RE: Tires- E320 THANKS!

Sep 16, 2004 3 Replies

I wanted to thank you for your replies to my original post, looking for advice/suggestions on a new set of tires for my '97 E320... I read the posts and when I went back a day later to re-read them, and reply, the post was gone (must be my Outlook Express setting or my server..)



Once again, thanks.. one last question- car came with 215-55-R16's... Along the way, a 225-50-R16 was suggested as an alternate... what's the difference, is it acceptable... I stumbled along Falkens, which Consumers gave high ratings to...


Thanks Tiger... I've already done that, but was hoping someone might have some input... as far as I can tell, the physical difference between these 2 tires is that the substitute is fatter- more rubber to road- but a slightly smaller tire (less wall)- appearing like a low profile tire... odometer reading of 60 is actually about 59mph...

But what does this do to the engineering of the Benz and how do I know if MB recommends an alternate size- or is this the dealer 'selling it'...

How about 235-45-R16? Is that OK for snow tires?

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