"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
09/11/2019 at 23:56 • Filed to: gambler 500, smart
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"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
09/11/2019 at 23:56 • Filed to: gambler 500, smart | 5
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With the Ranger not able to make it to Tennessee I am prepping the smart the best ways I can to make ready to offroad in the mountains.
Original plan was to grab the two snows off the garage queen smart 450 then send it. Reason is because the rears are roasted on the smart. They could probably barely make the trip, but forget about offroading. Anyway, thankfully I questioned the tire size of said snows..
I put the tires through a calculator and realized I’ll be losing an inch of ground clearance in the rear with them. Apparently the all seasons I have raise the car 1.5 inches from stock. I can’t lose any height in the rear as that’s the most vulnerable part of the car.
Oof...here we go again! I picked up some basically new Nokian Hakkapeliitta NRW snows for $50 . Learning my lesson from the Thornbirds I gave them a good inspection. They are bigger than the current tires, so much that the rear will be 2.5" taller than stock. That means I basically have the Daystar lift kit, but through tires!
I hate driving snows on hot ground, so what will happen is I’ll mount them to this car’s rears, then grab two wheels from the cabrio to be my road wheels. I’ll switch to the snows at camp.
From here I’m just going to update my offroad lights, maybe add some RGB, then pack up for Friday!
Future Heap Owner
> Mercedes Streeter
09/12/2019 at 01:05 |
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Wow, 2.5” oversize tires, and no rubbing issues? On a smart? That’s pretty neat!
SpecsGTP
> Mercedes Streeter
09/12/2019 at 06:54 |
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Scooter gang....
shop-teacher
> SpecsGTP
09/12/2019 at 07:18 |
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Born to be Mild!
Rainbow
> Mercedes Streeter
09/12/2019 at 07:23 |
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What a *smart* idea!
PartyPooper2012
> Mercedes Streeter
09/12/2019 at 07:25 |
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Seems you need bigger wheels
Maxima Speed
> Rainbow
09/12/2019 at 09:14 |
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Take your star and get out!
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Mercedes Streeter
> Future Heap Owner
09/12/2019 at 12:26 |
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Oh yeah, these are tall little cars. MB engineered them to take 17" wheels and tires, so there’s a surprising amount of room in the wheel wells.
Funny enough, with the stock 15" wheel tire sizes the speedometer is 5 mph off. With the 1.5" oversize all seasons the speedometer is dead accurate. The 1.5" oversize all seasons do rub slightly up front on sharp cornering, but since the panels are plastic they eventually rub enough of the wells away so that they don’t rub anymore. lol
The 2.5" oversize snows will go in the back and they won’t rub at all. I could probably go 3" in the back without rubbing with my current suspension . I could do 2.5" in the front after replacing the worn out shocks and springs.