"What wheels fit?" The ultimate wheel post.

[SteveVanB]

Vw Heritage wheels. Took a little work but im stoked with the results. Slightly taller tires are in my future.

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[gregaz]

What is the current thinking on getting some 16" steelies? Metro? Sprinter? Passat? Tiguan?

[gregaz]

Passing this along for anyone who wants the genuine Mercedes 124 15" wheels.

I know nothing about them, other than they came off a 124 (300E), and what is stamped on the back - 1244011202 and 61/2JX15H2


https://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/wto/6243042384.html

[Scott@USRT]

I have no idea what these are, but the look interesting: https://fayetteville.craigslist.org/pts/d/vw-bug-van-wheels/6202685406.html

[Scott@USRT]

And, some CLK 320s in North Cackalacka:
https://charlotte.craigslist.org/pts/d/mercedes-benz-clk-320/6241365594.html

[Christopher Schimke]

[gregaz]

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[levi]

I think on the heritage wheels you need to machine out the center bore to 66.56, spacers front and back, like 10mm-13mm in front and 20 mm back, you'll need small-ball seat lugs for the front and small-ball bolts in the back, longer rear studs too, lug holes bored out to 14mm.
Did I forget anything? Maybe....
Double check all that of course. They should be 43 et I think.
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[SteveVanB]

[vanonimous]

I have looked far and wide for a set of 17" Mercedes wheels I could fit "easily".

Finally, E430 wheels 17x7.5 ET37 and 215/60-17 tires.

Carefully drilled out holes with 19/32" bit.
56mm studs in the rear, no spacers.
65mm studs front, no spacers (this was overkill, had set laying around, could go R12 M14x1.5 40mm bolts).
Ball end R12 M14x1.5 nuts (Thanks T3Technique).
Raised Mercedes centercaps.

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[bajaleo]

Looks great!

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[zippledippledoo]

I have an '86 Syncro Westy with the twin piston Audi G6 front brakes necessitating 16" wheels. On the rear is the standard Audi rear disk conversion. I have Mefro rims on now and they work fine...but I lust after rims such as this, 2008 Audi A4 rims

16" rim, 7 inches wide, 42mm offset

I suspect that these would need spacers, as well as longer studs. Certainly my van will need longer studs on the rear as my rear hubs were made for steel rims and must be fairly short.

Any comments on going this way?

[mathieux46]

Zippledippledoo,

I run these Audi wheels on my syncro with G60 brakes in the front. You will need to machine the center bore and use small ball seat hardware. Ideally you would add 15 mm spacer and longer rear and front stud but I presenly have the stock lenght studs and no spacer. I have bfg 215/70r16 with no interference.

Hope this help!!

[NASkeet]

[Christopher Schimke]

NASkeet, those wheels are 16x7.5 ET41, part number 2104010602. They came on E-Class cars from '96 through '99. They do have smaller lug holes, but they can easily be drilled for use with 14mm hardware. On a Bus, I would suggest spacers, longer studs, and small ball seat lug nuts.
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[danfromsyr]

These are sitting at my machinists place now, I have another set of them already and like the light weight forged aspect and look.
we picked them up on our way from NY to Charleston to view the eclipse.
we had a failure of a rear rim to fastener on the trip, the chrome rims my new to me red van came with are not designed for the conical lugs/nuts that the PO put them on with..
LESSON HERE is, do NOT trust the PO to know what they have or what they should have in the wheel fastener department. do your due diligence.

[NASkeet]

[Christopher Schimke]

[NASkeet]

These were some 16 inch wheels with 36 mm wheel-offset that I thought would like nice on the 1973 VW Type 2, but I discovered that they are 8 inches wide, which is far too much. At £150 for four with tyres, they were not outrageously expensive.

These five-spoke wheels are said to be 7J x 16 inch with 37 mm wheel-offset, which wouldn't look too bad.

These five-slot wheels were also said to be 7J x 16 inch with 37mm wheel-offset, but I am not so keen on this style. About a year ago, I could have bought a total of six (four + two) of these from two vendors in Cardiff, Wales, for a total of £60

This is said to be Mercedes 16 inch alloy wheel, having a 10-semi-elliptical-slot design which I quite like, but I know nothing about the wheel-rim width or wheel-offset. I came across this picture in a VWC&C magazine article several years ago about a 1971~79 VW Type 2.

To date, my research seems to indicate that 2007 onward Mercedes C-Class wheels and 2002 onward Mercedes E-Class wheels, are designed for use with M14 x 1.5 mm wheel-fixing bolts, so if I can find some (5, but preferably 6) of 16 inches diameter, of an appropriate width (i.e. 6½ or 7 inches) & offset (i.e. circa 33~39 mm), in a style that I like, at a "reasonable" price I can afford, I shall be well pleased.
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