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22” rims vs. 20”

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Old 04-02-2018, 12:16 PM
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22” rims vs. 20”

while 22” rims look cool — plus the S is a big car and takes them well, does that make for a much harder ride with less rubber between the rims and the road?
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21" is what you want. Perfect balance.
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21" is what you want. Perfect balance.
Agreed
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Forged 22 with pirelli tires is pretty smooth. The issue is getting cheap heavy cast wheels with cheap hard tires that destroy the ride.
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Ah, come on now, don’t cheap out with only 22’s. What you really need is some 24’s! Or are those 26’s? Who cares about ride quality?
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Ah, come on now, don’t cheap out with only 22’s. What you really need is some 24’s! Or are those 26’s? Who cares about ride quality?
dem looks like 30s. Hawt!!!!!
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Didn’t know we had pimp that ride owners in the group...
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They are 28", here is a youtube of the car:
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The only way a 22" wheel is going to look good is if it has a lip, which in turn makes it look more like a 20-21" which looks more proportional

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first time posting but did use this site for a lot of my research, had a cls then moved up to a Sclass, 22's do look good. ride is not different unless your roads are all jacked up.had the same 22's on my cls, then I put them on my s550, but I'm leaning to put 24's on it. this will probably effect the ride a little bit do to the tire size.
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Originally Posted by skywlkin
first time posting but did use this site for a lot of my research, had a cls then moved up to a Sclass, 22's do look good. ride is not different unless your roads are all jacked up.had the same 22's on my cls, then I put them on my s550, but I'm leaning to put 24's on it. this will probably effect the ride a little bit do to the tire size.
Congrats and welcome, I have the same cars too Just not that caliber wheel. Share the pics anytime.
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Originally Posted by skywlkin
first time posting but did use this site for a lot of my research, had a cls then moved up to a Sclass, 22's do look good. ride is not different unless your roads are all jacked up.had the same 22's on my cls, then I put them on my s550, but I'm leaning to put 24's on it. this will probably effect the ride a little bit do to the tire size.
Is your s550 lowered? or are you using sport suspension option ?
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Like stated above, 22's on Pirellis will maintain a good ride. The 22's will fill that wheel well space and match the large size of the car perfectly!

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