These are my new Mandrus Milleniums in Hyper Silver. Stayed with 18/19. Saw a picture of 19/20 and looked like the car was on stilts to me.

Special thankx to Spotsbimmer for the assist.

No spacers required. The stock lug bolts are 1/2 inch to long. They look like crap anyway so no harm done. Took as much time to find chrome bolts as it did to get tires.

 

looks great - a set of springs would do it.

 

Uncle Al, can't wait to see them in person.

Very nice.

 

Who did you buy them from? getyourwheels.com has done several of our cars and know the exact offsets and diameters required for a perfect fit.

I had to grind about 1/4 inch off of each lug.

Here's mine in 19s and 20s. Stilts, really?

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I wonder how they would like with 10mm and 12mm spacers since I already have them?

 

Nice look Uncle Al.
Bring them out next Sunday and show us the bling !!
Chicagoland Meet & Downtown Cruise - Sunday June 28

 

I used BuyWheelsToday. Easy deal and no drama.

How oversize wheels look may be dependent on the car color. Didn't mind so much how they looked on your rides but really didn't care for pictures I saw of oversize on black. Are yours hyper silver or chrome?

I have always liked the stance of these cars as they came from the factory. I do track it on occaision so am leary of playing with springs and spacers. Scooter go to be ready to roll. She's not just another pretty face.

 

Nice ride! Been looking to see the 18/19 setup!

Thanks

 

I bought my Mandrus Milleniums in May 2008. I have received more compliments on them than any other aspect of he car. I replaced the M center caps with Mercedes tri star caps +/- 3" which can be found on Ebay. The fronts are 18x8.5 with 225/40R-18XL General Exclaim UHP tires. The reaqr wheels are 19X9.5 with 265/30R-19XL General Exclaim UHP tires. I had the TPMS rebuilt and the lugs were changed to "GORILLA WHL INST KIT."
I have very litle noticible wear in 8,000 miles and when I replace the rears it will be to 275 or 285 x 30s. The Generals were in the top 4 rated at tire rack 5 years running, and 1/2 the price of the Goodyears and Michelins. If you want to see the wheels on your car, use the Discount Tire.com avirtual mockup and put in your wheel size and the color of your car.

John P

 

Sweet. OK, I'm conviced. Standard size is the way to go.

How do the center caps come off? I didn't see any obvious pry slot.

The first person to ask me what the 'M' stood for I lied to and told them it was my initial. Would seem easier to change the cap then change my name.

 

I learned the hard way on the caps. Secret is, DON"T PUT THE M CAPS ON. Other way is to remove wheels from car and pop out from inside or you risk damaging the wheels.
M=Mercedes )

 

the 19" and 20" set up looks nice!!!!

 

Well, the car probably would look like it was on stilts if I didn't lower it. I used Eibachs and Koni shocks. It was a fairly simple job, but took most of the weekend to do. The car corners awesome and can be auto-crossed just fine. With the Konis set to full hard, the thing sticks like glue with almost zero body roll.

My wheels are hyper silver. I also saw carman_subaru's black one and actually, it was one of my inspirations. Shades lowered SRT6 with Petrol Octane wheels was the other.

 

Wondering if either people above with the 18/19 Mandrus Millenium set-ups can help me.

I have an '04 Alabaster coupe, completely stock, 25k miles. I just got these rims in yesterday from Direct Discount Tire, hypersilver finish. I ordered their lug nut kit. Fronts are 18x8.5 32mm offset, Rears are 19x9.5 35mm offset. I'm going to be running Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 stock size front and rear (already arrived from TireRack).

My questions are as follows:
-Can I just have the TPMS switched over from the stock rims, or is it likely my batteries are on their last leg and they should be replaced? How long is everyone's lasting? I'm planning on having the rims installed on Friday, and don't want to delay in order to await delivery of new batteries if I don't need to.

-I've read another thread where the member said the tire shop had problems swapping the TPMS onto the Mandrus Millenium wheels, and had to use some sort of "band" to hold the TPMS onto the wheel. Did either of you have issues with this, or did the stock TPMS system switch with no problems?

-Do I need to have the wheel studs replaced, it seems a couple of people now have said the stock ones were too long for these wheels? Or will they work, but the lug nuts will stick out more than is pleasing to the eye?

