19" AMG Twin-spoke 10"--Are they too Wide??
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From: Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
2004 E55
19" AMG Twin-spoke 10"--Are they too Wide??
Any info appreciated - The AMG 19x10" Twin spoke has a 25et. Is this rim too wide for our E55's or would the rim stick out too much?? I want to run a 295/30/19 WITHOUT lowering and am interested to see if this set-up will work w/o rubbing? 
Any info or help would be appreciated.
I'm on a quest to have a mid 11's E using street tires and doing something a little different that no one has done. I'll elaborate once I find out if the 19x10"s will work??
Any info or help would be appreciated. I'm on a quest to have a mid 11's E using street tires and doing something a little different that no one has done. I'll elaborate once I find out if the 19x10"s will work??
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2015 S212
It will not just rub, it will rip the tire / wheel well.
19X10 is what many consider "ideal", so they are not too wide. but, et25 is a big problem. remember that these cars are "reverse offset", so to speak and come with a stock 9 inch w/ et39. an et25 on a 9"er is still shifted OUT 1.4cm, so add the inch and see? The second problem is the 295/30/19.
just for your comparison, I ended up with this setup that basically has a gap of 1 credit card when fully compressed. Even the little plastic hairs on the sides of the tires ended up rubbing off at that spot.
295/30/18 - a full inch shorter (and very close to stock)
18X9.5 - 0.5" thinner rim
et29 - 4mm more set in
again, when compressed I can get 1 credit card between the tire and the body. 1.
19X10 is what many consider "ideal", so they are not too wide. but, et25 is a big problem. remember that these cars are "reverse offset", so to speak and come with a stock 9 inch w/ et39. an et25 on a 9"er is still shifted OUT 1.4cm, so add the inch and see? The second problem is the 295/30/19.
just for your comparison, I ended up with this setup that basically has a gap of 1 credit card when fully compressed. Even the little plastic hairs on the sides of the tires ended up rubbing off at that spot.
295/30/18 - a full inch shorter (and very close to stock)
18X9.5 - 0.5" thinner rim
et29 - 4mm more set in
again, when compressed I can get 1 credit card between the tire and the body. 1.
