Need Suggestions Help PLS

BrabusClK04 · 09-23-2004, 11:53 AM

Ok, I need some sugguestions and help of what size tires to get. My previous tires I got were like 225/30 front and 265/25 rear (I think this was correct??) for the 19's wheels. My new set up will be 19x9.5 and 19x11. I was wonder what size tires to get for this setup.

Here are my choices:
Front 275/30 and Rear 315/25,
Front 265/30 and Rear 305/25

The first one will look very aggressive and mean, but this means I will lose alot of speeding ability, and the car will be sluggish
The second one will be somewhat ok, but my car wont that sluggish.
Thanks for you inputs and thoughts.

Oh and BTW, this is for the W209...

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theitalianjob · 09-23-2004, 12:17 PM

265/30, 305/25... I'd sacrifice looks for power.

KompressorKev · 09-23-2004, 11:45 PM

19 x 11, the stock-width body panels can fit that wide

anyway, i think 305 should cover it though i say talk to the guys at Tirerack. they should be able to help you, but just from off the top of my head, it seems 305 should cover it. my friend has 19 x 10.5 and ran 285's and it covered it fine, but that was on an M3 offset so maybe the whole setup's different? anyway, i think 315 might be overkill...i see supras with setups like 19 x 12 with that! anyway, 19 x 11 sounds awfully wide on a W209...

nice car you have btw, love it. sorry this is OT but do you have any pictures, i love Brabus and haven't seen too many w209's with brabus stuff! thanks man!

BrabusClK04 · 09-24-2004, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by 99e36m3

19 x 11, the stock-width body panels can fit that wide

anyway, i think 305 should cover it though i say talk to the guys at Tirerack. they should be able to help you, but just from off the top of my head, it seems 305 should cover it. my friend has 19 x 10.5 and ran 285's and it covered it fine, but that was on an M3 offset so maybe the whole setup's different? anyway, i think 315 might be overkill...i see supras with setups like 19 x 12 with that! anyway, 19 x 11 sounds awfully wide on a W209...

nice car you have btw, love it. sorry this is OT but do you have any pictures, i love Brabus and haven't seen too many w209's with brabus stuff! thanks man!

yeah i was thinking about 305, but i was told that 315 would look so mean and nice for show. Yes 19x11 is not normal.

I have pictures of my car but ill post some final work when im done with it, which should be like next week. I have brabus front, rear, amg sides, dual exhaust, custom brabus inspired grill, custom brabus inspired CF addon lip, etc etc. which was originally on my car. Ill post new pics when im done.

rguy · 09-24-2004, 01:26 AM

I don't know about anyone else here, but in terms of aesthetics, we are talking about 10mm of tire width between the two. That is about .4 inches for those who don't like the metric system.

Go for performance in this decision.

JLee81 · 09-25-2004, 12:02 AM

Yo this is totally nonsense. It is true that you can fit 19 9.5JF and 11JR but the tire size..... the wheel house can not accomodate your specification unless you roll (out!!!) the fenders, which would look very ugly. The max that you can do without rolling the fenders is 235 and 275 wirh 9.5 and 11 width.
Chech this company. They do have a setup for those wheels.
http://www.bbsfelgen.de/splash.php?breite=1600
But if I am wrong about this please correct me.

09-23-2004, 11:45 PM	#3
KompressorKev Super Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: bay area, california! Posts: 705 Drives: 02 C32 black/black	19 x 11, the stock-width body panels can fit that wide anyway, i think 305 should cover it though i say talk to the guys at Tirerack. they should be able to help you, but just from off the top of my head, it seems 305 should cover it. my friend has 19 x 10.5 and ran 285's and it covered it fine, but that was on an M3 offset so maybe the whole setup's different? anyway, i think 315 might be overkill...i see supras with setups like 19 x 12 with that! anyway, 19 x 11 sounds awfully wide on a W209... nice car you have btw, love it. sorry this is OT but do you have any pictures, i love Brabus and haven't seen too many w209's with brabus stuff! thanks man! __________________ 02 Black C32 AMG (formerly 99e36m3) ASP Overdrive Pullies Brabus Front Bumper Color Coded Black Grille Eisenmann Race Exhaust (2 x 83mm round) Euro Impact Strips H&R Coilovers OEM Bixenon Headlights w/ 8000K HID 2005 Accessories OEM Trunklid Spoiler 2005 Foglights w/ 8000K HID W211 Mirror Turn Signals HRE 545R Wheels (gloss black w/ polish lips) - 19 x 8.5, 19 x 9.5

09-25-2004, 12:02 AM	#6
JLee81 Super Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Seoul, Korea Posts: 611 Drives: 04 CLK55, IWC CLS55 AMG(one of 55), 07 Honda CR-V 4WD	Yo this is totally nonsense. It is true that you can fit 19 9.5JF and 11JR but the tire size..... the wheel house can not accomodate your specification unless you roll (out!!!) the fenders, which would look very ugly. The max that you can do without rolling the fenders is 235 and 275 wirh 9.5 and 11 width. Chech this company. They do have a setup for those wheels. http://www.bbsfelgen.de/splash.php?breite=1600 But if I am wrong about this please correct me. Last edited by JLee81; 09-25-2004 at 12:07 AM.

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09-23-2004, 12:17 PM	#2
theitalianjob MBWorld Fanatic! Join Date: May 2004 Location: eight.five.two. Posts: 1,716	265/30, 305/25... I'd sacrifice looks for power.

09-24-2004, 01:26 AM	#5
rguy Super Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 580	I don't know about anyone else here, but in terms of aesthetics, we are talking about 10mm of tire width between the two. That is about .4 inches for those who don't like the metric system. Go for performance in this decision.

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