Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2011-01-02 Thread Max Dillon
: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ... Since Eurotire went away, I've found I can buy tires at local dealers and get them installed for less than any online price + shipping + mounting+stems+balancing. >Yea, next time I buy tires I am going to order them from that

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2011-01-02 Thread Dieselhead
Last tires I bought were noname from the junkyard for the van. They seem to be ok. Don't know who made them. Before that I bought mostly Bridgerock/Firerock including blizzaks and Continental. Take your best online deal (add in the shipping+mounting+stems+balancing) to the local guy and ask

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2011-01-02 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
what sort of tires/brands are you buying? On 1/1/2011 9:40 PM, Dieselhead wrote: Since Eurotire went away, I've found I can buy tires at local dealers and get them installed for less than any online price + shipping + mounting+stems+balancing. Yea, next time I buy tires I am going to order

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2011-01-01 Thread Dieselhead
Since Eurotire went away, I've found I can buy tires at local dealers and get them installed for less than any online price + shipping + mounting+stems+balancing. Yea, next time I buy tires I am going to order them from that tire buyer website, they are cheaper and have free shipping. Wonder

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2011-01-01 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Yea, next time I buy tires I am going to order them from that tire buyer website, they are cheaper and have free shipping. Wonder how long that will last?? On 1/1/2011 4:07 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: get the general altimax Here's something intereesting. I checked with

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2011-01-01 Thread Curt Raymond
ng the sand and having a bucket frozen solid... -Curt Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2011 01:21:27 -0500 From: Allan Streib To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ... Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Curt Raymond write

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2011-01-01 Thread Mitch Haley
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: get the general altimax Here's something intereesting. I checked with Max's new online tire vendor, Tirebuyer.com. They have very similar customer survey numbers for Altimax HP and Continental DWS, except the Altimax averages 4.0 on a scale of 1 to 5 for light snow t

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2011-01-01 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
get the general altimax On 12/31/2010 6:38 PM, Craig wrote: On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:24:21 -0600 Dieselhead<126die...@gmail.com> wrote: In my limited experience Joke-ohama are terrible tires. I will never have one on anything I own. They seem to run fine on dry roads, but now that winter is h

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Dieselhead
And if you go to the Bridgerock/firerock dealer, you can probably get a better price, installed. On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 21:39:17 -0600 Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: When I was back in that town the next week, I put 2 more on the front of the SDL. Then it would go almost anywhere a s

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Allan Streib
Curt Raymond writes: > I also need to figure out what I want to weight the 190D with. Its not > performing like it should. I'm thinking 2x 5 gallon buckets full of > sand in the trunk wells will fix it. I used to carry my other set of > wheels/tires but that took all my trunk space. I have two 7

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Craig
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 21:39:17 -0600 Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > When I was back in that town the next week, I put 2 more on the front > of the SDL. Then it would go almost anywhere a snowplow truck could > go. I think I paid about $200 for the set of 4. Four nor$kes will > cost you

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Dieselhead
A Mercedes on Blizzaks will go through snow until it gets so deep the floor pans float the car. It is the best/safest car in all seasons, including on ice. I know there are fans of the Norske tires, but they also cost twice as much as Blizzaks. I have no experience with them. My first set o

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Thomas Savage
On 12/31/2010 4:22 PM, Craig wrote: I did a search on YK520 and found that there is even a website dedicated to them! http://yokohamayk520.com/ They are indeed touted as snow tires, but in 225/55-16 on a '94 E420, they sure are lousy. The M+S rating just means "all season" in a jack-of-all-tr

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Curt Raymond
Z] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ... Message-ID: <20101231173803.802b4a92.diese...@pisquared.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:24:21 -0600 Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > In my limited experience Joke-ohama are terr

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Gerry Archer
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:24:21 -0600 Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: In my limited experience Joke-ohama are terrible tires. I will never have one on anything I own. They seem to run fine on dry roads, but now that winter is here, they show themselves to be inadequate. I'd rather not ha

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Dieselhead
They also have a tendency to throw the tread at highway speeds causing the inner fender liners to be torn up, and damage to the fender, trim, bumper and possibly your life, or SWMBO's, or your kid's life. On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:24:21 -0600 Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: In my lim

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Craig
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:24:21 -0600 Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > In my limited experience Joke-ohama are terrible tires. I will never > have one on anything I own. They seem to run fine on dry roads, but now that winter is here, they show themselves to be inadequate. I'd rather not

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Craig
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 17:31:36 -0500 Mitch Haley wrote: > Selection on 215/55 isn't as good as 205/55, and prices are higher on > the 215s for most brands. (I like to sort the whole list of tires by > price, and scan for tires rated 8.0 or higher in the owner surveys) > > http://www.tirerack.com/ti

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Dieselhead
In my limited experience Joke-ohama are terrible tires. I will never have one on anything I own. I did a search on YK520 and found that there is even a website dedicated to them! http://yokohamayk520.com/ They are indeed touted as snow tires, but in 225/55-16 on a '94 E420, they sure are lo

