Best wheels for White W211 E55 ?
01-05-2006, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackC230Coupe
Those CCWs look very cheap to me somehow. I personally would stick with the stock E55 wheels rather then swap. I still think the E55 looks great on stock wheels when lowered.
As I mentioned, the CCWs are an incredibly strong, lightweight wheel. They are single piece, forged wheels, so they don't offer the visual appeal that a 2 or 3 piece wheel offers, but they are a well respected builder of race and street wheels. Some people like to look fast, some people like to be fast
Based on my experience and friends that race, I would put their strength and quality against any wheel manufacturer.
When I first saw the CCWs on an E, I wasn't too excited about them, but the more pics I see, the more I like them. If you're wheel shopping, call John @ CCW and talk to him about the different styles they offer. The wheels that Vrus and Torquey are using aren't the only 1 piece wheels he sells.
Vrus' car with the 295s in the rear looks awesome, IMO.
01-05-2006, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by WayneE
As I mentioned, the CCWs are an incredibly strong, lightweight wheel. They are single piece, forged wheels, so they don't offer the visual appeal that a 2 or 3 piece wheel offers, but they are a well respected builder of race and street wheels. Some people like to look fast, some people like to be fast
Based on my experience and friends that race, I would put their strength and quality against any wheel manufacturer.
When I first saw the CCWs on an E, I wasn't too excited about them, but the more pics I see, the more I like them. If you're wheel shopping, call John @ CCW and talk to him about the different styles they offer. The wheels that Vrus and Torquey are using aren't the only 1 piece wheels he sells.
Vrus' car with the 295s in the rear looks awesome, IMO.
Based on my experience and friends that race, I would put their strength and quality against any wheel manufacturer.
When I first saw the CCWs on an E, I wasn't too excited about them, but the more pics I see, the more I like them. If you're wheel shopping, call John @ CCW and talk to him about the different styles they offer. The wheels that Vrus and Torquey are using aren't the only 1 piece wheels he sells.
Vrus' car with the 295s in the rear looks awesome, IMO.
01-05-2006, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by WayneE
As I mentioned, the CCWs are an incredibly strong, lightweight wheel. They are single piece, forged wheels, so they don't offer the visual appeal that a 2 or 3 piece wheel offers, but they are a well respected builder of race and street wheels. Some people like to look fast, some people like to be fast
Based on my experience and friends that race, I would put their strength and quality against any wheel manufacturer.
When I first saw the CCWs on an E, I wasn't too excited about them, but the more pics I see, the more I like them. If you're wheel shopping, call John @ CCW and talk to him about the different styles they offer. The wheels that Vrus and Torquey are using aren't the only 1 piece wheels he sells.
Vrus' car with the 295s in the rear looks awesome, IMO.
Based on my experience and friends that race, I would put their strength and quality against any wheel manufacturer.
When I first saw the CCWs on an E, I wasn't too excited about them, but the more pics I see, the more I like them. If you're wheel shopping, call John @ CCW and talk to him about the different styles they offer. The wheels that Vrus and Torquey are using aren't the only 1 piece wheels he sells.
Vrus' car with the 295s in the rear looks awesome, IMO.
Oh yeah, I am not doubting the CCWs are not good. Just don't particularly like the style on the E-class. If I was going for strength and looks, I would go for HRE competition series or even the Renntech monolites which i would say are lighter and stronger then the CCWs.
01-06-2006, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Steve Starnes
Thanks but no thanks.Dont like the look.....Weight wise, on a 2 ton car it's not going to really matter anyway. Racing? I have 15 years of SCCA GT racing, 10 years of PCA racing.........This is a street car...........Thanks for the input !
No worries, Steve. Just offering up alternatives. Did you check out any other wheels CCW offers?
And I can appreciate that we're all driving 2 ton street cars, but if we weren't concerned about performance we would have purchased E500s w/the Sport Pkg
01-06-2006, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by BlackC230Coupe
Oh yeah, I am not doubting the CCWs are not good. Just don't particularly like the style on the E-class. If I was going for strength and looks, I would go for HRE competition series or even the Renntech monolites which i would say are lighter and stronger then the CCWs.
Neither of us know which wheel is stronger
I also suggested the HRE C series, as they are lightweight and strong. I'd choose those over the SL65 factory wheels (although the SL65 wheels are gorgeous).
01-06-2006, 03:47 PM
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[QUOTE=Torquey55]
on a 2 ton car it's not going to really matter anyway.
Originally Posted by WayneE
Some people like to look fast, some people like to be fast
WELL SAID
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01-08-2006, 04:23 PM
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And I can appreciate that we're all driving 2 ton street cars, but if we weren't concerned about performance we would have purchased E500s w/the Sport Pkg [/QUOTE]
Again, on a 2 ton car it's not going to really matter anyway.
[/QUOTE]Again, on a 2 ton car it's not going to really matter anyway.
