2021 MERCEDES-BENZ GT COUPE wheel

Inde
xS peedra tin g
ZR ...Y 1
upto186mp h(3 00 km/h)
ZR ...(..Y) 1
over18 6mp h(3 00 km/h)
ZR 1
over14 9mp h(2 40 km/h) R
Specifying thespeed rating asthe"ZR" index
in tirecode 4isop tion alfortir es up to
18 6mp h(3 00 km/h) .
R Ifyo ur tireco de 4 includes "ZR"andther e
is no speed rating 7,find outwh atthemax‐
imum speed isfrom thetir emanuf acturer.
R Ifload-bear inginde x6 and speed rating 7
ar ein brac kets, themaximum speedrating of
yo ur tireis abo ve186mp h(300 km/h). To
fi nd outth emaximum speed,askthetir e
manuf acturer. All-w
eather tires and wint ertires Inde
xS peedra tin g
Q M+S 2
upto100mp h(1 60 km/h)
T M+S 2
upto118mp h(190 km/h)
H M+S 2
upto130mp h(210 km/h)
V M+S 2
upto149mp h(2 40 km/h) Wi
nter tires bear the004D snowflak esymbol
and fulfillthere qu iremen tsof theRu bber Manu‐
fa ctur ersAssoci ation (RMA) andtheRu bber
Assoc iation ofCanada (RAC)rega rding thetir e
tra ction onsno w.
Load index8 8:
R Nospec ificat ion given: standar dload (SL)
tir e
R "XL" or"Ex tra Load": extra load tireor rein‐
fo rc ed tire
R "Light Load": lightloadtire R
"C", "D", "E":aload rang eth at depen dson
th emaximum loadthat thetir ecan carryata
cer tain pressur e Def
inition ofterm sfo rtir es and loadin g
Ti re stru ctu reand charact eristics :descr ibes
th enumber oflaye rs or thenumber ofrubber -
coat edbelts inthetir econ tact surface and the
tir ewa ll.These aremade ofsteel, nylon, poly‐
es terand other materials.
Bar: metric unit fortir epr essu re.
14 .5038 pounds persquar einc h(p si) and
10 0kilop ascal(kP a)istheeq uiv alent ofone bar.
DO T(Depar tment ofTranspo rtation ):DO T-
mar kedtir es fulf illthere qu iremen tsof the
US Depar tment ofTrans portatio n.
Av erag ewe ight oftheve hicl eoc cupants: the
num berof vehicle occupants forwhi chtheve hi‐
cle isdesigned, multiplied by150lb (68 kg).
1 "ZR" stat ed inthetir ecode.
2 Or "M+S 004D" forwint ertires 308
Wheel sand tires

Un
ifor m Tire Quality Grading Standar ds:a
unif orm standar dto grade thequ alit yof tires
wit hre ga rd totrea dqu alit y,tiretracti onand
te mp eratur ech aract eristic s.The qualit ygr adin g
asses smentismade bythemanuf acturerfollo w‐
ing spec ificat ions from theU. S. government. The
qu alit ygr ade ofatir eis im print ed on theside
wa llof thetir e.
Re comm endedtir epr essu re:th ere comme n‐
ded tirepr ess ureis thetir epr essur especif ied
fo rth etir es mount edtotheve hicle atthefa c‐
to ry.
The tireand information table con tains there c‐
omme ndedtirepr ess ures forcold tires, themax‐
imum permissible loadandthemaximum per‐
missible vehicle speed.
The tirepr essur eta ble con tains there comme n‐
ded tirepr ess ures forcold tires under various
oper ating condit ions,i.e.loading and/orspeed
of theve hicle.
Incr eased vehicl ewe ight duetooptiona l
eq uip ment :th ecombin edweight ofall standar d
and optio nal equipme ntavailable forth eve hicle, re
ga rdless ofwhe ther itis actually installed on
th eve hicle ornot.
Rim: thepar tof thewheel onwhic hth etir eis
ins talled.
