TeazyGLK

It took a while for me to decide on wheels, but finally found a set i liked. Also got tints and will be doing daytime running lamps in the next couple weeks. I'll take more pics in the morning.

day2104

Looks nice. I'm in your same old boat that I'm still looking to find some wheel that I like. Haven't yet. It's a little hard to spend the extra cash since I have the AMG package on my ride.

TeazyGLK

Here are some outside pics. Please let me know your thoughts.

day2104

Did you get the rims from Mercedes?

EnigmaAW

looks good. what are the specs? 22x? what offset? tires? It's always good info for the noobs that want to know what size 22's will fit.

TeazyGLK

thanks for the comments. The wheels are not mercedes, I just added the mercedes center cap to give it a cleaner look. The wheels are 22x9 with 265/35/22 tires. Not sure of the offset.

NYCGLK

Not digging it, but I don't get the point of a small SUV with 22 inch rims in general.
If you are going for the tuner look you gotta lower it.

Now this looks cool (although totally impractical)

TeazyGLK

I hope your joking about that truck looking cool

koojo

I like them. I do agree that it will look really nice lowered

day2104

Teazy have you noticed any increase in gas consumption with the 22's? Just wondering and did you have to buy bigger brake set up?

rmfnla

Why would gas consumption go up..? And why bigger brakes?

The outer diameter of the wheels hasn't changed, has it?

GLKKa2H

I do believe the article "Tires and fuel economy", http://www.landlinemag.com/Archives/...ec2000/52.html,
applies as well for the GLK tire sizes and profiles, e.g. 17"/20", and the 22s", with regard to affect on fuel economy.

Key words are weight, rolling resistance (size, thread design and rubber compound), flexing the of tires, and size. So it could go either way.

NYCGLK

heavier wheel and wider tire,

MKenM

I think that there is a remote chance that the extra weight might, just might decrease mileage but the overall diameter of the tires and wheels would be the same as 20's or 19's otherwise the speedo would be off.

I think they are sweet wheels but there is a lot of open area looking into the rims that make the rotors look undersized for the car but the braking should not be affected. Again love those wheels.

NYCGLK

This might be interesting to some ppl here

http://www.caranddriver.com/features...sted-tech_dept

rmfnla

I never realized there was that much weight difference!

Wheels are a lot of air (betwen the spokes) so I figured the reduced rubber from the lower profile tires would offset the increase in wheel mass.

Thanks for the info!

Joe210

do you have a rubbing issue