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Originally Posted by t walgamuth
The steel wheels are not valuable, only the uber rare 6.5" or 6" aluminum for hubcap wheels.
the heavier wheels dampen acceleration and hurt ride and handling on bumpy surfaces.
If you want an improvement I'd suggest the 5.5" wide 10# aluminum wheels for hubcaps or some of the ubiquitous 6" bundt wheels which are considerably lighter than the steel wheels. The lighter wheels will give better ride and handling and make the deliberate 220 feel a little quicker.
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Yeah, I went on a search yesterday for the alloys that take hubcaps. Those are the ones I want but if they don't appear within a few days, I'm keeping the stock wheels on the 220D. I'm about to head back east and need to time my trip with the good weather but also need to get to Philly by the 10th of December.
There are a couple more places in Albuquerque I'll try but I think I'm going to give up on the alloy wheels.
Phil Forrest
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1972 220D "Trudy," named by a friend.
"The 220D sounds good... I suspect it is the only car that you need a calendar for, rather than a stopwatch, when doing acceleration tests."
Tom Abrahamsson
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