[R129 SL] Wheels

[Michael Devenis]

I am running 16's but I have the Yokahama AVS Db tires, and I can
wholeheartedly reccommend them. Here in Southern California I am able to use
the car topless much of the year. A noisy tire is totally unacceptable, the Db
series is very, very quiet, I can hardly hear them at 75 with the top down.
They stick very well for not being a "high performance" tire. The only real
drawback is that now I am very aware of the tire noise of other cars, M&S tires
on a Volvo or Audi are now very noticibly louder than before when the noise
from my own drowned them out. I believe they also come in the larger sizes as
well. Mine were approx. $130.00 each.

Norm and Pat Waleke wrote:

> on 7/20/02 2:12 PM, George Herman at geherman@pacbell.net wrote:
>
> > I have a 1994 SL500 and I'm considering buying 17 or 18" wheels. I've
> > talked to a few of the service and sales people at my dealer, they
> > almost all tell me that they much prefer the ride of the 16" wheels. I'm
> > looking into the larger wheels because of looks. Does anyone else have
> > any experience with going with the larger wheels?
>
> Our SL500AE came with 17" wheels but after a couple of years we decided we
> liked the idea of 18" wheels. After doing a lot of research, we decided on
> 18" Monoblock AMG wheels with Bridgestone Potenza S-02 Pole Position tires.
> We really think that the ride and handling on the 18" is as good or better
> than the 17" and the look is even more aggressive. The S-02s are soft and
> are very quiet and handle great. We are glad we made the change.
>
> Check out the pics on our website:
> http://www.zianet.com/SLlover/page64b.html
>
> If that is what you want, go for it!
>
> Norm and Pat
> New Mexico, USA
> '89 M-B 560SL 42K (his) "White Knight"
> '91 Mitsubishi Mighty Max 34K (ours) "Blue Max"
> '93 M-B 300E Sportline 50K (ours) "Green Hornet"
> '97 M-B SL500AE 4K (hers) "Red Baron"
> '98 M-B SLK230 7K (ours) "Slick"
> '00 Honda S2000 2K (his) "Ichibon"
> '01 Chrysler PT Cruiser 2K (ours) "Salsa"
> '01 Plymouth Prowler .5K (hers) "Pumpkin"
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