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SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: New Wheels before and after

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Old 01-30-2009, 09:46 PM
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New Wheels before and after

Before



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The new SL wheels....... they will grow on us all, I love them.



Yes I know I still have to lower it...... Will post after I lower and take better pictures.

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I like before. Front looks kind of high, is your car in the raised position?
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Yes the car was riding on medium when i took both the before and after
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i have the same b4 wheels u have just in chrome ..... they look so much better in chrome . like the other guy said . b4 wheels look better . ur new wheels look like they have wrong offsets which make it not flesh with the frame of the car .
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what do you mean by "flesh" , Actually the offset is perfect, the angle I took the picture from was not the same as the before picture.....
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the after looks good, wht are u doing with the b4 wheels ? u selling them lmk
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E 63S Wagon Renntech, E55 Renntech, SL65, SL 55 030, ML, bunch of old ones--they come, they go...
They look nice....although the ride height..

has got to be dealt with. But I have to say, an AMG 55 is a car that I don't think can be improved with most aftermarket wheels. I know the AMG wheel stuff is not big enough, but that's a car that really needs something special, or stick with stock. I understand how it is, sometimes you just want a different look. But I don't think the Chinese stuff is the way to go on a car that can go 175 mph...But they do look nice. Gotta get it down though!
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Both wheels look good but sorry, I prefer the Merc wheels.
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I agree with the above post, both look good. But I prefer the OEM wheels.
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FYI everyone, the wheels on the before pictures were not stock nor OEM, they were after market wheels as well. Mercedes never made a 20" wheel with a lip like the before picture has, the before is also a replica....
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FYI everyone, the wheels on the before pictures were not stock nor OEM, they were after market wheels as well. Mercedes never made a 20" wheel with a lip like the before picture has, the before is also a replica....
My apologies, I thought they were 65 wheels. I also did not know they were
20 inch rims. Having said that I still prefer the replicas of the 65 wheel.
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Originally Posted by LWD SL55
FYI everyone, the wheels on the before pictures were not stock nor OEM, they were after market wheels as well. Mercedes never made a 20" wheel with a lip like the before picture has, the before is also a replica....
perhaps you should post some pic's in the lower ride height, they probably
will both look better.
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Thanks everyone

Thank you everyone for your input, the after wheels are a replica of the new SL65 and SL63 wheels, check them out on the MBZ web site. You will see more of these soon. The new wheels feel 100% better on the road than my before (old) replica SL 55 TSW's.....
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TSW is the cheap brand of ur old wheels ....mine is different and bigger then yours . heres a pic of mine ... looks 100 times better then any 19 inch amg wheel .

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I know they are TSW's (before) , whats your point ? How can yours be bigger my old TSW's were 20"
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any by the way what did you mean by "flesh" ??
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TSW is the cheap brand of ur old wheels ....mine is different and bigger then yours . heres a pic of mine ... looks 100 times better then any 19 inch amg wheel .

are your wheels bigger than 20 inch?
They look the same as the 65 wheel.
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Both the before and after are 20"
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I prefer the "before".

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my pictures of the new wheels do not do them any justice....

The old wheels road like sh*t, these new ones make me want to drive my car again !!!!
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I think they will both look a lot better if you lower that beast. Looks like a 4x4.
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when i say flesh i mean lined up with the fender .. ur wheels look smaller then mine . yes my wheels are 20inch but thats not wat im talking about . Im saying my wheels in the front and back are wider then yours . how wide are ur wheels in the back ?
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getting it lowered this week
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Both looks great, but prefer the before.
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The new ones are much nicer, they have the SL63 look and these pictures don’t do those Justus. I have gotten many compliments on the new ones over the old TSW replicas I had before. Everyone is just use to seeing that stock look that the TSW’s give.


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