Wheel query
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W203 C180K
Wheel query
Hi
New to the forum, trying to get some insight to a problem I am having with my wife's W203 merc. Replaced her wheels with some aftermarket 2nd hand Gartmaier 3-piece wheels.
I have 5mm EZAaccesory hubcentric spacers all around (on the rears due to the short bolts supplied being a 1mm or 2mm long, not flush and on the fronts in order to clear the larger front brakes this model came with).
I'm getting vibrations - predominantly in the steering wheel - gets pretty bad from 70 mphs onwards.
I know spacers arent ideal but they have been confirmed as hub centric and have a small thin lip on the inner hole (where it slides onto hub). The wheels have a 74mm centre bore but I have no hub rings (2nd hand and none were supplied). My queries/questions I am hoping someone can chime in (I have read the spacer post on the W203 sub-forum):
1. Could not having the hub rings be causing the problem? I have run my own car (mazda) with and without hub rings for its aftermarket wheels and noticed no real difference.
2. If I obtain hub rings with a OD 74mm, will the merc ID of 66.6 still be right when the hub centric spacers have their own lip? I have read that the outer hub tapers out to the 66.6 diameter at the point closest to the rotors.
Any comments are appreciated.
[Please note this thread has also been posted in the W203 section]
New to the forum, trying to get some insight to a problem I am having with my wife's W203 merc. Replaced her wheels with some aftermarket 2nd hand Gartmaier 3-piece wheels.
I have 5mm EZAaccesory hubcentric spacers all around (on the rears due to the short bolts supplied being a 1mm or 2mm long, not flush and on the fronts in order to clear the larger front brakes this model came with).
I'm getting vibrations - predominantly in the steering wheel - gets pretty bad from 70 mphs onwards.
I know spacers arent ideal but they have been confirmed as hub centric and have a small thin lip on the inner hole (where it slides onto hub). The wheels have a 74mm centre bore but I have no hub rings (2nd hand and none were supplied). My queries/questions I am hoping someone can chime in (I have read the spacer post on the W203 sub-forum):
1. Could not having the hub rings be causing the problem? I have run my own car (mazda) with and without hub rings for its aftermarket wheels and noticed no real difference.
2. If I obtain hub rings with a OD 74mm, will the merc ID of 66.6 still be right when the hub centric spacers have their own lip? I have read that the outer hub tapers out to the 66.6 diameter at the point closest to the rotors.
Any comments are appreciated.
[Please note this thread has also been posted in the W203 section]
Last edited by GGG; Oct 13, 2008 at 02:54 AM.
