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srf25 S Hey Guys, I'm sure this has been covered before, but I have been unable to find it in the search forum. What are the recommended ranges for my 260E. I am familiar with the W126 range, and was wondering if my spare rims will fit this car. I don't intend increasse the tire or rim size, just wondering about offsets? Thanks Sheldon #1 · Jul 7, 2009 Hey Guys, I'm sure this has been covered before, but I have been unable to find it in the search forum. What are the recommended ranges for my 260E. I am familiar with the W126 range, and was wondering if my spare rims will fit this car. I don't intend increasse the tire or rim size, just wondering about offsets? Thanks Sheldon Sort by Oldest first Oldest first Newest first Most reactions #2 · Jul 7, 2009 (Edited) Stock tire/wheel width/diameter I'm not 100% certain of, but I can say, from recent experience, a 34mm offset (I think) on a 16" tire with a 225/55/16 tire is a tad too wide. It might work, 98% of the time, but that other 2% is going to be expensive. These were wheels off a late-90's SL500, IIRC. It was close, but too close for me to risk fender metal on a non-lowered car. Whatever stock offset is, the ones I tried were 10mm in the direction which puts them out from the wheel hub, more. #3 · Jul 8, 2009 That's what I'm tryng to find out, what the recommended minimum and maximum are? #4 · Jul 8, 2009 Offset list for W124 Attached is a list of W124 offsets, changes by wheel size changes, looks like 25 to 49 is the range

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0 Reply #5 · Jul 9, 2009 Thanks O That's what I was looking for, and have now saved on my computer. Great info when looking at tires and rims. Sheldon #6 · Jul 9, 2009 Be careful if using that table. Some of those will require fender rolling, 18x8 et30 for example (and even then it will probably rub on a lowered car) and some won't fit a standard W124 at all (18x9 et28). #7 · Jul 9, 2009 I agree with Cap'n. Those offset measurements are for workable clearance between the wheels and strut and does not take into consideration the clearance between tires and fender wheel arch. I installed Carlson 1/6 (18x8.5 ET40) on a 94 E320. It cleared the struts by +/_5mm but I experienced wheel arch (lips) rubbing while driving on freeways that has dips and humps. (with 4 persons and full tank of gas). I rolled and pulled my wheel arches and rubbing was gone. I intend to drop the car by 1.5 inch and I'm afraid I will experience rubbing again. We'll see. 0 Reply #8 · Jul 10, 2009 Thanks Cap'n I don't expect to use the 17-18" tires. I will probably stay with either with 15 or 16 inch. I shouldn't have a problem, right? #9 · Jul 10, 2009

srf25 said: I will probably stay with either with 15 or 16 inch. I shouldn't have a problem, right? Click to expand...

I would avoid the 15x7 et25 and the 16x7.5 et31 may be a bit close but the others in the table will be fine. 0 Reply #10 · Jul 10, 2009 I'm so glad this showed up, as I'm looking at a set of 16" wheels off a newer S-class with an offset of 46mm, which might work out okay, though I think, because they're wider, they'll still hit the fender edge. Still on the fence. #11 · Jul 10, 2009 My 260E is bone stock right now, but before I bought it I let a lot of great rim/tire deals get away, because the W126 offset is so shallow. Eight hole rims with brand new Falken tires went for $250, but they had an ET of 36. Too much for a 126 w/o spacers. I don't need new tires, but now if another great deal comes along, I have a car to put them on! #12 · Jan 24, 2012 Fitting wheels to my 1990 W124 300E Two years ago, i bought a beautiful, 1990 300E, bone stock and near perfect. Except the wheels were the original 13 hole flat style that really date the car. I found some new Merc eight spoke take-offs on EBay Au being sold by a big wheel/tire dealer in Sydney. The salesperson didn't know exactly what model they came off of and he was pretty clueless on offsets. He said "we sold a set like this a few weeks ago to a guy with a 124 and the fit was fine." Well... I paid a great price... However, after they arrived, and after mounting new rubber, they did fit...about 2mm from the shocks and a bit too close for comfort. I don't believe in spacers as I'm a firm believer that the wheel size that shipped with the car originally would be the optimum size-diameter-offset-etc. that the Merc engineers designed into the car's geometry and unsprung weight on the corners. So, I added a set of German 5mm spacers for a little bit of breathing room and life seemed good...The second day driving, I hit a compression bump and yeah, they rubbed inside the wheel well... I had previously lowered the suspension with Eibachs and Bilstein Sports so I lost about 1.5" of clearance. Long story short....the wheels and spacers are in the garage and the 300E now has a proper fitment from some takeoffs from a SLK230. They look great, no rubbing and no speedo correction... Lesson learned...Now...i think those takeoffs will fit onto my new 1990 R129....hmmm.... #13 · Jan 24, 2012 My 1990 300E w/Wheels from Hell The offending wheels... just a tad too big with incorrect offset... I'll try them on the R129...

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