give me the bad news. Oh well. 
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2) Yes - they don't clear the calipers and at the drop center part, the caliper mount sticks out past the spoke - not a matter of adding a 5 or 10mm spacer - it is alot. Not a big fan of spacers anyway.
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Not sure what "drop center" design is, but by just looking at the wheel (on TireRack's site) it seems that it should fit with lower offset, which of course will require spacers which you do not want. Well this proves once again that offset, while is the most important, is not the only parameter determining if wheel will fit - design of spokes on the inside plays a role as well. If I were you, I would try 10mm spacers (use them all the time without any issues) at all corners before giving up on your wheels.
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'11 E550 4MATIC, '07 Suzuki SV1000S
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Not sure what "drop center" design is, but by just looking at the wheel (on TireRack's site) it seems that it should fit with lower offset, which of course will require spacers which you do not want. Well this proves once again that offset, while is the most important, is not the only parameter determining if wheel will fit - design of spokes on the inside plays a role as well. If I were you, I would try 10mm spacers (use them all the time without any issues) at all corners before giving up on your wheels.
I know for sure that 10mm will clear the caliper face...my concern is more the mounting "blocks" on either side of the caliper that currently without spacers are protruding well into the open space between spokes.
My buddy has some 10mm spacers I am going to try and see if that works. My svc director said 10m was probably max I should go anyway. If not my options on wheels are limited but not horrendous. I will probably go with the OZ Envy, but still not sure how that will look....
