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Wheel mismatch
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 |
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It may throw the ASR out of whack, but its safe for short distances.
We have 17 inch monoblocks on the SL, and got a flat.... Put the 16 inch spare on, drove to the tire center to have it patched, and all worked out well..
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No problem. aam. |
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Ok, thanks.
I see the larger wheels have lower profile tires so the diameter is about the same. Scott |
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I have 19" Monoblocks on my S600 and had a blow out not long ago and had the 16" spare on for about 2 weeks. When I first drove the light came on but went out awhile latter after it adjusted itself. So you should be ok.
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Scott, you may want to plug in the numbers from your two sets of tires into the tire calculator, if they are within 3% you should be in the clear.
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Tire Calculator
Thanks. That calculator is handy. My difference came out to 3.4%.
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