I happened onto an Ebay listing in UK for the closed tear Ashtaroth 16" rims this week and just closed the deal with the seller. These are super pricey new and even in used condition. I have been looking for a good clean cheap set of them for a couple of years and it finally paid off. Can't wait for them to get here and get them mounted up. They are a super strong OEM 16" alloy used on armored and military G-class. These wheels have 3000 miles on them and ore in like new condition, pulled off of a new Professional version.
My main muffler has been looking increasingly ratty since I got the truck and the original exhaust parts are NLA according to the MBUSA parts network.
The 16" Ashtaroth is the strongest 16" factory alloy made for the Gwagen, it was used on all armored G-class 463 vehicles. Then they came up with the closed tear version a couple of years ago which is supposed to be even stronger. I think both are very good and an opportunity to pick up a set of either at a reasonable price should not be passed over. I was looking, on and off, in Indonesia for a while as they came on all of the Professional versions over there and many owners will swap them out for AMG rims or such.So the closed tear is only 2lb heavier, which means it can't be that much stronger than the open tear wheel. Not worth the extra money we usually have to pay for them. Good to know. Harald should update his site with this info.
The 16" Ashtaroth is the strongest 16" factory alloy made for the Gwagen, it was used on all armored G-class 463 vehicles. Then they came up with the closed tear version a couple of years ago which is supposed to be even stronger. I think both are very good and an opportunity to pick up a set of either at a reasonable price should not be passed over. I was looking, on and off, in Indonesia for a while as they came on all of the Professional versions over there and many owners will swap them out for AMG rims or such.
I have not considered the Hutchinson bead lock rims very seriously for a couple of reasons. I'll leave it at that.