From BMW to Benz, hi Im Esa, but i have a q?

[John Laidlaw]

Aaargh Diamond cut!! Just be very careful not to kerb these Esa!

 

[Craiglxviii]

Aaargh Diamond cut!! Just be very careful not to kerb these Esa!

Buy some Collinite 845 and give each wheel at least 3 coats front and back before fitting them. This will prevent the diamond cut finish from white-worming itself into oblivion at the chance of rain, snow or slush.

 

[John Laidlaw]

Buy some Collinite 845 and give each wheel at least 3 coats front and back before fitting them. This will prevent the diamond cut finish from white-worming itself into oblivion at the chance of rain, snow or slush.

Good call Craig

 

[Craiglxviii]

I did it to mine, I'm hoping it will work. At the present rate the winter will be the first chance I'll have of driving the damn thing

 

[Esaelias]

ok mate will check now

he has posted info on wheels on gumtree

ill go on wheelsize now

also btw thanks guys and craig for the help

i will try not to curb there wheels, iv always liked these wheels

i think i am safe if they dont fit i will return them cuz he 'guranteed' they would fit...

btw any other upgrades or nice upgrades you guys have i can do in near future?

 

[Esaelias]

Have you checked the offset on these and the wheel bolt size? MB have several different bolt sizes (12mm and 14.5mm from memory) and cup radii dependent on your model. I did this, bought AMG multispoke for my CL and had to source completely new (shorter) wheel bolts to fit the wheels on.

If you search on this site for "Wheel sizes" or "Will these wheels fit" you will find a sticky thread with links to various sites that will allow you to check.

went on there and it on wheel size it said:

7.5Jx18 ET44 / 8.5Jx18 ET49 5x112 M14 x 1.5 66.6

and on gumtree the guy has wrote:

2 x 7.5J x 18" FRONT
2 x 8.5J x 18" REARS

OFFSET ET 44 front
OFFSET ET 49 rears

CENTE BORE 66.6


i tihnk they should fit, obv you know more than me

 

[John Laidlaw]

Looks like they'll fit indeed. Bolt sizes might need checking.
Other mods, painted calipers look great (you'll find threads on this subject on this forum), tyres often overlooked (yours OK?), air filters can quite cheaply make the car sound and feel better (Like K&N or BMC). Then there's the exhaust...really depends how much you want to spend and get carried away with!

 

[Craiglxviii]

Defo painted calipers; wheels and lamps already covered, good call on tyres; you could always debadge; pressed aluminium number plates; change the door puddle lamps to MB logo-d ones from Alibaba... remap and dyno from GAD or MSL... remove secondary cats if you have them...

 

[JBell]

Have you checked the offset on these and the wheel bolt size? MB have several different bolt sizes (12mm and 14.5mm from memory) and cup radii dependent on your model. I did this, bought AMG multispoke for my CL and had to source completely new (shorter) wheel bolts to fit the wheels on.

They will go straight on, they are from a 2016 C and the OP has a 2015 C

 

[Esaelias]

good call,

well the tyres that have come with these wheels are disgusting very big and bulky, not the skinny smooth ones so ill need to buy those

ill get the caliphers painted, its a silver one so i was thinking grey

im going to get a mesh grille front, it looks quite nice

alloys covered

and the led bulbs still looking, i see some while driving i see a ford with these beautiful bright bulbs but i need to know which ones he had! i seen the nightbreakers they still have a yellow tint to them....any help i would appreciate

but thanks guys also what do you think of my choice of alloys? if anyone did see the ad do they look genuine to you?

 

[John Laidlaw]

Great, good plans
The alloys look genuine and the part number checks out . Decent buy, well done!
On the tyres you'll need new ones anyway of course for the 18 in wheels
The 16's you have you could keep and out winter tyres on...

 

[Craiglxviii]

On the bulbs, I must strongly advise you to not go down the blue white route. You may think they look cool but you will be sacrificing actual lighting performance (illumination of the road as perceived by the driver) for bling factor. Don't do it. I have or have had Osram Nightbreakers H7 or H4 variously fitted to 4 cars now and like many here can report that they are excellent. 2 of these cars have single xenon lamps too and the Nightbreakers are not readily distinguishable from the xenon colour temperature wise when full beam is on.

Mesh grille front? I hate to point this out but you have a beautifully styled MB, it isn't a Focus. Keep the bars and star, don't cheapen the look of the car- otherwise it will look just like a C class that someone has tried to bling up!

Just my opinion, but it's the right one

By the way, they're lovely wheels. Great find.

 

[Esaelias]

On the bulbs, I must strongly advise you to not go down the blue white route. You may think they look cool but you will be sacrificing actual lighting performance (illumination of the road as perceived by the driver) for bling factor. Don't do it. I have or have had Osram Nightbreakers H7 or H4 variously fitted to 4 cars now and like many here can report that they are excellent. 2 of these cars have single xenon lamps too and the Nightbreakers are not readily distinguishable from the xenon colour temperature wise when full beam is on.

