ASA Wheels?

[Q-Ship]

Need some help on this one. Recently hit a bad pothole, and bent both passenger side AMG stock wheels on my '99 C43. The price to repair these + shipping back/forth is just too much and I need to refinish all four wheels anyway...

So, I'm going with a new set of 17" wheels. Yeah, yeah I should go 18" but I've got 4 cars (1 is being restored and taking up all my free cash) and the C43 is my daily driver.

In an old post, another forum member in South Carolina (scary I remember that) installed these ASA wheels from The Tirerack and I'm hoping that someone can confirm the wheel sizes and offsets before I call Tirerack:
http://www.autorazzi.com/showPic.php?ref=local&album_id=d71536d78288854f88c86b6344a8e5e9&pic_name=14.jpg

While I don't think the anthracite centers are still available, here's a pic of the wheels I plan to get:
http://www.tirerack.com/images/wheels/asa/swap/asa_ar2_anth_ci3_l.jpg

Any other C43 wheel tips? Can I go 9" rear & 8" fronts with the stock size tires? Suggested offsets?

Thanks!

[97C28O]

I think most staggered setup are 8.5" Fronts and 9.5" Rears. You should go with 18s. Those rims don't look bad at all.

[ryhi]

those arent the ASA's. im pretty sure theyre ADR M-Sports. real sporty looking wheels. the ASA's have more spokes.

pic of my car with the ADR's. 19x8.5 and 19x9.5
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v643/ryhi/P1070010.jpg

[allirroz]

ADR may have made the same designed wheel , but so has ASA. I have seen a set on a BMW 3 series and they are nice. Its from bulgogi country- KOREA

Tire rack has it on sale



edit: ryhi , my bad - you are right. the C on the first post is not ASA....I must say, you do know your wheels

[predrag1]

that RX7 in ur garage??

are those ur cars?

[Green Lantern]

Originally posted by predrag1
that RX7 in ur garage??

are those ur cars?
i think its another members garage

[predrag1]

hmm thats two RX7s lol, first I thought that was a corvette next to that C43

[black96benz]

Heres what my car looks like on some ASA AR1 18x8's

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g73/black96benz/aP5050010.jpg

[ssdesign]

Here is some old pics of my car with 18x8" ASA AR1.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v401/ssdesign/014MBSCA.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v401/ssdesign/20MBSCA.jpg

[Q-Ship]

Well, I found the original thread:

URL=http://www.mbworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=113812]http://www.mbworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=113812[/URL]

The black C43 in the original post has ADR wheels...not ASA. You guys have sharp eyes!

Thanks for confirming the fit on your C class 202s. Any more pics - in particular of 17" or 18" ADRs - on a C class would be great.

While going to 18s would be great, I've got 3 almost new tires and the pothole screwed up one, so staying with a 17" wheel means I can re-use 3 of the tires. Really got to rethink this and what I'm going to do.

P.S. - No, those aren't my cars / RX-7s...it's another owner on the MBWorld forum.

[Espresso]

I am going with ASA wheels myself. They are Licensed by BBS & I love BBS wheels. If The driving conditions were better here I would get the BBS's but, with the damage wheels get here it is just not practical(tires wear, but I want my wheels to last..if they cant then I get inexpensive & just replace more often).
The 17" staggered Mono's are just complately trashed right now & not even worth putting new tires on.

The wheels I am getting are the 18x8.5 & 9.5rear" ASA FN1's. With Toyo RA-1's. 275/35R18's in the rear & 225/40R18's in the front.
The whole combo is going to cost me under $900.