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Car Forum / Mercedes-Benz Cars / November 2006CLS55 Bent Rims
A dealer told my friend all four rims on his 2006 CLS55 were bent. How likely is this to happen in normal driving? I have a C32 and have driven mine on less than perfect roads in Boston, Houston, I-10 through Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida and never a problem in 4 years. Seems unlikely to me that he bent them under normal driving conditions. Have any of you experienced this? >A dealer told my friend all four rims on his 2006 CLS55 were bent. >How likely is this to happen in normal driving? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > never a problem in 4 years. Seems unlikely to me that he bent them > under normal driving conditions. Have any of you experienced this? Underinflated tires? >>A dealer told my friend all four rims on his 2006 CLS55 were bent. How >>likely is this to happen in normal driving? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Underinflated tires? You two had different tire profile? What is normal driving, not reducing speed enough at speed bumps? >>>A dealer told my friend all four rims on his 2006 CLS55 were bent. How >>>likely is this to happen in normal driving? [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > You two had different tire profile? What is normal driving, not reducing > speed enough at speed bumps? I know this guy would be very careful with this car. I doubt he would go over a speed bump or pot hole fast. However, in certain situations you can't go slow. An uneven connection in the interstate is a situation where you can't go 5mph. Just like the glass and computer chips in the cars are engineered and built to withstand the rigors they face in a car. If they knew they were going to use very low profile tires on a relatively heavy car, wouldn't they engineer a rim to withstand the rigors of normal driving conditions. Most carmakers do. I didn't think they were bent but that this was a dealer trying to make a fast buck. Sounds like other owners have heard of this though?! 1) Get a second opinion. 2) Rims are cheap on ebay/craigslist.  SignatureNeed Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net > 1) Get a second opinion. > > 2) Rims are cheap on ebay/craigslist. A CLS55 will have AMG alloy rims. Not cheap, even on eBay. >> 1) Get a second opinion. >> >> 2) Rims are cheap on ebay/craigslist. > >A CLS55 will have AMG alloy rims. Not cheap, even on eBay. Sooooooome times they are. But you're right in that you can just dial in 4 real cheap when you need one. But there's one cheap on ebay right now actually. Try this in google: mercedes amg site:craigslist.org It deos a half decent job of finding AMG stuff from eevry city at once, CL search limits you to a city at a time (but is a more effective search). SignatureNeed Mercedes parts? http://parts.mbz.org Richard Sexton | Mercedes stuff: http://mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Home pages: http://rs79.vrx.net 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | http://aquaria.net http://killi.net >>>>A dealer told my friend all four rims on his 2006 CLS55 were bent. How >>>>likely is this to happen in normal driving? [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > dealer trying to make a fast buck. Sounds like other owners have heard of > this though?! I have seen quite a few bent wheels but none of MB original from normal driving. If the car owner has not been in a situation he/she would have felt hitting the wheels specifically strongly, it sounds like you say, they are trying to make a few extra bugs (a second opinion like Richard suggests is a good idea, it is anyway easy to detect this with normal tire shop tools, just check that the wheels are round, not only well balanced). I still claim that it is not difficult to drive the wheels over a curb or so and make them bend, but not without the driver noticing this. |
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