[W126 Coupe] Wheel overload

[Shayegan, Richard]

Everyone's always talking about wheels, but never weight (well, there
was that one time, but no numbers were mentioned). Those AMG's look
tanky, and I'd suspect they weigh tanky too, no? I was thinking about
getting something like the BBS RC's sooner or later for the weight
reason. They say they are a leightweight 19lbs, but to be quite frank
that means nothing to me. What do say the 14 inchers on the pre-86 cars
weigh?
Richard

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[mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Hodgman
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 3:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Wheel overload

Not sure, but I know you can get 17 X 8.5 (thus the 245 45 17) to fit
back there w/ an ET of 30 in a Monoblock II..  Comes off a W202 C
class.




On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:41:44 -0800, Frank Alderete
<falderete at fongprinters.com> wrote:
> I am in looking for wheels to replace the stock 15's on the 91 SEC.
I've
> gone back through the archives and have decided to look for 17x 8
AMG's
> mounted with 245/45/17 tires...or is it 235/45/17, I don't understand
how
> the 2 sizes affect the car. It appears the wheel offset should be
17mm, but
> I have also seen the offset specified as ET35. Is ET35 the same as
17mm?
> 
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