Know the weight of these wheels?
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Know the weight of these wheels?
Looking for the weight of these wheels:
A16640132007X21 21" AMG Multi-Spoke (off and on standard for GL and GLS500 in some countries...current the cold weather wheel and tire package wheel)
A16640125027X23 21" AMG 5-Twin-Spoke (Standard 550 Wheel With Night Package...weight is probably identical to the 550 non-night pack AMG wheel)
A16640132007X21 21" AMG Multi-Spoke (off and on standard for GL and GLS500 in some countries...current the cold weather wheel and tire package wheel)
A16640125027X23 21" AMG 5-Twin-Spoke (Standard 550 Wheel With Night Package...weight is probably identical to the 550 non-night pack AMG wheel)
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on GLC300 #2, a 2022 CPO purchased b/c I really dislike the X254's UI (GL350 before those)
I'm curious why you ask. The trucks weigh 5300+ unladen, 21" assemblies could easily exceed 70 lbs each. This isn't the Miata forum where I read how owners obsess over cutting excess grams and, particularly, unsprung weight with tangible results. If you're interested in less unsprung weight on a GL you may stand alone here among a crowd of bigger and blingy-er, but generally you need to go down, not up, in wheel size.
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I'm curious why you ask. The trucks weigh 5300+ unladen, 21" assemblies could easily exceed 70 lbs each. This isn't the Miata forum where I read how owners obsess over cutting excess grams and, particularly, unsprung weight with tangible results. If you're interested in less unsprung weight on a GL you may stand alone here among a crowd of bigger and blingy-er, but generally you need to go down, not up, in wheel size.
I am former racer and former Engineer in the auto industry (5+ years with Mercedes) so I pay more attention to things like this than most.
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My sincere wish is Mercedes would disclose ALL OEM wheel weights. It would be VERY helpful when deciding. I’d gladly pay more for less unsprung weight. Right now with my AMGs, I can only find the wheels offered are standard or forged. No information about weight.
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This probably won't help much, but here is the site I found to be the most descriptive about Merc wheels:
https://www.mercedes-benz-bremen.de/...n/X166/lm.html
And here are two sites that list a weight for a particular part; (might be close)
http://mbspecialist.com/mercedes_web...6640125027X23/
https://www.online-teile.com/mercede...eichenrad.html
Some German in there, but Google Translate can be very handy for that...
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on GLC300 #2, a 2022 CPO purchased b/c I really dislike the X254's UI (GL350 before those)
To our OP: I'm familiar with your points, but this is a GL and not exactly a study in efficiencies or hugely presponsive to minor improvement to just one potential such detail (because it's so huge unlike, say, a Miata). I'm quite seslnsitive dynamically and readily notice differences between my smaller winter assemblies reduced both in diameter and tire size compared to the stock sets (though for reasons different than yours) on both my current cars.
I respect your focus as intellectual involvement in your decision, I frequently get deep into data within my lay person's limits, and my asking gave you a nice chance to flex the keyboard.
I respect your focus as intellectual involvement in your decision, I frequently get deep into data within my lay person's limits, and my asking gave you a nice chance to flex the keyboard.
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