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July 04, 2010, 12:33:31 pm

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Can anyone Identify these wheels?
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These wheels were on my caddy when i got it, but no one seems to know what they came off of. They are 13".




Reply #1July 04, 2010, 01:05:08 pm

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« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2010, 01:05:08 pm »
They look like 70's style Benz wheels
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Reply #2July 04, 2010, 01:11:15 pm

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« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2010, 01:11:15 pm »
They look like 70's style Benz wheels

same thing i was thinking. just got some VW centers. might be home made. or not. but they certainly look like MB wheels. take one off and flip it over and see what markings it has? i bet its not a VW wheel.

Reply #3July 05, 2010, 07:48:29 am

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« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2010, 07:48:29 am »
I agree with these guys.
Look too much like a MBenz wheel - not to be MBenz.

The 13" part seems small for a MB - but i've never kept up with them.

..and it looks like your neighbors might have been shooting bottlerockets at your truck

Reply #4July 05, 2010, 12:15:20 pm

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« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2010, 12:15:20 pm »


 take one off and flip it over and see what markings it has? i bet its not a VW wheel.

I removed a wheel and looked for anything that might be helpful. Here is a couple of pics of all I found.
On the inside there is the number 84

This is on the outside of the rim. I assume this is rim size.

 

Reply #5July 05, 2010, 02:19:17 pm

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« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2010, 02:19:17 pm »
i still think they are MB wheels.

Reply #6July 05, 2010, 05:53:30 pm

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« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2010, 05:53:30 pm »
When did they make 4-lug benz?

Reply #7July 05, 2010, 06:39:54 pm

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" I'm a vegetarian,not because i love animals, it's because i hate plants"
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Reply #8July 05, 2010, 09:44:31 pm

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« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2010, 09:44:31 pm »
Question stands: for what Benz would have a 4-bolt 13 inch have been standard? A mid-sixites gas sedan?
I don't recall ever seeing.
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Reply #9July 06, 2010, 02:28:57 am

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« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2010, 02:28:57 am »
That looks like a date tell tale, year is the 84, month would be one of those 12 petals, so 1984 is when, as to what or where,  ;D no idea. Nice wheels though.

Reply #10July 06, 2010, 02:37:10 am

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« Reply #10 on: July 06, 2010, 02:37:10 am »
Start of Threadjack :D

Amazing! Whoever fitted the tyres actualy knows what the yellow ring means!!! You actually still have professionals working on cars? We just have gormless mouth breathers who shouldn't be let loose on a wheelbarrow, let alone cars.
Car Bibles does a great guide on in ins and outs of car tyre. http://www.carbibles.com/tyre_bible.html

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Reply #11July 06, 2010, 03:42:45 am

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« Reply #11 on: July 06, 2010, 03:42:45 am »
Yeah, sure look like the "bundt cake" wheels I have on my MBs, but I can't think of any 4 x100 cars they produced in the 80s.  Perhaps the foundry did a Swiss Navy job for someone?
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Reply #12July 06, 2010, 07:07:24 am

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« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2010, 07:07:24 am »
Yeah, sure look like the "bundt cake" wheels I have on my MBs, but I can't think of any 4 x100 cars they produced in the 80s.  Perhaps the foundry did a Swiss Navy job for someone?

They could have been redrilled and repainted, but looking at the inside, it looks this isn't the case. They were made 4x100. A replica maybe?


Reply #13July 06, 2010, 10:03:52 am

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« Reply #13 on: July 06, 2010, 10:03:52 am »
...those are 5 lug. but ive seen 4 lug mercs. just need to remember what style they are.

Reply #14July 06, 2010, 01:00:33 pm

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« Reply #14 on: July 06, 2010, 01:00:33 pm »
 ??? certainly look like the old MB rims- maybe manufactured by the same company ,I've had some mercs going back to the 50's and all where 5 lug , the only MB that I can think of that might have used 4 lug would be the old 170? aircooled ,but the above wheels as said are dated mid 84     strange that there's no makers name on them ,