AutoLuxury

Is anyone on here running 4 rear wheels on their E55? I was thinking 275/35/18 all the way around would work on the E55. The wells in the front look like they can accommodate that. Also if you are running or know of someone running that setup please post up and share.


Regards

Amir

baldmike73

there was a gent on here with that set up a few years ago - mikey something or other - "SEARCH"

MAN55LE

I think member Gunmoto does, check out his thread, he always has amazing stuff in his thread anyway. Good luck

E55Greasemonkey

I am working on something similar. The rear wheels fit fine up front with the 265/35/18. You could even fit a 275 I think depending on the brand of tire. I am going to run the 9" replicas up front and custom widened 10" replicas in the rear.

AutoLuxury

Well i picked up another set of wheels online.

Yacht Master

From 2006,

https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...res-front.html

AutoLuxury

So i got a set of SL55 rear wheels and put my factory rear wheels on the front. 275/35/18 all the way around. It looks beastly and drives awesome. Car feels heavier but it has a lot more tire under neath it and feels solid as all hell!

E55Greasemonkey

Looks good, do you realize the sl wheels are 1/2 wider? Where did you find the sl wheels? Saw some on ebay but they wanted $$$ too much.

GunMoto

+1

• E55 rears: 18x9 et39
• SL rears: 18x9.5 et33
• CLS rears: 18x9.5 et28

Nice to see more peeps running wider fronts. Reduce that turn-in understeer!

Looks good Amir!

AutoLuxury

Oh so I got CLS Rears? Nice! I was told SL55 when I got them. Anyone wanna buy my fronts?

ArmoE55

Can you run a 275 tire on the E55 rear ? All stock ride height, stock suspension etc.

Mine are the factory 265s, want to run a slightly wider tire in rear. 285 would probably rub, I'd think..? 275 would be best bet, no?

FASN8N

Yes, 275/35 are no problem on the factory rear wheels. No scrubbing when extremely slammed either

CharlyE500

I have 285 rear and no rub. If u want to play safe go with 275

ArmoE55

Thanks guys.
CharlyE500 - are you on stock suspension, ride height etc. all stock? I would LOVE to run 285s in the rear on stock wheels, but I'm afraid of rubbing. You don't get any rubbing at all, even on turns and looping on ramps?


OP - sorry for thread hijack, man..

E55Greasemonkey

Sorry I wasn't clear enough on this. What I mean is the SL rear wheels are 9.5" vs the E55 rear @ 9" This means you don't have a square setup, but more to my point, although you are running the same size tires all the way around, your rear tires are more stretched on the rims now than the fronts, and makes the rear tires look smaller than the fronts.

FromM3toE55

looks good!

AutoLuxury

Good point! I'm gonna look for CLS rears!

E55Greasemonkey

That won't help..the CLS rears are also 9.5, same as SL but different offset (they stick out further) You need 2 more E55 rears.

E55Greasemonkey

Or just run a slightly bigger tire on the rear maybe a 285/35

AutoLuxury

I would rather run CLS rears all the way around.