Mesh grille front? I hate to point this out but you have a beautifully styled MB, it isn't a Focus. Keep the bars and star, don't cheapen the look of the car- otherwise it will look just like a C class that someone has tried to bling up!

Just my opinion, but it's the right one

By the way, they're lovely wheels. Great find.

ok no mesh grille..

bulbs i have found these bright ones they are expensive and i think they do not sacrifice illumination like you said. so i found these (http://www.powerbulbs.com/product/crystal-vision-h7) for the high beam

and for the low beam these are expensive: Philips Xenon WhiteVision D1S (Single)

one is 4300k like craig mentioned
the low beam is 6000k

both look quality and abit expensive

now the alloys, im maybe neing paranoid, now as you guys said the alloys look genuine etc...so i message the seller froma different number being a different person saying are these still available (obv he should reply no as i bought them) but he goes hi yes still available but i am on holiday till monday.... ok so now im panicking

so now i text him from my own number and say hi mate will you be posting these he replie hi yes will post them today with tracking (meaning he is not on holiday)

now i may somewhat be protected through paypal so once these come im going to go mercedes garage and verify they are real ;S

 

[Esaelias]

ok so i kind of just found out they have 'professionaly' been refurbished, guess he kind of lied but they are genuine and still look nice so i guess i will keep them....for now...

craig and john what would you do?

 

[television]

ok so i kind of just found out they have 'professionaly' been refurbished, guess he kind of lied but they are genuine and still look nice so i guess i will keep them....for now...

craig and john what would you do?

Having diamond cut wheels refurbished can be expensive, its very hard to get the clear top coat to stick well, it is also whats known as a weak finish as it contains no pigment. Some firms that do this work offer a 2 year guarantee but they charge £600 to do the job.

 

[John Laidlaw]

Does the refurb look good?
the only issue if so then is that if the diamond cut has been done once, or worse twice or more, then you likely won't be able to do another refurb via diamond cut again as these actually get some material skimmed off each time.
In your shoes I would take them to a specialist in Diamond cut and ask them to check if they've been skimmed already, I guess they can tell. If they've been done and there's not much material left I'd reject them.
the wheelspecialist should be able to help. There is one in Manchester 0161
231 8337 Welcomb street M11 2NB
I'm sure there are loads of others, but I have used their sister branch in Ellesmere Port and found them to be good. My 212 I had previously had the same alloys as you now have and refurbed one of them (Skimmed) with good results.

 

[Esaelias]

Having diamond cut wheels refurbished can be expensive, its very hard to get the clear top coat to stick well, it is also whats known as a weak finish as it contains no pigment. Some firms that do this work offer a 2 year guarantee but they charge £600 to do the job.

they have been 'reconditioned' that what he said, so just confused whether i have made a good choice, in the picture they look good

he lied to saying oh we only have one pair and the buyer didnt want them etc so just annoyed

but if they are genuine and look spotless i guess wells ee

 

[bob 6600]

bulbs i have found these bright ones they are expensive and i think they do not sacrifice illumination like you said. so i found these (http://www.powerbulbs.com/product/crystal-vision-h7) for the high beam

and for the low beam these are expensive: Philips Xenon WhiteVision D1S (Single)

one is 4300k like craig mentioned
the low beam is 6000k

both look quality and abit expensive

Ok there seems to be some confusion.

Firstly, D1S are HID bulbs and cannot just be plugged into a halogen set-up.

If you have 'yellow' bulbs they are likely 'normal' halogen bulbs and not HID/Xenon. If this is the case, the easiest is performance bulbs as mentioned earlier like Nightbreakers etc.

If you have Xenon lights from factory (which I don't think so) then for a bright white light 4300k is normally factory although I have found 5000k to be a bit whiter, may be down to how accurate the manufacturer is.

 

[Esaelias]

Does the refurb look good?
the only issue if so then is that if the diamond cut has been done once, or worse twice or more, then you likely won't be able to do another refurb via diamond cut again as these actually get some material skimmed off each time.
In your shoes I would take them to a specialist in Diamond cut and ask them to check if they've been skimmed already, I guess they can tell. If they've been done and there's not much material left I'd reject them.
the wheelspecialist should be able to help. There is one in Manchester 0161
231 8337 Welcomb street M11 2NB
I'm sure there are loads of others, but I have used their sister branch in Ellesmere Port and found them to be good. My 212 I had previously had the same alloys as you now have and refurbed one of them (Skimmed) with good results.

i havent seen them in person yet, but i will do what you said the pictures are on here with close ups aswell

https://www.gumtree.com/p/wheel-rim...oys-wheels-c-class-e-class-cls-slk/1178604392

 

[television]

they have been 'reconditioned' that what he said, so just confused whether i have made a good choice, in the picture they look good

he lied to saying oh we only have one pair and the buyer didnt want them etc so just annoyed

but if they are genuine and look spotless i guess wells ee

That does mean completely re painted all over. You will never know how well they are done until the get very wet or get salt on them. They do look nice so plenty of good wax on them.