I bought an 83 380 sel this summer. It has later, 15 hole 15" wheels mounted with bad spacers, and nearly worn out tires. It also came with 3 14" Bundt wheel in the trunk, number 126 400 21 02 and ET 30. I'm pretty sure these are the originals. I want to return the car to stock, so I plan to buy two more of the Bundts.

My question concerns lug bolt shank length. I didn't get any of the original lug bolts, the ones on the car are 60mm, which I think is too long for the original wheels. Can anyone tell me what the correct shank length should be?

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2000 Mercedes S500
1990 Mercedes 560SEL
1970 Triumph Spitfire

bolomiester, take a look at benzautoparts.com website under "Body Mechanical & Trim" for lugbolt. They sell Febi lugbolts for $3.49 each and have a picture of the lugbolt which should give you a good idea of the length by counting the threads.

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Fred Hoelzle

You want the 30mm shank. You can do better than 3.49 if you look around.

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Chuck Taylor
Falls Church VA
'66 200, '66 230SL, '96 SL500. Sold: '81 380SL, '86 300E, '72 250C, '95 C220, 3 '84 280SL's '90 420SEL, '72 280SE, '73 280C, '78 280SE, '70 280SL, '77 450SL, '85 380SL, '87 560SL, '85 380SL, '72 350SL, '96 S500 Coupe

Thanks for the spec. I found a new set on eBay for a little under $36.00 including shipping.

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2000 Mercedes S500
1990 Mercedes 560SEL
1970 Triumph Spitfire