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First off apologies for yet another wheel thread, but I've about gone cross eyed scraping through for forums for who's running what setup, with these and those options differing and coming into play. Dropping a bunch of collected data on a few sheets and seeing it still all varies quite a bit.
So here's my predicament:
I have a 2016 E550 4matic with Airmatic suspension (stock height). I thought I had the tires somewhat narrowed down, but then to find out the tires I want (Continental DWS06) don't come in those sizes - aargh.
I'm looking at getting 20" rims in a staggerd config, here's all that's offered in 20's:
Thinking the 245-35-20 front and 285-30-20 rear. Why? The spec revs are very close to each other 775:778 F:R, and the overall diameter is within .1" which should keep the 4matic happy. It'll give me a little more rubber as well vs some of the more common setups. The downside is there'll be a decent difference on the speedo where a 60mph reading will actually be 62.X mph.
Thoughts? Opinions? Offsets on the rims I'll NEED to go min in your experiences?
Decided against this size when another member here has reported rubbing. I'll update when my purchase is finalized and installed but it looks like 245/30/20 Fronts and 285/25/20 Rears for now.
Update: The rims and tires are on and I've put over 1000 miles on them. I was expecting the ride to be a lot worse but it's not bad at all, especially when in comfort mode.
2016 E550 4MATIC
The setup Vossen CVT in Bronze
F: 20x9" + 32 w/ 245-35-20
R: 20x10" +45 w/285-30-20
Here is the day of the install
And this is after lowering the car a little using air links.
I had the bags in the rear bottomed out (no tire visible at all) due to an install issue with the air links. The only rubbing was the tire on the inner wheel well, it cleared the fender lip completely. So the tire and offset combo is a good one.
03-21-2019, 03:02 PM
