I have some experience with that kind of project... The outtake was I discovered there are a number of different length wheel bolts for Mercedes / wheels. The good news is: I found them in good supply on Ebay, rather cheap. Tip: Tak e the stock wheel and with it off the car, insert a lug bolt, then, from the back side of the wheel, take a good measurement of the extending grip length of the protruding threads. That measurement is how much thread length the car needs to safely mount a wheel.
Now, take the "new wheel" and do the same measurement... with the stud you now have. Do a little math to determine how much longer or shorter wheel stud you need to safely mount the "new" wheel, and go looking on ebay, or amazon, or wherever you find the length you need. Remember, Mercedes uses a Ball shape to the contact between wheel and stud.. NOT a cone shape.. ONLY use the ball shape studs. Get the correct wheel studs for the wheels you want to use and "Bobs yer Unkle" ... Happy motoring. As I recall, a set of studs cost me about $12 per wheel, with express shipping. On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 10:01 AM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The 90 300D 2.5 has three 8 hole aftermarket wheels but retains the > original 15 hole wheel in the right rear position. I have extra 8 hole > wheels and tried to swap the 15 for the 8 but the car made a grinding > noise. Turns out that the lug bolts interfere with the parking brake drum > somehow. Has anyone encountered this problem before? Should/ can I safely > use shorter lugs on this wheel only? I’m just trying to get a uniform look > here. Ideally I’d like to find an original clean set of 15 hole wheels as I > like them better but for now I just want uniformity. > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
