[hadam]

Hi all, it has been while since I have posted on this forum.
I have 2001 E-320 W210 Station Wagon. It has 18" wheel, seem like AMG 18" wheel. The car came this way from previous owner.
Wheel center cap looks quite bad.
Can some one help me where I can find these center caps. I looked on Amazon, but I don't know which one will fit my car 18" wheel.

Please help.

 

[raymond-]

google "mercedes wheel cap "

ebay "mercedes wheel cap "

you get the idea.

measure the diameter of your cap/hole and be sure it matches that which is
being sold.

 

[hadam]

Raymond, as always, thank you so much for your feedback. I got 3" wheel cap. I have ordered it from Amazon Prime. In case if I don't like it, I can return it to Amazon Prime back.

One more question for you, to replace the wheel cap, do I have to remove the wheels? Or can I pop old wheel cap with my plastic pray tool from outside?

I will be taking car this weekend for free tire rotation, if it has to be done with wheel removed, then I let shop to do it during free tire rotation service.

 

[raymond-]

if you google those keywords, toggle over to the 'images' module for view of
various caps. but scan for view of the expanding fingers. you will see that
there are different designs. some make it easy to pop off, others less so.

for me, dismounting the wheel is painless so I can easily do that. to pop off
the wheel center cap, simply rap or press it with a wooden dowel or in the case
of your damaged one, a long shank screwdriver, a broom handle, etc

i usually take the time to look around the hub, clean off the brake dust etc
anyway so up to you if you feel you want to go this route.

now, since your damaged center cap is sacrificial anyway, you can simply
leave the wheel on the car, drive a screw into it and then pull with pliers
without taking off the wheel. the replacement cap can be placed into the
hole and tapped in.

for the perfectionists, just be sure the star is pointing up and you're all set ;-)

 

[hadam]

Raymond, your suggestions are noted. Thanks again for your support. I will keep forum posted with the outcome.

 

[illstplaya]

If those are the 18" amg wheels then you can't get a tire rotation. You need to make sure they are the same size all around, otherwise you can only rotate them left to right, not front to back because the back tires are wider than the front, they also have a smaller side wall than the front.

 

[Kajtek1]

Ebay has whole collection of them for pennies, but you have to wait for shipment from China.
I have about 3 sets spare and like to change.
My favorite is mate silver with chromed star, but just to change the looks, sometimes I put black ring with chromed star.
The all-chrome look good only with chromed wheel.

 

[hadam]

Illstplaya, Raymond and Kajtek1. Thank you for all your feed back.

My wheel are AMG replica, so all 4 of them same size, these wheel are not like my 2009 E-350 W211, which has sport package and wheels are different size in front and back. 2009 W211 front tire size 245/40 R18 and rear tire size 265/35 R18.

I got the center wheel caps from Amazon Prime for $8.79 (set of 4).

So I got wheel rotated on Saturday for under free service and also they installed the new center caps without any charge $$.

See photos, it came out good. Raymond, I did not ask the tire shop to align the stars with AMG marking.

You can see in photos my 2009 E-350 W211

Here is the Amazon Link Below.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GZPT01S/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A8J16IU6701YE