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Subject:Re: 2wd front hub machining
From:Max Wellhouse
Date:Sat, 19 Jun 2010 04:10:27 -0500

Unless you've already bought your wheels, the Mercedes CLK wheels
from the 1998-2000 are forged aluminum 16x7" ET37  5x112 bolt
pattern, and fit with no machining.  Drilling out the 12mm hole to
14mm with a 9/16" hand held drill took 10 minutes and Loogy sells the
proper nuts for a 12mm ball seat wheel configuration and a 14mm
thread for the studs/bolts.

At 05:36 PM 6/18/2010, TJ Hemrick wrote:
>Can anyone give me some practical, first hand knowledge or pass me on to
>someone you know who has milled down the "snout" on the front hubs in an
>effort to mount different wheels.  I am not going to mill the center bore of
>the wheels for the sake of safety and personal preference.  The hub is about
>63 mm and the center bore on the wheel is 57 mm plus another 2 mm at the
>least for clearance.  I'm just wondering how far you/they cut the hub down
>and what dust cap did you use.  I'm not at the point of switching over to a
>complete big brake kit and I have two spare hubs staring me in the
>face.  Oh, it's an 87 Wolfsburg 2wd.
>
>Thanks,
>
>TJ