OK I can't find and a direct answer for E350 Offset
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OK I can't find and a direct answer for E350 Offset
I need tires and I am not use to W212's offset's. Got 19x8.5 and 19x9.5 wheels that I was going to buying tires for but began to do a little of searching and I think the offset cannot be used. They are ET35 front and rear. Is that too aggressive? Was going to run 275 35 and 245 35. Right now its got the standard sport 18" 5 spoke.
Thank you in advance. Car is RWD BTW.
Thank you in advance. Car is RWD BTW.
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Tires: 19" tires should be 255/35 fr with 285/30 rr (for proper load) or 245/35 fr with 275/30 rr.
Wheels: Front is fine for 245 tires (but about et38 would be better for 255 tires), et35 rear is too aggressive (not lower than et40 for rear with 275 tires, or not lower than et43 with 285 tires). et35 9.5 (rear) wheels will poke even with 275 tires.
Wheels: Front is fine for 245 tires (but about et38 would be better for 255 tires), et35 rear is too aggressive (not lower than et40 for rear with 275 tires, or not lower than et43 with 285 tires). et35 9.5 (rear) wheels will poke even with 275 tires.
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Matching to your profile of driving a 2011 E350 with 18 in stock wheels, according to http://www.wheel-size.com/size/mercedes/e-class/2011/ , your stock sports wheels have an offset of 48. If they are non staggered: 245/40R18, 8.5Jx 18
According to will they fit or not http://www.willtheyfit.com/#isPage=1
with your new setup (you can do this yourself, but I did it for you):
Front- will fit just fine, you're only poking outward by 13mm = barely 1/2". Overall radius and speed errors are pretty much the same as before.
Rear- with 35 ET and 9.5 width, it will poke out by 25.7mm (25.4mm = 1 in) so your stance is going to stick out by 1 inch. I think there is still enough fender space to withstand this 1 in. You may want to take a string inside the wheel well (with weights, so the string is plum) and measure to see if you have that clearance.
The bigger deal is you should drop the profile from 35 to 30 for the rear, otherwise you will have bigger wheels, that may 1) make your car looked raked (yuck). 2) Speedometer will be thrown off 3)if you have 4 matic, I wonder if different size front to back overall circumference will impact the 4 matic function.
Also I'd go with 285/30/19 if you can - that gets even closer to the original circumference.
According to will they fit or not http://www.willtheyfit.com/#isPage=1
with your new setup (you can do this yourself, but I did it for you):
Front- will fit just fine, you're only poking outward by 13mm = barely 1/2". Overall radius and speed errors are pretty much the same as before.
Rear- with 35 ET and 9.5 width, it will poke out by 25.7mm (25.4mm = 1 in) so your stance is going to stick out by 1 inch. I think there is still enough fender space to withstand this 1 in. You may want to take a string inside the wheel well (with weights, so the string is plum) and measure to see if you have that clearance.
The bigger deal is you should drop the profile from 35 to 30 for the rear, otherwise you will have bigger wheels, that may 1) make your car looked raked (yuck). 2) Speedometer will be thrown off 3)if you have 4 matic, I wonder if different size front to back overall circumference will impact the 4 matic function.
Also I'd go with 285/30/19 if you can - that gets even closer to the original circumference.
I need tires and I am not use to W212's offset's. Got 19x8.5 and 19x9.5 wheels that I was going to buying tires for but began to do a little of searching and I think the offset cannot be used. They are ET35 front and rear. Is that too aggressive? Was going to run 275 35 and 245 35. Right now its got the standard sport 18" 5 spoke.
Thank you in advance. Car is RWD BTW.
Thank you in advance. Car is RWD BTW.
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So 275 30 for the rears and that will poke 1" scared to go 285 incase the tires rubs a bit. Going to check how much space car has now wth rears. The current set up is Staggered.
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Ah okay. the current set up is 265/35/18 in the back with 9.0 x ET 54
Looks like with the 275/30/19 9.5 x ET 35, your poke is now reduced to 25.4 (LOL, barely any noticable difference) Yes good luck!!!
Looks like with the 275/30/19 9.5 x ET 35, your poke is now reduced to 25.4 (LOL, barely any noticable difference) Yes good luck!!!