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Mitch Haley
Craig wrote: same thing as the owner's manual, 195/65-15. So, probably 825-830 revs per mile on the original tires. 205/55R16 would be a +1 for that size, 830-835 revs per mile, or you could go 215/55-16, 820-825 revs per mile. I'd probably choose 215/55, and somebody else obviously thought th

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Craig
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:24:36 -0500 Mitch Haley wrote: > Craig wrote: > > >> Here's an H-rated tire with good snow ratings in the survey: > >> http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Yokohama&tireModel=Geolandar+A%2FT-S&partnum=36HR6GEOATS > > That first one I linked was half tongue in

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Craig
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:34:44 -0800 Alex Chamberlain wrote: > On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: > > Craig wrote: > >> The rims are:    Ronal > >>                 A 210 401 06 02 > > You gots W210 wheels. > > An excellent upgrade for a W124 E420! The biggest complaint about th

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Craig
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:28:54 -0500 Mitch Haley wrote: > Craig wrote: > > > The rims are:Ronal > > A 210 401 06 02 > > 7-1/2Jx16 H2 > > > > You gots W210 wheels. I see. > This ebay ad claims they fit E320/E300d. > http://compare.ebay.com/96-99-mercedes-e

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Craig wrote: > I know from the owner's manual that the E500 has 8J x 16 H 2 rims and is > fitted with 225/55 ZR 16 tires. I wonder if someone swapped to those rims. 500E/E500 rims don't fit an '86-'93 124 chassis car unless you roll the inside of the fenders. Su

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: > Craig wrote: >> The rims are:    Ronal >>                 A 210 401 06 02 > You gots W210 wheels. An excellent upgrade for a W124 E420! The biggest complaint about the car in the magazines when it first appeared as the 400E, IIRC, was that t

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
OK, so they are off a 210 chassis car On 12/31/2010 1:41 PM, Craig wrote: On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:19:39 -0600 "Kaleb C. Striplin" wrote: Those wheels are off of a SLK or something like that On 12/30/2010 10:48 PM, Craig wrote: It has non-standard wheels! I went outside and pulled the left-

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Mitch Haley
Craig wrote: The rims are:Ronal A 210 401 06 02 7-1/2Jx16 H2 You gots W210 wheels. This ebay ad claims they fit E320/E300d. http://compare.ebay.com/96-99-mercedes-e300d-320-wheel-2104010602-16x7-5-41mm/like/190418683923 What does the tire placard on the

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Craig
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:19:39 -0600 "Kaleb C. Striplin" wrote: > Those wheels are off of a SLK or something like that > > On 12/30/2010 10:48 PM, Craig wrote: > > It has non-standard wheels! I went outside and pulled the left-front wheel and brought it inside so I could read the information on i

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Mitch Haley
Craig wrote: Here's an H-rated tire with good snow ratings in the survey: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Yokohama&tireModel=Geolandar+A%2FT-S&partnum=36HR6GEOATS Thank you for your work, Mitch, in looking up this information. I'll have to peruse the various models. That f

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
the 94-95 still has the same 15" wheels, his cars has the updated wheels off a later car On 12/30/2010 10:55 PM, Peter Frederick wrote: Everything post W124 had 16" rims from the factory -- W123 was the last one with 15's, I think. Maybe 15" on the W126, I'm not sure, but a 94 will have 16" r

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Those wheels are off of a SLK or something like that On 12/30/2010 10:48 PM, Craig wrote: It has non-standard wheels! Here I have been looking for tires of the 195/65-15 size, for 6.5 J x 15 H 2 rims. Our E420 has 215/55-16 tires, which of course means it has 16" rims! Now I wonder what width

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Craig
On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:06:18 -0500 Mitch Haley wrote: > Craig wrote: > > It has non-standard wheels! > > According to Tire Rack, a 1994 E420 has 235/60-16 > If that's correct, you have a wide variety of truck and SUV tires to > choose from in that size. That's strange. I went to Tire Rack yeste

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-31 Thread Mitch Haley
Craig wrote: It has non-standard wheels! According to Tire Rack, a 1994 E420 has 235/60-16 If that's correct, you have a wide variety of truck and SUV tires to choose from in that size. What's the doorframe sticker say on it? Here's an H-rated tire with good snow ratings in the survey: http:/

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-30 Thread Craig
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:55:13 -0600 Peter Frederick wrote: > Everything post W124 had 16" rims from the factory -- W123 was the > last one with 15's, I think. Maybe 15" on the W126, I'm not sure, > but a 94 will have 16" rims standard for sure. Then maybe I have a '93 owner's manual, since i

Re: [MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-30 Thread Peter Frederick
Everything post W124 had 16" rims from the factory -- W123 was the last one with 15's, I think. Maybe 15" on the W126, I'm not sure, but a 94 will have 16" rims standard for sure. Peter ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz

[MBZ] I just discovered something about the '94 E420 ...

2010-12-30 Thread Craig
It has non-standard wheels! Here I have been looking for tires of the 195/65-15 size, for 6.5 J x 15 H 2 rims. Our E420 has 215/55-16 tires, which of course means it has 16" rims! Now I wonder what width and offset they are. I also wonder if that means pulling a wheel off and looking for marking