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Thanks for the feedback. Stock, the front track is wider than the rear. I was under the impression that when you switched to SS, that brought them more into alinement. I'm was just nervous about making an expensive mistake, so was looking for some definitive answer.

Update on air leak on the brakes. There is a little tube coming out of the brake canister that is split. I wrapped it up to see if there were any other leaks. There is a little hole in the bottom of the canister, this is existing, maybe a pressure vent hole? Anyway, that is the source of the...

Thanks Jon, I've been looking for pic's and it appears that some have the front track wider than the rears and others seemed more in line. But it's online, so angles of pic's can throw things off. No matter what, I'm going to have to fabricate fender flares for the front. The stock wheels...

Nice touch!

Now on the rear, there is a second thickness of plate from the inner wheel, but maybe a .5"? Are people running spacers? Can only go so far before you run out of lug bolt space. Adjusting for pushing the wheel out in the rear, means that when you flip it for the front, it may interfere with...

OK, I need some input from you guys. Since I can't seem to find anyone to corroborate on the specifications of the super singles, and In an abundance of caution, I built the wheels out of wood and did a test fit. Now the specs I have are 22.5"x12.5" with 120mm of backspace. I understood this...

Awesome, thanks for posting!

Wheel update: I did have a conversation with Hutchinson about aluminum wheels, they said they would have to mill the whole wheel out of billet. $3-$4K each wheel minimum. :oops:. I knew they would not be cheap, but wow. When I respectively declined his $15K-$20K set of wheels, he said they...

Mmmm.... Spoken like a man with experience. I'm just smart enough to listen.

Success! I got the WIS/EPC working on a laptop. Nice to be able to bring up parts numbers and see schematic's. I'm going to crawl under there and take a closer look at the brake cylinder, it could be a hose for that matter. I also saw there is a rebuild kit for them as well. Depending on how...

Wish I could have Alcoa's, but there all 10 on 285mm. The backspacing can vary, from zero to 2"/6". So no luck finding any of those to fit my beast. How are the Ironman's?, I'm shopping tires as well and Ironman's are certainly more affordable than many others. I'm thinking I'll go with...

-Forgot to add that I did locate the air leak, driver's side rear brake area. I think it's the canister, I had my 19yr old daughter in the cab with it in gear and a foot on a quickly failing brake system, so I didn't spend a lot of time under there ?. -Another small victory is that I bought a...

Minor updates: -Got an initial quote of $426 per wheel (12.5x11.75 10 on 335 120mm back space) from Wheels Now. https://www.wheelsnowinc.com/ They may end up more than that as I shared more info, like it's probably going to be an 18K rig ? But right now they only have 2x 11.75 shells, and...

Sounds like your at the start of an awesome (and expensive) adventure! I know the feeling...

Good call out, the rears have the parking brake mechanism as I recall.

Just as a point of clarity, I do prefer keeping the 22.5" wheels over going with 20". I've seen very valid points on both sides of the debate, but after considering it, I've landed on the 22.5" side.

That was fast responses! You guys are awesome, I regret missing your comments/posts over the last few months. Mog: I'll check out the posts! Thanks. Angrychicken: Have you installed that unit? Have to do any mods?

Wow, I didn't realize I've been off the board so long! I have been buried in finishing building onto the house, working on the Porsche, and then I bought a BMW, and started tuning/tweaking. I'm hoping to get a full race season in. German Trifecta: I've been doing little things here and there...

Thanks for the tips. I've been to the Benz forums, German forums, communicated with Mercedes dealerships, etc. Still have not found an English owners manual. They come up on ebay every now and then, so just keeping an eye out.

Well, was working on my old 911 today, but the truck kept staring at me. So I took it out to the mall, because, you know, perfect mall cruiser kinda rig. Ran great, no issues, until I was coming off the highway on the way back. Lots of hissing and the air tank looking light thingy on the...