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Old 02-12-2008, 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by isensee View Post
I recently purchased a '92 300SL. It has 18 inch AMG wheels with wide, low profile tires. The spare is 16 inch which I assume is what originally came on the car. If I ever have a flat, is it dangerous or bad for the car to run with different size wheels even for a short distance?

Are there any other concerns with running these larger AMG wheels? Should I consider trading them for a set of 16 inch wheels?

I haven't measured yet to see if there is some speedometer error, but my impression is that it is reading about right.

Scott
Have the same set up 18 all 16 spare.
No problem.
aam.
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