Hi friends,

Saw this car pull up next to me at the light and looking over I see a car with a Mercedes AMG badge and then I look down at the tires and rims and Ummmmm... lol

I really don't think it looks right but maybe it's stock for this build.

Are these tires too Low Profile?

 

def not stock, looks ridiculous and i'm pretty sure it's not even the AMG model lmao... look how tiny those brakes are

makes me sad to see this being that the CLS is a great car in its own right, no need to make it "look cool" when it already does (and is)

 

What in rubberband tires??

 

Those look like cheap aftermarket rims. They ride like crap too.

 

Not only do wagon-wheels and rubber-band tires like that ride like s***, but the first time they hit a significant pothole or damaged pavement, it's probably going to be big $$$$$.

 

I'm sure the ride is very Mercedes-like

 

"there's actually not much of a difference in ride quality"

- everyone who slams their car on big rims that's still trying to fool themselves

 

Sure there isn't.....and I'm the Tooth Fairy.

 

The ride must be awful. Going 5mph over RR tracks and tiny curbed driveways would get old real fast. Replacing busted wheels might be a great learning opportunity though.

 

Not my taste.

 

Those are Vossen rims, they just have Mercedes center caps. Too low profile? For me certainly.



Not cheap at all, Vossens are very good quality wheels (unless they are knock offs)

 

They are too low profile for my taste. I do have +1 diameter on my DD and the tires are low profile but they don’t look like rubber bands. I cannot imagine the subject car in this thread is remotely pleasant to drive. I would need a kidney belt.

 

the profile must be low to maintain the overall diameter since the wheels themselves are so HUGE!
this is not recommended but to each their own. very common around my area, specially on full size SUVs and trucks...

 

I opened this thread expecting to see pictures of different cars that have been lowered, lol

99% sure this is the case.

Are the tires too low profile? That would be up to the driver. If they can handle driving the car around and they're ok with the change in ride quality, more power to them. Sometimes enthusiasts want to stand out, nothing wrong with that if they're ok with the trade-offs.

 

Potholes don't care if you are an enthusiast or not. Run into them with rubber-band-tires and you are likely to pay the price either way.