Okay, so I am looking for ideas for 16" rims for my 300D. Not plain-jane rims, but flashy/blingy. I like big rims, but don't want 22"s on a classic.

Factory CLK wheels, diamond cut finish, I have them on my 124, very shiny, and they are 16"

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Do you think it would fit on a W123?

Take a closer look at the picture old chap.

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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

I used to have the wheels from a C class (I think that's where they came from) on my 300TD.
Check it out here:
1984 300TD "Max" - Dee8go’s Photo Gallery - PeachParts Mercedes ShopForum

I got lots of admiring looks with those and the blue and silver paint job.

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Oops!!

Now that is what I am looking for. I want to go with Mercedes-Benz brand rims, if possible. Did you have to mod anything to install them??

these are 15's, they from a 2002 c180k

i needed to use 9mm spacers in the front otherwise the centre badge would not clear the greasecap. this works with the 12x1.5x38mm wheel bolt.

the problem i had is that the track in the rear was slightly smaller than the front and it kept throwing the alignment out in the front. so i put 9mm spacers in the rear also. but the 38mm bolts wont work on the rear(with spacers) so you need to get bolts with a 45mm shank. do a search on ebay. i saw some w123 wheel spacers with bolts included.

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This information might help - on standard W123 14 inch wheels the largest size tyre that most people say can be fitted is 205 / 75 R14. From what I can work out you should be on the edge of rubbing rubber on metal with a diameter of that size (what ever it is) with a standard suspension set up. If you lower, however, you'll have to search about to see what others have done to make things fit.

There's a tyre size calculator in the sticky at the top of this forum.

EDIT:- The standard sizes / offsets etc are listed in chapters 40-102 and 40-104 in the W123 FSM

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

sorry my bad

the centre bore on the vw rims are 57mm. mercedes is 66.6mm

some audis have the same centre bore as mercedes

Ask Johnhef on this forum or benzworld. He was the source for those and he has a ton of Mercedes rims, all shapes and sizes. Tires, too.

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Oh, are you really in Alaska? Didn't realize you were so far away. John Heflin is a good guy, but Frederick, MD might be a little too far to do you any good. He would know what will fit your car, though and could give you good advice.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Thanks!! And yes, I really do live in Alaska, but it is truly beautiful up here. Here is a sunset picture, not at all altered.

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Those CLK lightweights look great, I got a set originally to put into my 300D but the 15" Bundts came up, so they got moved to the W124.



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Can't go wrong with a set of AMG Pentas

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