Spent a few hours at Discount Tire yesterday, and got the new wheels put on...

VERY impressed with the look on the car. I wanted something that brought me back to a factory look, without having to run the narrow (and heavy) factory wheels. Mandrus recently released a new rotary-forged wheel called the Rotec. The spokes are silver with a thin machined strip on the face. The wheels reminds me a LOT of the factory AMG multi-spoke, seen on the SLK55, C63, etc. Only difference (visually) between front and rear wheels is the taper near the hub area... the faces are otherwise uniform from front to rear. Simply losing the lip on the rear of the car, and going with a wheel where the spokes are flush, made the wheels appear larger than they are.

These are very light off the car -- roughly 22 pounds for the front, 23 for the rear.

Specs below:

18x8.5 ET +32mm
19x9.5 ET +35mm

I will have to run a spacer in the rear for aesthetics only... functionally, the +35mm wheels fit perfectly with zero rubbing but the wheels sit inside the fender wells a bit further than I'm used to. The Rotec is available in +25mm offset, BUT those were back-ordered "indefinitely" and I wanted these on for the summer. The beauty of spacers is that I'll be able to custom-tailor the stance in the rear to my liking, so there's definitely a silver lining. I'm thinking a 12mm H&R spacer will be perfect.

But the fronts are bang-on, as expected. Wheel comes out perfectly flush with the body side, and will look even better once lowered.

As for tires, on the rear I'm running 285/30/19 in the Nitto INVO. So far, I love the tire. Definitely a softer sidewall, but sticky. The fronts are soldiering on with the 225/40 BFG KDW... those tires still had 6/32 left on them, much to my chagrin. Too much to throw away, but I don't really like the tire. So, expect to see new INVO's on the fronts soon.

These are just crummy cell-phone pics, I'll be getting some better photos once the spacers are installed.

Cheers,

 

Bitchin dude, just plain bitchin.

 

I like them a lot.

Les

 

Thanks guys!! I'm extremely satisfied with them

 

I give them an enthusiastic thumbs up. Lightweight, subtle, and wider than stock; what's not to like.

 

Your car looks really tall now lol. Definitely time to lower it a bit.
They look quite nice, not to my taste, but they still do look quite good on the car. I agree with grip, they fill all of your needs, so my opinion really doesn't matter much right?

 

very nice..sort of srt looking but nicer and wider......i also just fitted a set of Mandrus..went with the mannheims as i love the 5 spoke look..but each to their own...chris

 

Very nice John!

 

Thanks Anthony!!! I figured you'd like these... they remind me a LOT of the factory rim, and I know those are still your favorite

LOL all opinions welcome. As for the height, I think it's the filter I used on the pics that exaggerates the wheel gap... it made the final 1.5" of fender lip "vanish" in the photo. Functionally, I'm the exact same height as any other SRT out there.

Can't go wrong with Mandrus!!

Thanks Evan!

 

Those look badass John.

 

Thanks man!!

I took a couple of extra photos with no filter, to show the height more accurately. Third shot is proof of how *perfect* the front offset is...

 

They look awesome John!

 

Perfect fitment, nice choice! Those are very clean.

 

Very nice John.
You've come a long way since the white n/a

 

I remember back when John wanted to replace it with another NA, since the SRT was too fast and he'd lose the enjoyment of shifting through the gears.

 

Thanks Dan!!

I appreciate it man!! Honestly your car was the one that convinced me that "exaggerated concavity" of the rear wheels was overrated -- your flush look was what sold me on the Rotec.

Thanks guys!! Yes, it's true -- Steve and Anthony both played a huge role in me acquiring the SRT-6 over another Limited.

And boy, am I thankful

 

They look very good, John.

I could not agree more. I went from a 4" lip out back to no lip with the AMG reps and they still look larger

 

Thanks buddy.

Yes, these definitely grab more attention. It feels like I'm driving a new car, no joke.

 

Where we at on the old wheels...?

 

Packed and ready! I'll shoot you a PM