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

    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?

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

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    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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    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?

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    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

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Karlo1988 View Post
    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

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

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    They are definitely replicas. Only deep dish mono blocks are 2 piece off the extremely rare R129 AMG.
    94 C280, 250k miles, 1999-2011 (gone, never forgotten)
    CURRENT:
    744 Silver 99 C43 AMG, 260k miles, 2011-
    040 Black 98 C43 AMG, 190k miles, 2013-

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    Thanks I guess its time to try plastic dip

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Karlo1988 View Post
    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....

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    no amg stamp prob replicas, look for amg hwa part number on underside of wheel
    BAN HIS ASS!!
    744 C36 AMG- carlsson
    040 C43- way to many modifications
    744 CLK55- even more mods
    CLS55 IWC edition
    744 CLK500 Rocket Bunny widebody

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    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???

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    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.

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