The day I picked up my ML, the dealer's demo had 18" chrome wheels and
Yokahama tires. Offered to exchange mine for $1000 total. Seems like an
incredible bargain!
On Wed, 19 Aug 1998 10:35:56 -0500 "Bill Naylor" <naylor@mindspring.com>
writes: > >Excuse me, but $1200 bucks EACH for wheels? What do you DO for a >living? >Ouch!! > >--BN > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-m-class@moab.off-road.com >> [mailto:owner-m-class@moab.off-road.com]On
Behalf Of Gregory A. >Williams >> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 10:22 AM >> To: m-class@moab.off-road.com >> Subject: "Plus-size" wheels >> >> >> I installed Lorinser RS-3 18" x 10" wheels on my ML a
couple >> months ago and >> love them. These five-spoke wheels, with a polished rim and >> silver center, >> are absolute traffic stoppers and very well proportioned to the >vehicle >> (They also come in a 20-inch diameter). They are fitted with >Yokohama AVS >> S/T tires (285/50R18H) which maintain approximately the same outside >> diameter as the stock wheel/tire combination. They are quiet, have >more >> grip than you can use in on-road applications, and have a unique and >> attractive unidirectional tread pattern. I haven't tried them >off-road >> yet, but they should be good in most conditions. The large tread >blocks >> and wide width would not be good in the snow, however; I'm going to >put >> 75-series M+S tires on my stock rims for that. >> >> I got the wheels and tires through a local performance wheel dealer, >who's >> distributor is CEC (Claus Ettensberger Corporation: >www.cecwheels.com). >> The only drawback is both are very expensive. The wheels list for >$1,190 >> each (though I got some discount) and the tires were $300 each, >because >> they had to be imported from Europe at the time. >> >> >================================================= >> M-Class Mailing List http://www.off-road.com/mbenz >> Subscription Info http://www.off-road.com/mbenz/guideline.html >> Sponsored by Clair Parts Express: >http://www.clair.com/parts/index.html >> *** Send [Un]Subscription message to majordomo@lists.off-road.com >***** >> > > >================================================== >M-Class Mailing List http://www.off-road.com/mbenz >Subscription Info http://www.off-road.com/mbenz/guideline.html >Sponsored by Clair Parts Express: >http://www.clair.com/parts/index.html >*** Send [Un]Subscription message to majordomo@lists.off-road.com >***** >
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