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First picture in the DMV in Los Angeles.
Second pic some where in New mexico Third pic in Texas. I remember years ago before we got the first MB in 97, hearing that the chormed wheels didn`t seal well and had air leakage. anyone heard that before? Chromed wheels look nice, but sure look crappy when the lack of maintenance sets in and the brake dust eats into the chrome and they get pitted. It`s difficult enough to keep the painted Bundts looking good. From what I remember reading your threads in the past, this won`t be a problem, you are pretty picky how your cars look and will be on top of things. they will look nice on a darker car. Charlie |
I'm not a fan of chrome bundts at all but I think those will look great on that color CD.
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I've never liked chrome wheels besides on his car. Time will tell how it looks! |
All air has some moisture in it. Nitrogen is being installed by a lot of tire shops. It is dry and won`t expand when the tire is getting hot like air does and raise the tire pressure.
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Good luck on the chroming process! Polished still looks similar without the cons of chroming, maybe you can consider that too.
I do see the stark contrast of the chrome wheel design against the coupe's shiny dark blue paint, which is why that combination works well. Quote:
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Next time I do a brake over haul I`ll look into the ceramic pads.
I keep the painted (what is left of the paint) bundts clean, hardest part is cleaning the spoke part in between the holes. when I rotate the tires I always wash the insides of the rims of the grease, grime and brake dust. sure builds up. I need the ceramic pads for the 240 with the wheel covers, they get just as bad behind the covers, well actually much worse as I don`t remove the covers to wash the rims. This place I have posted before does a lot of different types of coatings. I wonder how the ceramachrome would look in these wheels. at least it wont peel, chip or pit. some tough stuff. click on the 2 pictures to inlarge them at the bottom. Caps Brite Hot Coatings | Powder Coatings, Ceramic Coatings, Cermakrome, And More I see these guys at the Good-Guys street Rod shows, been in business over 20 years and know what they are doing. I have some things I eventually want them to do. Charlie |
Very nice wheels!, I'd love some 15" bundts.
I have been trying to find some 15" wheels that would accept hub caps, looks like no easy solutions. |
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P1/T1=P2/T2 The combined gas law or general gas equation is formed by the combination of the three laws, and shows the relationship between the pressure, volume, and temperature for a fixed mass of gas: PV = k_5T With the addition of Avogadro's law, the combined gas law develops into the ideal gas law: PV = nRT where P is pressure V is volume n is the number of moles R is the universal gas constant T is temperature (K) where the constant, now named R, is the gas constant with a value of .08206 (atm∙L)/(mol∙K). An equivalent formulation of this law is: PV = kNT where P is the absolute pressure V is the volume N is the number of gas molecules k is the Boltzmann constant (1.381×10−23 J·K−1 in SI units) T is the temperature (K) These equations are exact only for an ideal gas, which neglects various intermolecular effects (see real gas). However, the ideal gas law is a good approximation for most gases under moderate pressure and temperature. This law has the following important consequences: If temperature and pressure are kept constant, then the volume of the gas is directly proportional to the number of molecules of gas. If the temperature and volume remain constant, then the pressure of the gas changes is directly proportional to the number of molecules of gas present. If the number of gas molecules and the temperature remain constant, then the pressure is inversely proportional to the volume. If the temperature changes and the number of gas molecules are kept constant, then either pressure or volume (or both) will change in direct proportion to the temperature. |
NAH!!! They do not look good on your car!!!!
They would however look GREAT on MY car!!!!!!!!!!! :) |
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Iam also not a Chemist or a Scientist. all I know is what some Tire shop told me. what ever kind of stuff injected into the tire will do what ever it does. Charlie |
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that and SOME tires will last longer with the lack of oxygen inside under pressure... however, unless they mount the tire with N2, and blow out all air from the tire when they are mounting it... there's still a ton of air/moisture in the tire... the difference in pressure across the heat range of the tire between compressed air, and pure N2 is like .03 psi... |
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Most of the chrome 15" bundts I see are either pitted, peeling or in a generally horrible state. I'm glad to know an enthusiast is doing it right. |
Is it time to resurrect the synthetic air thread?
BTW, I just today wrote a couple emails to custom wheels shops asking if they could reproduce MB baroque style wheels in 16 or 17 inch models. I'll let you know what kind of prices they come back with. |
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You said chrome 15" but I've never seen a chrome 15" bundt. |
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Nitrogen is simply a con game to make more money. They take the suckers all the time. Makes absolutely no difference to a passenger vehicle. And, as you mentioned, they certainly don't evacuate the air prior to inflating with nitrogen. |
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Does anyone know the tire size on the clk 16" wheels? IMO the tires are a bit too small on the sidewall when ivevseen them fit to a w123, but then again I'm a fan of the 215/55-16 tire size. 17" would be a bit too much for a w123 but maybe ok for w126 cars. Still looking forward to what you find... |
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I highly recommend polished over chrome. IMHO a better kind of shine. It costs about the same as chrome to have them done too. I've had chrome, which peeled and pitted. I love these polished wheels. I ran them in Mammoth for 4 years, then in Palm Springs for 7 years (still have, but in storage). Very easy to care for, I used Gord's.
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/atta...els-polish.jpg http://www.benzworld.org/forums/atta...-mycar-002.jpg FWIW I did have to change the chrome lugs after a few years because they rusted. |
Wow I like that look... Who did the polish job? What scared me was that it seemed to me that the polished surface constantly oxidizes, so needs to be polished over and over. I suppose if it was polished and then a clear powder coat was applied that might protect it well. But the need to consistently repeat polishing scared me off when I was doing the research.
The coding I am using is not standard electroplated chrome. Instead it is a vapor deposition process followed by a clear powder coat. It's already on shipment to California so we'll have to see how it works out. |
So THAT'S what my wheels should look like!:rolleyes:
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