BklynJay

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He has 19" staggered all chrome for sale with tires 2k on the tires all new in the box still. But here's the catch, it was on 2003 E500? I was wondering is it possible to swap bolt pattern to fit it? Has anyone done this before?

bluelex

I think you would need to redrill them.

BklynJay

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I can redrill the rims bolt pattern? And do nothing with my car right? I wonder where can this be done? Oh yeah, thanks blue!

GS4

Dont know if this will help but check out this site:

http://www.ezaccessory.com/5_Lug_Ada...rsion_s/45.htm

GS4

bluelex

JTannoyo redrilled his wheels that where Benz bolt pattern to make them fit his lexus gs3.

BklynJay

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Thanks.. what is his exact name so I can PM him or if you can find the thread when he posted that.

Neo

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Do you drive your car a lot? Wheels can be redrilled but you never know about integrity. For the most part, it should be OK. MB bolt pattern is very close to Lexus'. Try contacting LexAristo. I think he might have redrilled his too. jtanoyo1 did but when he still owned the GS, he did not drive it a whole lot.

If it was my car and wheels deal, I would not risk it. The good thing for you is that it is your car and your wheels deal. You get to make the call.

GSoup

its only off 1mm in each bolt hole (112 oppose to 114mm) ... let me see if i get a the number for one of the rim shops i know for you jay..i'll hit ya on the celly as soon as i get the info... if you don't want them..i'll take them..LOL

uncle_el

112 to 114 is a 2 mm difference, not 1mm.

SoCalSC4

As a wheel guy, the thought of redrilling wheels gives me the shivers....
We have a word for wheels that are drilled the wrong bolt pattern: scrap.

Also, you might want to find out the offsets before you go forward with this.
If they were on an E-Class, they might be a bit more aggressive - nothing fender cutting won't solve.

GSoup

1mm per side .... which adds up to 1mm... just like wheels when you go from 17" to 18" its not a whole inch difference on one side but rather .5" on each side or overall .

BUSTN

You can send the rotors and rear axles to moser engineering and they can redrill a new boltpattern on for you.Check out moser engineering.They weld up the existing holes and drill new ones.If the offsets are +40 which most gettins for gs' are, you can get away with adapters and some stretched tires, I would think.You need to do some math on your part.

rominl

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i thought he didn't redrill them but just snapped them on as is, since it's so close?

either way, i don't recommend it at all. i would only get the right bolt pattern to begin with, nothing less

AZDesertGS

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Actually it would be .575 mm on each side.....to be exact

uncle_el

1mm per side doesn't add up to 1mm, as 1mm x 2 is 2mm.
diameter = radius x 2
radius = diameter/2
17" rims are 1 inch smaller in diameter than 18" rims.
radius of a 17 inch rim is 8.5 inches...
radius of an 18 inch rim is 9 inches...
the overall difference in diamter is still 1inch...