18'' monoblocks .....Real or Not??????

[Karlo1988]

How do I know whether my Mono's are real or not? I got them from an older guy that had it in his E class but they do not have the amg badge on the front and when I asked him he said that he had them resprayed a while back so he thinks they covered it up?? Idk don't really care I got them really cheap and they look good!! They do have the Mercedes badge in the back of the wheels ?? Is there anything else I should be looking at?

[Karlo1988]

2003
2004

[wichipong]

check if it has a part number stamped on the back of the wheel... if not then it may be reps...

[Karlo1988]

It does have the Mercedes logo with some numbers trying to clean it off but its kinda hard to come of so I can look at the numbers better .... I did notice that my wheels are rubing here are some pics also my back tires are getting eaten in the inside of the wheels
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[Karlo1988]

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[Karlo1988]

2013

[wichipong]

looks like replicas... are there no part numbers on the wheel? i can only make up et35... what size are they? also what size are your tires?

[Karlo1988]

I don't see anymore numbers so might be idk they still look good and the reason why I'm asking is because I'm deciding wether I should send them out to get refinished or just plasti dip them .... I mean if they are replicas I might as well sand them out and do them myself

[michael6129]

To me these are replicas, I got the original ones myself. still they look good!

[wichipong]

I don't see anymore numbers so might be idk they still look good and the reason why I'm asking is because I'm deciding wether I should send them out to get refinished or just plasti dip them .... I mean if they are replicas I might as well sand them out and do them myself

if there's no other numbers that you see then these are reps


To me these are replicas, I got the original ones myself. still they look good!

yep they do look good

[Sulaco]

They are definitely replicas. Only deep dish mono blocks are 2 piece off the extremely rare R129 AMG.

[Karlo1988]

Thanks I guess its time to try plastic dip :)

[Karlo1988]

I also forgot to mention that my wheels came off an S-class??? Does that make a difference???

[wichipong]

I also forgot to mention that my wheels came off an S-class??? Does that make a difference???

what is the offset? you might need spacers to address clearance issues....

[jnolte]

no amg stamp prob replicas, look for amg hwa part number on underside of wheel

[Karlo1988]

I'll see but pretty sure they are reps too!!! Can't see any other stamp or anything else on then wheel besides what you see in the pictures ...... How do I figure out my offset???

[c230]

Et 35 is the offset, my guess is that the tires are too wide since they came off an s-class. Change to a 255/35/18. On real Amg monoblocks they usually have a w210 part number and r129 for the rears. If they don't say amg on the front they are also reps.