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Proven Guilty
12-01-2006, 01:34 PM
I've heard through the grape vine that you can modify the bolt pattern by drilling ever so slightly to match wheels from a different car onto a W202.

However, regarding safety issues, and possible vibration issues (if they aren't drilled 100% accurately, I would assume they wouldn't sit on the hub perfectly centered). Has anyone had experience doing this?

My girl has a 350Z with lambo doors, and a nice sound system. It's a pretty sharp looking car.. I'm thinking about putting my extra set of Axis Milanos on her car, and tuning the suspension. However, the bolt pattern was set for a W202 (5x112) and her 350Z is a 5x114.5 if I recall correctly. Is it possible to modify these wheels to work on her car? Anyone familiar if the 350Z is hub centric as well?

Or am I mistaken, and you can only go from 5x114.5 down to 5x112?
OCKlasse
12-01-2006, 01:40 PM
well...I think the Zs are 5 * 114.3...that being sad, are you sure the offset would work OK on her car? If so, The Wheel Supply in Walnut can custom drill you to a 114.3...look them up, and ask for Sander.
Proven Guilty
12-01-2006, 01:41 PM
Link to a related swap (http://www.2phast.com/BMW/bmw.htm) : AMG Monoblocks onto an E36 BMW M3


I believe the BMW bolt pattern is 5x120 and the hub size is quite a bit smaller than the Mercedes.
Proven Guilty
12-01-2006, 01:43 PM
Originally posted by OCKlasse
well...I think the Zs are 5 * 114.3...that being sad, are you sure the offset would work OK on her car? If so, The Wheel Supply in Walnut can custom drill you to a 114.3...look them up, and ask for Sander.

Awesome, I'm glad to the 411 on someone willing to drill them. The Axis Milanos are 5x112 8.5J, et37 all around. I'm not sure what the standard hub size is on mercedes so I still need to do a little more homework before I give him a ring.
OCKlasse
12-01-2006, 02:00 PM
Originally posted by Proven Guilty
Awesome, I'm glad to the 411 on someone willing to drill them. The Axis Milanos are 5x112 8.5J, et37 all around. I'm not sure what the standard hub size is on mercedes so I still need to do a little more homework before I give him a ring.

66.56mm
OCKlasse
12-01-2006, 02:03 PM
you'll also more than likely want to run spacers all around.
speedybenz
12-01-2006, 06:56 PM
I have had to redrill all the SSR Comp wheels for my MB from 114.5mmx5 down to 112mmx5mm

Jeff