Thanks for the help. Just want to make sure I get this right the first time.

 

No idea how long the sensors last. Mine are still original and still worked. I did use a new set for the new wheels since the stock wheels will be used in the off season. The tire guy had no problem installing the sensors. As yet my TPS system is not working. I have to take it in to have the dealer calibrate them. I am assuming this will be an easy deal but won't know for sure until it has been done.

The wheels are attached to hubs with lug bolts. If you are expecting to take off the wheel and find studs sticking out that you can screw your new nuts onto, you will be surprised. Your existing lug bolts might work since you are going to use a spacer. Without the spacer your lug bolts will interfere with the parking brake. Your existing bolts were not intended to be seen. They have a nice ugly rust free finish. Go to your local tuner shop and tell them you have an SLK and they should be able to fix you up for around $50.

For more info on lug bolts just search. Surprised me also.

 

Thanks for the quick response.

One note, I wasn't planning on using a spacer. I'm hoping you weren't concluding that from the two offsets I mentioned, that's the offset the guy at Direct Tire suggested to me for a direct fit on the Crossfire, and I know another member here installed the same wheels with that offset and it worked out okay. I hope they were correct.

What offset are your Milleniums, F/R?

The lug bolts are a surprise. I'll do a search now. By the sound of it, if I am not going to use a spacer, I will need to purchase shorter wheel lugs. By how much you think, 0.5", 0.25"?

I need to open the install kit I bought from Direct Tire, it was $70, and it better not be Lug nuts, otherwise they're getting some return mail.

By the way, the rims looked as good as I hoped on your ride.

 

Far as I know Milleniums are only built with one offset. Thought you were talking about adding a spacer. They fit like they were purposely designed to fit. Which they were.

My bolts are a 1/2 in. shorter then stock. 3/8 might be better. Remember it is easier to fix too long than it is to fix too short.

Enjoy your box of brand new lug nuts. You are not the first to be a proud owner of useless nuts.

 

Uncle Al I've got the chrome 18x8.5f 19x9.5r on my roadster(Black) I think the sliver on your coupe look better !!!

 

InjuredOften,

Mandrus wheels should be available in 25 ET. If you got the rears with 35 ET you are going to need hub centric spacers (probably 10 - 15 MM) or you will probably rub on the inside upper wheel well at full suspension jounce. I would probably go with 15 MM spacers and it will put your wheels further out by about 2 MMs. Although a 10 MM spacer will get you to where the 25 MM ET Mandrus wheels would have put you without any spacers. The stock offset on our cars are 35 ET front and 22 ET in the rear.

Also I don't believe your stock lug bolts will work either way. Most aftermarket wheels use a ball shaped head and our stock wheels lug bolts have a cone shaped head. Another thing to watch out for is the rear lug bolts must not stick into the hub assembly any further than the stock bolts or you will damage the parking brakes (inside the rear rotor).

The best way to determine how long of a bolt you need is to take your wheel off and stick the stock bolt through the hole in the wheel and measure how much protrudes out past the mounting surface of the wheel. This is the distance your new lug bolts must protrude through both the wheel and whatever spacer you use.

Your installer may not be aware of the clearance issue with the parking brakes so you may want to relay this to them. If it is a good size installer they will probably have lug bolts available there.

I hope this helps and good luck.

Stay safe...


Respectfully,


Paul (MisterTaz)

 

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Originally Posted by MisterTaz

Also I don't believe your stock lug bolts will work either way. Most aftermarket wheels use a ball shaped head and our stock wheels lug bolts have a cone shaped head. Another thing to watch out for is the rear lug bolts must not stick into the hub assembly any further than the stock bolts or you will damage the parking brakes (inside the rear rotor).

I definately had 35mm offset winter wheels and it cause a major issue on my '07 Base Coupe. I broke the retainer springs on both sides of the rear. It made a major noise issue and did not make me feel very safe. Luckily, I was under warranty and got the dealership to replace them...but it did cost me a couple days rental...

Heed MisterTaz' warning...

Like the old saying goes... measure twice, cut once.

Or in this case: measure twice, mount once.



But now I have the SRT and won't make that mistake again.