Thread: Spare Tire
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Old Jul 1, 2017 | 09:53 AM
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Default Re: Spare Tire

Originally Posted by onehundred80
Conical? I was under the impression that Mercedes only used ball seats, lately anyway. The Crossfires seats are ball seats anyway. Mix them up and you have trouble.

Good catch! Thanks for fact-checking my post! Don't want anyone buying something based on misinformation. Given these spares are not OEM and listed for other MB/non spec'd vehicles, who knows what ppl will try to mount there for whatever reason. I have read scores of rim/tire posts where differing rims were mounted (some with spacers, some not), and sometimes ppl are finding out the wrong bolt/face/length tore expensive stuff up. The MAIN POINT is if the rim has conical or ball seats you MUST use the correct bolt head face in the correct LENGTH (if you believe these 'spares' are needed in your car).

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