Basically, my friend is traveling and he has a GLC 300 which he recently bought new wheels, which are Michelin 235/55/19 which he said cost him around 2.5 K so I have a ML 350 model year 2014 my ML basically has wheels which are 255/50/19 so he said if you want he can give me the wheels for free with the rims so what do you think I mean they’re both 19 after all, but like only difference is the first number will it really has that much of a difference? What do you think?


i read in some formums that a guy who has a GLE which is the same as ML has fitted wheels which are 235/55/19 and it was pretty much good so what do you think will affect anything will affect my driving I’m talking about safety smoothness everything. What do you think

thanks guys ❤️

 

Im not a tire expert, but my .02 would be is that i would not use tires that are meant for a smaller size SUV compared to a much bigger SUV (ML). I wouldnt gamble with the supension, ride, etc...

 

Your tires are 8.5% wider, his are .5% higher so not much difference. What is more impotent to look at is the offset of the rim to see how it fits in the wheel well. I switch between 17, 19, and 20" [all are within 1to2 %of being the same size] with no issues at all (off road 2track / hiway)
here a link to check thing outhttps://www.wheel-size.com/calc/?wheel1=245-75-16X7ET25&wheel2=265-75-16X7ET15&fcl=50mm&wcl=30mm&scl=50mm&sr=0mm#google_ vignette

 

What's the difference in weight rating of the two tires?

 

Basically they are the same with the 235 one being labeled as XL Extra Load

 

IIRC the model calls for the XL rating. Mount 'em up and see how they run!

 

so you’d think they would fit with no issues?

 

yeah i think i will swap them with the glc ones and drive it for a while see how it goess