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Marsden Classic MB Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Capital City USA Vehicle(s): Mercedes-Benz | Best BENZ wheel! Okay, nominate via photo link. Here's the current one I like best,
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AsianML Date registered: Dec 1899 Location: Vehicle(s): | RE: Best BENZ wheel! That's the CLK55 AMG wheel right? The fenders look like it's from a CLS though....
Are we allowed to add more than one? If so, here's my second nomination. My second one is the Rukbat 19" 6-spoke wheel from the W164 M-Class.
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Marsden Classic MB Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Capital City USA Vehicle(s): Mercedes-Benz | RE: Best BENZ wheel! Wow that six-spoke is cool, and new to me. However I am philosophically opposed to six-spoke wheels | ||
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AsianML Date registered: Dec 1899 Location: Vehicle(s): | RE: Best BENZ wheel! Marsden - 8/24/2006 3:51 PM Why are six-spoke wheels bad?Wow that six-spoke is cool, and new to me. However I am philosophically opposed to six-spoke wheels | ||
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Marsden Classic MB Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Capital City USA Vehicle(s): Mercedes-Benz | RE: Best BENZ wheel! Well, the logic is that the physical stresses in the wheel Kinda like symmetry, only different | ||
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AsianML Date registered: Dec 1899 Location: Vehicle(s): | RE: Best BENZ wheel! Marsden - 8/24/2006 4:11 PM Has this been proven yet?Well, the logic is that the physical stresses in the wheel Kinda like symmetry, only different | ||
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Marsden Classic MB Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Capital City USA Vehicle(s): Mercedes-Benz | RE: Best BENZ wheel! Well, I doubt it. The logic is clear IMHO but I think in practice the stress differentials are relatively slight and/or easily managed by material strength. Still, why have them (differentials) when you don't have to? | ||
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AsianML Date registered: Dec 1899 Location: Vehicle(s): | RE: Best BENZ wheel! Marsden - 8/24/2006 4:31 PM Okay, my 5-spoke nominations are the W221 S65 AMG wheel.Well, I doubt it. The logic is clear IMHO but I think in practice the stress differentials are relatively slight and/or easily managed by material strength. Still, why have them (differentials) when you don't have to?
And the W220 S65 AMG wheels.
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embee Date registered: Dec 1899 Location: Vehicle(s): | RE: Best BENZ wheel! Dunno about 'best', but my favorite. | ||
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jdc1244 Date registered: Dec 1899 Location: Vehicle(s): | RE: Best BENZ wheel! I've always liked these: (40_3.JPG) (500sel84080vl.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 40_3.JPG (51KB - 1 downloads) 500sel84080vl.jpg (34KB - 1 downloads) | ||
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Marsden Classic MB Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Capital City USA Vehicle(s): Mercedes-Benz | RE: Best BENZ wheel! embee - 8/24/2006 6:48 PM Dunno about 'best', but my favorite.
I love that wheel. Good proportions and minimal detail. What model(s)??
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Marsden Classic MB Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Capital City USA Vehicle(s): Mercedes-Benz | RE: Best BENZ wheel! D'oh! Six spokes! I was looking at the lug nuts...... | ||
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AsianML Date registered: Dec 1899 Location: Vehicle(s): | RE: Best BENZ wheel! Marsden - 8/24/2006 9:12 PM Yeah the nuts are perfectly proportioned. D'oh! Six spokes! I was looking at the lug nuts...... | ||
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Marsden Classic MB Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Capital City USA Vehicle(s): Mercedes-Benz | RE: Best BENZ wheel! AsianML - 8/24/2006 9:16 PM Yeah the nuts are perfectly proportioned. Whose nutz? BUT...... they're not aligned regularly with the spokes. I think I've been set up! | ||
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Marsden Classic MB Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Capital City USA Vehicle(s): Mercedes-Benz | RE: Best BENZ wheel! Still a nice wheel.... if you have to go six spokes. | ||
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AsianML Date registered: Dec 1899 Location: Vehicle(s): | RE: Best BENZ wheel! Marsden - 8/24/2006 9:24 PM Still a nice wheel.... if you have to go six spokes. That looks like the Evo wheel for the W201. Almost all Evo wheels look like that....even the ones on the ML. | ||
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Marsden Classic MB Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Capital City USA Vehicle(s): Mercedes-Benz | RE: Best BENZ wheel! I think the trend today is toward fussier, more complex designs, and in particular there's some showing off among designers & engineers as regards how little material they can use. I'm a traditionalist so a more-substantial design like that one suits my taste.
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AsianML Date registered: Dec 1899 Location: Vehicle(s): | RE: Best BENZ wheel! Marsden - 8/24/2006 9:31 PM Haha, all of the wheels I posted are more "complicated" in design. However, IMO, the W221 Denebola isn't too complex...Like I said before, simple, sporty, elegant. IMHO.I think the trend today is toward fussier, more complex designs, and in particular there's some showing off among designers & engineers as regards how little material they can use. I'm a traditionalist so a more-substantial design like that one suits my taste.
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Marsden Classic MB Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Capital City USA Vehicle(s): Mercedes-Benz | RE: Best BENZ wheel! AsianML - 8/24/2006 9:33 PM Haha, all of the wheels I posted are more "complicated" in design. However, IMO, the W221 Denebola isn't too complex...Like I said before, simple, sporty, elegant. IMHO. It's only natural that young people are gonna like the more complex designs. Because the simpler ones are probably associated with "old hat". I'm a traditionalist anyway. However..... I can tell without counting that this wheel has a number of spokes which is not a multiple of five
All you have to do is look at the lugs
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embee Date registered: Dec 1899 Location: Vehicle(s): | RE: Best BENZ wheel! Yup, EVO wheels for 201. This is BADass | ||
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