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These wheels look really good on the R but I am leery of putting bigger wheels on bcos they always (ALWAYS) come at the expense of comfort.
I put the largest wheels the manufacture offfered on an s60 you felt every crack on the road. Then I wanted to refinish them so I put the original 16" wheels back on and I never went back. Difference is bologna and filet mignon. I guess my priorities changed a bit. I always got compliments on my wheels and I loved the way they looked. But after that gets old you really appreciate a nice comfortable ride.
Not sure if allowed in this section, I have been offered a set of 19" wheels for my R320, although the same size rim as the standard ones fitted the tyres on them currently are 255/35/19 front and 285/30/19 on the rear. My question is what damage could I do running these tyres or would there be any recommendations on what to change them to?
I have a 2012 and got front lowering springs and got a lowering rear valve link to lower the rear so wondering what size I can run on 22s I have some factory amg 22s that came off a GLS. And wondered what tire size should I run but don’t want it to be too rough?
I have a 2012 and got front lowering springs and got a lowering rear valve link to lower the rear so wondering what size I can run on 22s I have some factory amg 22s that came off a GLS. And wondered what tire size should I run but don’t want it to be too rough?
You're going to have a rougher ride than 18s or 20s regardless of what tire you choose. You could get larger diameter tires for more sidewall but that would defeat the purpose of going to larger wheels in the first place.
The correct tire size would be 255/35/22. The softest riding tire at that size is most likely the Yokohama Parada Spec-X. You can go to 285/30/22 or 265/35/22, which opens up a lot of options. Personally I would recommend the Continental DWS06 Plus in one of those sizes. You will also need to verify that the tire widths are appropriate for the width of the rims you have.
So to clarify, you ran a 30.4 inch tire on a 20*10 wheel with a +46 offset? No rubbing issues?
Originally Posted by turbocad6
here's my r500, I've done the whole 22" low profile thing already on a few other cars, and for year round daily use there just not practical for me, I've bent up more than my fair share of 3 piece wheel barrels through the years. I now prefer some wheels that can take a bit more pounding, but I do still really like an aggressive low stance too.
I went a different way than most, instead of low profile 22's I decided to go with over sized 20's to really stuff the wheel wells. I think visually it makes the whole truck look even lower than it is and also gives my R a well rounded aggressive look, also makes the R look smaller in a way too
I used 265/50-20's which have a diameter of 30.4", these were the original tires I had on my FX, the stock R is 29" dia. these are ml63 rims, 20X10" with an et of +46
here it is sitting behind my dead atm FX which is on a staggered set of 22's, 11" 315/30-22's out back, each wheel on all 4 corners of this car are bent to death, 22's don't work in nyc year round, that's for sure
well, I didn't want this thread to die just yet.. so here's some pics of an R with 22x10.5" Vossen wheels. unfortunately, there's no real fitment info available, and even vossen does not provide any offset numbers on their own site (further proof that american-based wheel companies are horrible at educating and informing the US market about fitment). from a cursory web search, I believe the wheels are probably about +42mm offset. And considering the slight stretch and semi-meaty profile of the tires, I'd guess they are probably a 265/35-22
Hello, wish i could've responded to you back in 2014. The reason we don't share offsets on the page is because fitment is our secret sauce. If we share our sauce then everyone would do it.
Great looking setups in this thread! I recently picked up a 2012 R350 and looking to replace the stock wheels. My neighbor has one of my favorite looking 20" AMGs from his G wagon (ET48), but understand these typically have a 5x130 bolt pattern and different hub bore than most other Benz's. In addition, the tires on the wheels are 275/50R20 which, based on what I've read in this thread, may not work.
Is anyone out there running this tire size without rubbing on stock suspension?
I came across these 15mm adapters that will correct the bolt pattern and hub bore, but seems like I'm trying to fit a square peg in a round hole at this point. Believe this would push the offset to 48-15 = 33, which would be pretty aggressive if not too far out. Bolt pattern/hub bore adapters
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