not only does it mean you can buy wheels with close but larger hub bores and slightly different bolt patterns and use wobble bolts, but it also means you can use wheels with the same bolt pattern, and slightly smaller hub bores, have the hubs 'bored down' and fit them to the mercedes hub.

in other words, you can buy audi wheels which have 5x112 bolt patterns, and pay a machine shop to bore down the hubs, and voila--you instantaneously have access to triple or quadruple the amount of wheels you otherwise would have had access to.

nice thread by the way. just read it even though it's an old one.

it's old but i planned on updating it with any issues. no issues at all this whole summer. original abs plastic rings still on, no wobble, no problems, no uneven tire wear down! i'm sold, no matter what some might say.

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1985 300D - 1984 Euro 280E AMG Clone (SOLD) - 1978 280CE (SOLD) - 1983 300D (SOLD) - 1981 300D (SOLD)

What you did was fine because of the close "enough" bolt pattern. You must have had the 114's. If you had had the 120 bolt pattern, it would never have fit, even with the adapters. Wobble bolts just don't have enough give to go that far safely.

they don't have enough room to do that, period. they won't go over 2mm and change in any direction, that's why they work for this application and only applications that have that small amount of space.

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1985 300D - 1984 Euro 280E AMG Clone (SOLD) - 1978 280CE (SOLD) - 1983 300D (SOLD) - 1981 300D (SOLD)

Reading this makes me want to run out and buy tires for the 15" ronal's sitting in my garage right now...trying to be patient and save a little money. That and debating on whether or not to have the wheels refinished or leave as-is...which is potentially more money.

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1982 240 D, 308,000 - 321,127 miles (sold)
1982 300 TD,166,500 - 226,000 miles
1998 E 320, 120,000 - 144,000 miles
2005 C 230 K, 26,000 - 77,000 miles (sold)