Moparrbust and I bought these mercedes wheels 16 x 7 together, he got two and I got two, I was not happy with the fit as the ET is 35 or 37 not sure ,(mine is now covered up) any way i wanted the wheels to stick out more, I also did not want to use a spacer (persay). so i got with a wheel repair shop and here is what i came up with.
first i alined the hub centric spacer perfectly center, I got the correct bolts along with centering nuts. through the small holes in the rims i drilled the spacer. i then marked it remove it and tapped them both. I bolted the hubcentric 15mm spacers to the wheel, I changed my offset to ET 20 , I do not have tires on them yet,, my other set of drag radials the 315 35 17 do for me what paul's did for him then i will sell these two rims with spacers bolted on them. here are some pic of what and how i did it. jim
you can see the tapered nut and the ball lug.
drilled and taped after centering the hubcentric 100% center
this is what it looks like bolted on
the look from the outside
the ball lugs were ordered 2" long this pic shows how much sticks out the back into the hub of the car,,6 turns

 

Jim, they look good. Have you taken them to a shop to see how well balanced they are without a tire?

I hope your 17 inch wheels work really good for you.....

 

Jim, did you have a functional concern about the offset, or was it more of an aesthetic one?

Thanks

 

So does this make the wheel a "2-piece wheel?"

 

aesthetic! it was way under the car now it is located almost even with the fender like the stock wheels. jim

 

you could say that,, I just don't want a spacer that can move, ,with the bolts and the lug bolts it has to be tighter,, the way i want it. jim

 

man those wheels are filthy!!! send them to me ill clean them like i did bmorgans. thats a clean wheel!!

 

Very cool idea.

 

Didn't want to create a new thread, so I picked a recently deceased thread regarding the same topic...


Over on MBworld.org someone is selling some 16x7.5 wheels that he has as his 'winter' setup. I have asked him what the offset is on the wheels as I may be interested in purchasing two of them for drag rims.

I wanted to post up here and see if anyone would be interested in the other two rims depending on cost (I asked him what he is looking to get for them)

LINK

bezn-winter-rims-tires.jpg

 

Those aren't even the same rims as the OP's rims.

 

meh, details details.

I realized they weren't the same as OP's rims...but I'd rather not start another thread and depending on offset they would still work.


I DO NOT know the weight of these, but I'm doubting they will be as light as the rims you gentlemen have...just another option.

 

If you just want a pair of 16x7 1/2's then I can sell you my old set and you wouldn't have any hassles..........PM me if interested. They do NOT come with tires and the black paint is "so so".

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zahanma pm sent to you

 

moparrbust/amx

do you have a part number on the 16x7s that you went in and got?

 

heres the part # for anyone who wants it
A2084010002 with an et 37

 

I haven't had any issues so far running hub centric spacers....just need to check them, and even then, I haven't had to re-torque them...but certainly not a thing wrong with what Jim has done....nice set up....

 

You do realize they sell spacers that bolt to the hub right? It's basically like an extension of the HUB and they are very heavy duty. Zero chance of moving or loosening. They are so tight that currently I can't get mine off!

 

I think his purpose was..... street wheels do not need spacers.... drag wheels need spacers.... Why bolt/unbolt spacers from hub every time you swap between street and drag wheels. Great idea in my opinion.

 

Ahhh... Now that is a good idea!