Has anyone replaced their 6in stock wheels with 7in. 15 on their w201? If so what what tire did you use? Any thoughts! Wheels are from. A W202…

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1987 190D 2.5 NA 1986 300E 5speed. ⬅️Stolen!

I replaced the OE 6" wide wheels on my 190E 2.6 with 6.5", 49 mm offset wheels from a 300E and mounted 205/60VR-15 Michelin XGTV tires. This size has about the same revs/mile (849) as the OE 185/65VR-15 Michelins. There was some slight interference at the front of the wheel wells and I had to shave the lip slightly.

The current installed tires are 205/55ZR-15 Dunlop Sport 8000 that are slightly shorter (875 revs/mile) and clearance is fine. See the photo attached to the following thread:

Odd starting issue, '88 190E 2.6

I want to replace these with 205/60s, but can't find a H or better-rated summer high performance tire in this size with a low wear rating like no more than 300. I missed out on the Vredestein SportTrac 5 that went out of production a few years ago.

I think a 7" wide wheel is going to be a problem, but you need to state the offset, which should be clearly molded into the wheel casting, and compare it to the OE wheel offset that I think is 49 mm.

Duke

My son had 8 hole 7" wheels on his for a while. No problems with size but a couple were well out of balance so he went back to the original steel wheels.

205/60 R15, same as my 300CE-24 Sportline.

RayH

I’m using 16X7 wheels with 205/55/16 tires no problems in my 190D 2.5 turbo

You guys need to state the offset in addition to tire size of you non-OE wheels. Offset makes a big difference on whether they will fit without interference.

I believe the 190E 2.3 16V OE wheels are 15 x 7", but I don't recall the offset and tire size (205/55R-15?) or whether there were any modifications to the fender contour.

Duke

Just put in the data of the wheels.

https://www.willtheyfit.com

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1993 2.6 Sportline 5 speed
1992 2.3 Canadian delivery