[W126 Coupe] Jack's wheel saga.

[Sharan Bains]

The tool for those OZ wheels IS held by certain refurbishers. Tools required 
to open almost every other multi-piece wheel made by BBS, OZ and Ronal etc, 
ARE readily available, since they usually require 12-point sockets or 
12-point spline bits, which are available anywhere and everywhere.

It's just these OZ 3-piece wheels that have a rare fastener head - but I 
managed to source the tool, so with a little effort, anyone else can too.

My original statements still hold true, namely :

1) components can be replaced or re-furbished on multi-piece wheels rather 
than having to dish the whole wheel
2) higher quality AND lighter metal is used, meaning lower unsprung weight 
=> better handling
3) they look miles better than a single piece wheel

Fine, point 3 is subjective. But points 1 and 2 are fact. It's why all the 
tuners, AMG, Brabus, Kleeman fit multi-piece wheels to their products. It's 
why BBS, OZ Racing etc, the best wheel designers in the world invest so much 
money on developing multi-piece wheels.

Aftermarket wheels are always heavier and lower in quality.

To suggest there is no benefit to multi-piece wheels is about as true as 
suggesting front tyres wear out quicker than rear ones on a RWD car. It just 
doesn't stack-up.



Talbir





>From: "Chiappinelli, Joseph" <joseph.chiappinelli at mirant.com>
>Reply-To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
>To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
>Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] Jack's wheel saga.
>Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 07:29:12 -0500
>
>Ah...the "benefits" of multi-piece wheels.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com
>[mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com]On Behalf Of Sharan Bains
>Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 4:09 AM
>To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
>Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] Jack's wheel saga.
>
>
>Hi Jack,
>
>The tools required to open the 3-piece OZ Racing AMG wheels are not for 
>sale
>anywhere in the world.
>
>Only a few wheel refurbishers have the tools required. The attached image
>shows the tools set that I have - I was lucky to get in touch with a 
>contact
>on the inside to acquire these tools.
>
>The fastener heads are 8mm 10-point and the fastener nuts on the rear are
>10mm 10-point.
>
>BTW, in a previous post you said the wheel shop had the wheels split - how
>could this be possible if they do not have the tools to undo the fasteners 
>?
>
>Some cowboys grind out the original OZ fasteners and replace them standard
>ones - beware ! The fasteners used by BBS and OZ are bespoke for 
>multi-piece
>wheel usage - the fasteners have a tensile strength of 10.9, i.e. they can
>withstand a force of 150,000 psi. Standard fasteners should not be used on
>multi-piece wheels - only ever use the original fasteners. You can see the
>numbers '10.9' engraved on each fastener head.
>
>You'll need to find a refurbisher who has the tools set for these fasteners
>- someone who does AMG/Porsche wheels for a living. I don't think you're
>going to find the tools anywhere.
>
>Talbir
>
>
> >From: "Jack Emery" <jemery at wn.com.au>
> >Reply-To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
> >To: <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
> >Subject: [W126 Coupe] Jack's wheel saga.
> >Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 16:00:26 +0800
> >
> >When I went to collect my wheel I was told that the repairer had no 
>wrench
> >to fit the little stud bolts around the rim.His whole business is wheels,
> >but he said he had not seen these wheels before.
> >The studbolts have 8 flutes in the head. Does anyone know where to get a
> >wrench, please?
> >      Jack OZ
> >
> >
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