merc 190 wheels?

I had 17's on mine and despite the correct rubber (something like 215-25-17's) they rubbed on the front arches to the point of extreme annoyance so I sold them to an Audi owning friend. Yeah, you can have the arches rolled but it is a bit of a pain and I'd imagine 18s would be a 'mare.
Personally speaking I'd go for some nice 15s and a decent slam (Europarts apparantly sell -40mm drops for about sixty quid) or possibly some 16's instead. Some Volvos and Audis share the same pcd by the way and there is a fair amount of rimmage available. I've gone down the 'predictable' route and found some cheap AMG reps (which are currently being refurb'd) and I'm going for black centres with silver edges. As said a bit predictable but they really do suit the 190E so much and fill the arcges very nicely.

This is how mine is going to look very shortly though with black centres as opposed to the graphite appearance of the ones on this 'shop. Not intended as gratuitious self promotion of my motor but will, hopefully, show that AMG style wheels seem to have just the right look to them. In fact the only other wheels I've seen on a Merc that suit them better are Momo Arrows which are uber cool imho...



Ps, quick edit: that's the standard ride height and the wheels are 15".