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Ah, less republican, more cool. Now
you are stylin'!
Mille Miglia Bello Wheels
These wheels are very very very rare. It's hard
to find wheels that will fit this car. I mean, this is no Civic.
But holy cow! What an upgrade, this will make
you be ashamed of your car no more! This will make you the pimp-daddy's
daddy's car! Getting these wheels, and some euro lights, is
like the nerd girl taking off her glasses and putting down her
hair! It's really a good looking car underneath!
You can get these wheels basically at one place:
The
Tire Rack's Upgrade Garage. I got myself some tires too,
makes a great package. Just enter in your car, and it will show
you these wheels.
Now to get "technical" This is the
first guide I ever wrote!:
If you have a W123 and you want to get rid of
those ugly republican old wheels, here is what you need to know.
1. Your current wheels are 14" x 6" with a Bolt Pattern
of 5 X 112mm, (5 Lugs with spacing of 112mm between those) with
+30mm offset.
2. If you want to get bigger wheels and lower profiles, remember,
you may loose your Mercedes smooth ride by getting 17"
or 18" wheels. So if you just want the looks, go with a
nice looking 14" or 15" to give you the looks, and
keep the same smooth ride.
Also with a 16" wheel, the tires will cost a minimum of
$20 more each, v.s. 15".
3. Going up in size, you need to go to a smaller offset. +20->25mm
is ideal. If you go to a higher offset, your wheel may hit the
strut, etc. Not to mention, that you have a 20 year old Mercedes
Benz Diesel, this isn't a performance car, but a luxury car.
If you are upgrading wheels on a W123, I doubt you are not trying
to shave time off you're 0-60 time... :)
From here, I got this information:
I went with the above 15" X 7" with 25mm offset.
(5X112) My New wheel has the following characteristics:
The clearance from strut housing to the inside of the wheel
will be 8mm LESS
The outside edge of the wheel will EXTEND an extra 18mm
4. Also you don't want to mess with your speedometer. So if
you have as stock 14" wheels, and 195/70 (70% of .7 * 195mm)
(14" = 355.6mm)+(195 *.7= 136.5) X 2 = 273 (because you
have the tire above and below the wheel) Thus total equals:
You will also need new LUGS! You're wheel people will know
what to get.
I did submit this article to MBZ.org but they
never gave me credit for it, and that kinda ticked me off, everyone
else gets credit for their articles (crappy ones at that, no
or small pictures, etc) So I made my own site -eh?
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