I cut and pasted the owners info, the correct measurement is indeed 7.5
inches. I see there is plenty of concurrence that this isn't a good
solution or investment, so I am going to turn the wheels down, purdy as
they are. I have good looking stock alloys with Hankook RA08s on there now
and it drives great, so no big deal.

Jim

On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 8:08 AM BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've never seen a 7 1/4 wide factory wheel on a MB car. So let's assume
> it's 7.5" which is relatively common. That would mean it's 38.1mm wider
> than Carat alloys. Meaning they will stick out 19.05mm in and out. With the
> ET51 off adding 21mm on the inside compared the factory alloys, you're now
> 40.05mm further inward. No go. So then you start to look at spacers to make
> them fit. A proper 40mm spacer will be expensive. Something in the
> neighborhood of $350-$400. That's not a wise investment, IMHO. You would be
> better off spending that money on something which fits better to begin with.
>
> BenT
> sent from my electronic leash
>
> On Aug 22, 2015, at 5:38 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>
> Here's the size that the owner was able to find on the Mercedes wheels I
>
> wrote about earlier:
>
>
> 7 1/4 X 16 ET 51
>
>
> Thanks for all your help,
>
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> --
> BenT
>