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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 04:26 AM
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three 19's and one 17???

Currently, I have 19inch HREs on my CLK500 and have to send the front right back to HRE for repaint. My question is that will it be safe if I use my stock 17inch wheel/tire as a "spare" to drive home from the tire shop and back? So I would be running three 19 inch wheels with one 17 inch. Is this a bad idea?

I did a seach and came up with this thread... https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...ght=spare+tire

I also read the post regarding overall diameter, but not sure what mine are. The tire in question is 235/35/19 but not sure about the stock tire size...225/45/17 does that sound right?
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Old Dec 20, 2005 | 09:47 AM
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depends on the weather
the 235/35-19 rotates 817 times every mile and the 225/45-17 rotates 833 times every mile so, the 17 rotates 16 more times each mile. While not a huge difference the traction/yaw control will not like it but, it shouldn't cause any problems
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Old Dec 21, 2005 | 02:55 AM
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Thanks Luke...so I am safe to use that setup for about 10 or so miles correct?
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Thanks Luke...so I am safe to use that setup for about 10 or so miles correct?
what up tommy?
i drove my car like that for what seemed like forever
u cool
good luck w/ that wheel
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hey vadim, thanks. Have a happy holiday season.
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hey vadim, thanks. Have a happy holiday season.
thank you, u too
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It's a lot better than using the donut.
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