930chas

I'd like to see this too!!! J/K. Know you mean 80mm and 82mm.

Bramage

oops.. yea. 80mm and 82mm for the TB. my bad. Although, I wonder what a 180MM throttle body would look like..... kiddin. I did see a 105mm TB for a Mustang....

Forrest Gump 9

I vote for twin turbo set up.

Stay Tuned...

Here are some pics of the RPM North E55 just as it was delivered.

mikekuriger

excellent!

tgoss

I seriously cannot wait to see these wheels on a 211! TE37's are probably my fav wheels of all time, had them on my DSM years back and miss the look ever since I sold that car.

Hopefully you guys are up for some comparisons of the popular mods that 55k guys are using. I know there are a lot of guys including myself that would love to see performance variance in certain mods.

Subscribed for what sounds like a killer project

Staff@RPM

OK, we put the car on the dyno tonight to get some baseline stock numbers.

408HP and 440 ft. lbs. torque.

Tomorrow we will be doing some 60-0 stopping distance tests and by Monday we should have some skidpad results.

Staff@RPM

OK, I have some teaser pictures of the TE37's, we just got them in today. I have not decided what tires I am going to use yet so I have not even ordered tires but I will have them mounted on the car shortly.

Here are some pics of the wheels.

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Staff@RPM

Here are some pictures of my new lug bolts. These are called Dual Phase System and they are from Japan as well. I hope you guys like them, they are very unique.






These wheel lugs are $310.00 for a set. It comes out to about $15.00 each which is pretty expensive and will not be for everybody. A regular lug bolt sells for around $5.00 each so these are 3 times the price but, you do get a lot more.

jayhawkblk

can you explain the purpose of those lugbolts?

cmarshack

A lug bolt is a solid threaded rod with a cone-shaped end that is typically mounted into a wheel hub on an axle of a vehicle. The primary purpose of lug bolts is to support wheels on vehicles.

jayhawkblk

Ok smart ***. I know what a lug bolt does. I was asking why he got such elaborate versions of a lug bolt!

jayhawkblk

Not really feelin the wheels they look like they belong on a honda civic.

tgoss

False. Those wheels belong on the some of the fastest cars that come out of Japan, pushing hp numbers double what 55k's throw down. No reason at all why they aren't fit to rep on a Merc.

I'm feeling them

I too have some ??'s about the lugs, they look sick, what's the price and options on those?

Staff@RPM

I think that the lug bolts are a part of the car that a lot of people overlook and don't pay attention to. Many people are satisfied with factory lug bolts but I wanted to have something different. Usually people will put a wheel lock on with expensive wheels that they want to keep safe, then you usually have one lug bolt that looks different. These wheels have exposed lugs so I wanted to have something that looked good.

They have a great locking mechanism that helps keep your wheels safely on your car and away from sticky fingers and they will all have a uniform look.

We are in New York and TE37's are a popular wheel around here. Even though most of the people that are driving around looking to take wheels are looking for non Mercedes bolt patterns, they will still take them to find out later that they don't fit on the car they took them for. I would rather come out to my car and find it still sitting on my wheels and tires, not my rotors.

jayhawkblk

It is not a power thing. Despite the 55 being fast it is still a luxo car is very elegant looking not so sporty IMO. I guess I will have to wait to see them on the car I may feel different about them then.

jayhawkblk

Now that makes since. Around here they just take the whole car. We are a conseal and carry state and enough theives have gotten shot bent over trying to ****** someones wheels.

I like how they look though. How much are they?

Bellevue_E55

So the Volks now come in 5x112 I thought they were only 5x114 ?

Staff@RPM

No, we have them in 5x112 in a few different sizes and offsets. For the E we have them in 20"x8.5", 20"x9.5" and 20"x10.5" for those that really want the stretched tire look and have the wheel all the way to the edge of the fender. On our car we are using the 20"x9.5" with a fat tire that we can still tuck under the fender because that is the look that we are going for. These wheels also have a machined lip which is unusual for TE37's.

On a side note Ray's is now the factory supplier for the Porsche GT3R which is the new cup car so they are definitely being used outside the Japanese car world.

http://www.porsche.com/usa/eventsand...ogyandconcept/

Staff@RPM

I edited the original post with the pictures and added the price to that but to answer your question directly here the price is $310.00 for the set. If you have wheels with exposed lugs these will definitely add a new look to your wheels. It's surprising how many people notice them on their own.

blackbenzz

Those look different than the old TE37's, guess they updated the design a bit Have anything smaller than 20's? And how much $$$?

cpais

These lugs are perfect for wheels that have small holes and don't leave much room for a socket, you can finally remove and install the lugs with no danger of scratching the wheels and no marks visible on the lugs from the tools. It's about time.

BlownV8

If that's what you want, you can get a set of lug bolts on Ebay that will do just that for $45 shipped to your door.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-M...Q5fAccessories

cpais

Those work with small holes too and you can probably get them at Pep Boys but I spent good money on my wheels and there is no way that I am putting that crap on my car to hold them in place. I spent a boatload of money on some 3 piece wheels that were from a big name supplier and when I got them they had some inferior hardware holding them together and I refused to put them on my car, there is seriously a lot of junk being sold by high end companies.

It's goof that low cost parts are available, they are just not for me. I know how much good material and manufacturing costs and I guarantee those lugs are made in some overseas factory that has not quality checked or tested there lugs since day one.

Buyer beware, be careful when using inferior parts, I have learned the hard way.

Staff@RPM

We have been confused on what tire we should use on the car. We had a 295/25-20 laying around that we wanted to see how it would look, what do you guys think?