Why not 295/30- 19s.....
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i drive them all, fast and hard
Why not 295/30- 19s.....
so after 15000 miles i shall finally be changing my tires. I think the Pzeros have been pretty good overall, but i am curious about Pilot supersports.
As they dont come in 285/30s, the other option is 295/30s while keeping my 19 inch wheels.
I checked out a tire calculator and noted that bone stock the front 255/35s are taller than the rear 285s......so first question why did mercs put a taller tire in the fronts? Is there a performance advantage to that???
And when comparing the 295 vs the 285's , the 295s are closer in size to the fronts 255s than the 285s are.
Stats are.
255 285 295
Overall diam... 661.1mm 653.6mm 659.6mm
Sidewall ht 89.25 85.50 88.5
circumference 81.77 inch 80.84inch 81.57inch
http://1010tires.com/Tools/Tire-Size...5R19/295-30R19
As they dont come in 285/30s, the other option is 295/30s while keeping my 19 inch wheels.
I checked out a tire calculator and noted that bone stock the front 255/35s are taller than the rear 285s......so first question why did mercs put a taller tire in the fronts? Is there a performance advantage to that???
And when comparing the 295 vs the 285's , the 295s are closer in size to the fronts 255s than the 285s are.
Stats are.
255 285 295
Overall diam... 661.1mm 653.6mm 659.6mm
Sidewall ht 89.25 85.50 88.5
circumference 81.77 inch 80.84inch 81.57inch
http://1010tires.com/Tools/Tire-Size...5R19/295-30R19
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i drive them all, fast and hard
they are a heck of alot cheaper too, per tirerack, overall around 300bucks less....which i thought was really odd
Are PS2's still around, werent they the top tire to get
Are PS2's still around, werent they the top tire to get
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You can mount it...some shops may not want to for legal liability purposes if they follow the tire sizing charts strictly.
Mounting too wide a tire may have a bulging effect on the sidewall and may have an effect on understeer. If you're mainly driving on the street, then you may not care about either.
Mounting too wide a tire may have a bulging effect on the sidewall and may have an effect on understeer. If you're mainly driving on the street, then you may not care about either.
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FF. W212 E63 M156 non-pano 18" P2 ParkT NightV (gone but will be missed).
Yes, it will cause the sidewall to flex quite a bit with an under-sized rim like what sikm3 had mentioned. Or you can get a set of rear oem 18" like mine since PSS has the size for them.
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i drive them all, fast and hard
yeah thats not ever happening
i might just stick with pzeros and just do the rears for now, keep the fronts as tehy still have some thread on them....wait until 285 comes out or something
i might just stick with pzeros and just do the rears for now, keep the fronts as tehy still have some thread on them....wait until 285 comes out or something
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FF. W212 E63 M156 non-pano 18" P2 ParkT NightV (gone but will be missed).
Okay, I've posted the following on the CLS side but here is more appropriate for the question I have at the end:
It's rather strange that MB went with 9.5" on the rear oem rims for the E when they should have just made it 10" like the CLS. The oem MB setup seems to have the oem rim around an inch smaller than oem section width for the C and CLS, but that's not the case for E's rear.
Does anyone know why MB went with the 9.5" rear for the E? Otherwise, the CLS and E are idential mechanically other than perhaps a lower center of gravity for the CLS.
It's rather strange that MB went with 9.5" on the rear oem rims for the E when they should have just made it 10" like the CLS. The oem MB setup seems to have the oem rim around an inch smaller than oem section width for the C and CLS, but that's not the case for E's rear.
Does anyone know why MB went with the 9.5" rear for the E? Otherwise, the CLS and E are idential mechanically other than perhaps a lower center of gravity for the CLS.
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FF. W212 E63 M156 non-pano 18" P2 ParkT NightV (gone but will be missed).
The rear CLS63's oem wheels are 10", even the offset is different at 2.05". The offset for the E63's rear is 1.85". Thus can't really just swap the wheels from the CLS63. The front offset for both the CLS and E are the same.
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FF. W212 E63 M156 non-pano 18" P2 ParkT NightV (gone but will be missed).
That defeats the purpose of having a performance car. LOL
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i dont think that was the case with the 212 and 218 models,
as the forged wheel option was a seperate option that the pp, for instance my car has PP but i wanted one with the 10 spoke wheels, where as others dont have the PP but get the forged.
as the forged wheel option was a seperate option that the pp, for instance my car has PP but i wanted one with the 10 spoke wheels, where as others dont have the PP but get the forged.
