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Old 09-08-2008, 12:54 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Yup, Fred's right. The 451 is really close on offsets; when you figure in the rim width difference front to rear it's really a wash, so our adapters are 22mm thick on all four corners. On a 450, if what y'all are saying is true, you'd need a super-low offset wheel to get the mounting flange "deeper" into the wheel. I had a guy who came across some OEM CLK wheels which might be just the ticket, as the rears had really low offsets, much less than a comparable C class wheel.

I do have the ability to make up custom thickness adapters (at additional cost), assuming the billets are available, but can't imagine where in the world one would ever find lug bolts long enough. (50mm is almost 2"!) The longest lug bolts I've been able to find are 60mm shanks, which is long enough to go through the thickest rim flange, our adapter and into the stock hub. If the adapters were a whole inch thicker you'd have to find lug bolts that are something like 85mm long, and really, that isn't going to happen.

So, short version: 450's could probably use our adapters if you located very low offset rear wheels. It's simple to measure the backspacing, and from that extrapolate where the front edge of the rim would end up, so if I can help you in that process just give a shout.

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Old 09-08-2008, 12:58 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Oh yeah, to clarify: Four adapters, hardware and instructions - $270 plus shipping for the rest of the month. (Order directly through me, not one of our eBay auctions!)

And thanks, I think it's a great price too. Nice to hear someone else agree. (Sheesh, $200... As if...)



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Old 09-16-2008, 07:34 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Hi Johnny,

What is the center bore of the adapter you build? I'm looking to switch to a 57.1 center bore Bentley wheel and want to know if my adapters will work.
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Old 09-17-2008, 10:46 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Hi Johnny,

What is the center bore of the adapter you build? I'm looking to switch to a 57.1 center bore Bentley wheel and want to know if my adapters will work.
The hub-centric flange is 66.5mm, as with all Benz's and the Aftermarket wheels that fit them. The bore is 57.1mm to fit the Smart hubs. So, those Bentley wheels wouldn't fit with our adapters (or anyone else's). Are they 5x112 bolt pattern anyway?

(BTW, you *could* machine off the integrated hub-centric flanges and just use aftermarket centering rings from a rim shop if you were really committed to those specific wheels..)

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Old 09-18-2008, 12:01 PM   #15 (permalink)
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've looked at lots of Mercedes wheels but couldn't find anything that great. On the other hand, the VW sizes yeild a larger availability of wheels I am interested in such as Bentley wheels.

If I could offer a suggestion I think you might benefit by creating and adapter with the 57.1 center bore as vw's tend to have a larger amount of aftermarket wheels in the smaller sizes required by the smart. When I look at mercedes wheels all I can find is 18-22 inch wheels.

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The hub-centric flange is 66.5mm, as with all Benz's and the Aftermarket wheels that fit them. The bore is 57.1mm to fit the Smart hubs. So, those Bentley wheels wouldn't fit with our adapters (or anyone else's). Are they 5x112 bolt pattern anyway?

(BTW, you *could* machine off the integrated hub-centric flanges and just use aftermarket centering rings from a rim shop if you were really committed to those specific wheels..)

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Old 09-18-2008, 04:13 PM   #16 (permalink)
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've looked at lots of Mercedes wheels but couldn't find anything that great. On the other hand, the VW sizes yeild a larger availability of wheels I am interested in such as Bentley wheels.

If I could offer a suggestion I think you might benefit by creating and adapter with the 57.1 center bore as vw's tend to have a larger amount of aftermarket wheels in the smaller sizes required by the smart. When I look at mercedes wheels all I can find is 18-22 inch wheels.

Oh?

Search results for 16 mercedes wheel in Car & Truck Parts & Accessories

Search results for 17 mercedes wheel in Car & Truck Parts & Accessories

Search results for 15 mercedes wheel in Car & Truck Parts & Accessories

There's a few thousand to choose from...

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Old 09-18-2008, 04:54 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Your search for 16 inch wheels yielded less then 3 pages of results many of which were single wheels for sale.

So all I'm asking is if you will be making an adapter for VW OEM specification wheels?

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Old 09-19-2008, 04:15 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Your search for 16 inch wheels yielded less then 3 pages of results many of which were single wheels for sale.

So all I'm asking is if you will be making an adapter for VW OEM specification wheels?
I never say never, but it's not in the works.

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Old 09-25-2008, 08:42 PM   #19 (permalink)
 
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i want to put some 17 inch bbs rs but they are 5x100 for vw corrado 17x8 and 17x9 are you able to get the adapters for that bolt pattern?offset is 35 mm
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No. It has to be 112mm as it is a variant of the smart standard PCD.
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