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19" Lowenhart LD5 on W210...will they fit without spacers?

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Old Feb 6, 2008 | 01:47 PM
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19" Lowenhart LD5 on W210...what bolt size to use?

All right, here's the situation...just bought some Lowenhart LD5's 19" staggered for the low-low to put on my 2001 E430. Sizes and offsets are as follows:

Front: 19x8.5 ET34 (235/35/19)
Rear: 19x9.5 ET31 (265/30/19)

They came off of a C-class. Now here's the problem. I don't have any spacers or bolts for this set of wheels. Now I have a set of Lorinser LM5's with a 7mm spacer and ET37 stamped on the wheel that fitted without a hitch. My question would be what size and length RAD bolts would I need to run these wheels? I know I need 12mmx1.5 ball-seat, but no clue on shank length. Also, would I need to run spacers? I doubt that I would need spacers, since it's non-AMG, but any help is appreciated, especially from Luke or anyone that has experience with this. Thanks in advance!

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Here's something simple...does this wheel take cone or ball-seat bolts?
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Length of bolts...any help?

I have a couple of my questions figured out just from jacking my car up and performing a visual analysis.

One, the wheels fit without spacers, and two, the lug bolts that fit for these Lowenhart LD5 wheels are cone/tapered bolt with the original ET31 and ET34, rear and front, respectively.

My remaining question is, if I am fitting 5mm hub-centric spacers all around, what length bolts should I use if the resulting offsets are ET36 and ET39? I'm looking for Luke or anyone that knows what they're doing before I pull the trigger for the spacers and bolts. Thanks.
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