Hi there, 1990 300TE
Quick irrelevant background. I struck a curb real hard with this car. It ruined one of the aftermarket chrome wheels. They are 10 years old anyway...and could have used replacing. I cannot find one to replace the ruined one...so I landed a deal for a set of complete wheels. I believe these are actual MB wheels, and I am not sure what they came off of..maybe an ML. The tires are near new, but are General Grabber ST 255/65R16, which will be great on my other vehicle...but too big to even try on the 300TE. I finally got around to the tire shop to swap off these tires with these very nice Goodyear Eagles 205s.

I went to put one on to see the fit (not done with repairs yet) only to discover that the offset is off by about one inch. Front wheel hits the shock..rear wheel hits that stabilizer bar thing.

This was a very big disappointment. I thought I crossed my Ts...but alas...another damn road block. I have about $700 tied up with the 4 wheels and 8 tires.

What are my choices...and what is really the practical way to go?

Can I get 1 inch wheel spacers all around and that would solve it...if they even make wheel spacers for my car?

Do I just sell the wheels with tires...hoping to recoupe most of my money and just start this whole process over again? I still need wheels and tires.

I did a rough measure from the back side of the stock wheel and this new wheel. I measured the distance from the hub to the edge of the wheel(the offset). The stock wheel measure almost 6 inches, while the new wheel is a pretty solid 7 inches.

Let me know what you guys think. I included a pic of the wheel with the new tire on it...and right next to it is the new/old tires that were on it till today.

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1990 300TE....all comments are about this car...in case I forget in the actual post