GA WR (Gross AxleWe ight Ratin g):th eGA WR
is themaximum permissible axleload. The
actual loadonanaxle mustne verexc eed the
gr os saxle weight rating .The gross axlewe ight
ra ting canbefound ontheve hicle identif ication
plat eon theB‑pillar onthedr iver's side.
Speed ratin g:thespeed rating ispa rtof thetir e
identif ication .It specif iesthespeed rang efo r
whic hatir eis appr oved.
GV W(Gr oss Vehicl eWe ight ):th egr oss vehicle
we ight comprises thewe ight oftheve hicle
including fuel,tools, thespar ewheel, accesso‐
ri es installed, occupant s,lugg ageand thetrailer
dr aw bar nose weight ,if applicable. Thegros s
ve hicle weight mustno texc eed thegr oss vehicle
we ight rating GVWR asspecif iedontheve hicle
identif ication plateon theB‑pillar onthedr iver's
side.
GV WR (Gross Vehicl eWe ight Ratin g):th e
GV WR isthemaximum permitt edgross weight of
thefully laden vehicle (weight oftheve hicle
including allaccessor ies,occupants, fuel,lug‐
ga ge and thetrailer draw bar nose weight ifappli‐
cable). Thegros sve hicle weight rating issp eci ‐
fi ed on theve hicle identif ication plateon the
B‑pil laron thedr iver's side.
Maxim umweight ofthelad envehicl e:the
maximu mwe ight isthesum ofthecurb weight
of theve hicle, thewe ight oftheaccesso ries, the
maximu mloa dand thewe ight ofoption aleq uip‐
men tins talled atthefa ct or y.
Kilop ascal(kP a):metric unit fortir epr essu re.
6.9 kPacor responds to1psi .Ano ther unit for
tir epr es su re isbar .10 0kilop ascal(kP a)equals
1 bar .
Lo ad inde x:inadd ition totheload-bear ing
inde x,theload indexma yalso beimprint ed on
th eside wallof thetir e. This specif iestheload-
bear ingcapacity ofthetir emor epr ecisel y.
Cur bwe ight :th ewe ight ofave hicle withstand‐
ar deq uipme ntinc ludin gth emaximum capacity
of fuel, oiland coolant .It also includes theair
con ditionin gsy stem and option aleq uipment if Wheels
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th
ese areins talled ontheve hicle, butdoes not
include passeng ersor lugg age.
Maximum tireload: themaximum tireload is
th emaximum permissible weight inkilog rams or
lbs forwhi chatir eis appr oved.
Maxim umpermissible tirepr essur e:maxi‐
mum permissible tirepr essur efo rone tire.
Maximum loadonone tire: maximu mloa don
one tire. This iscalcu lated bydividing themaxi‐
mum axleload ofone axle bytwo.
PSI (pounds persquar ein ch ):standar dunit of
meas uremen tfo rtir epr essu re.
Aspe ctratio :ra tio betwee ntire height and tire
wi dthin pe rcent .
Ti re pres sur e:press ureinsi dethetir eappl ying
an outw ardfo rc eto eve rysquar einc hof thetir e.
The tirepr essur eis specif iedinpounds per
sq uar einc h(psi), inkilopascals (kPa)or inbar .
The tirepr essur eshould onlybe cor rected whe n
th etir es arecold.
Cold tirepr essur e:thetir es arecold when the
ve hicle hasbeen parkedfo rat lea st3hou rs wit
hout direct sunli ghtonthetir es ortheve hicle
has been driven forless than 1mile (1.6 km ).
Ti re contact surface: thepar tof thetir eth at
com esintocon tact with thero ad.
Ti re bead: thepur pose ofthetir ebead isto
ensur eth at thetir esits secur elyon thewheel
ri m. Ther ear ese veralwir ecor esinthetir ebead
to preve ntthetir efrom chang inglengthon the
wheel rim.
Side wall:thepar tof thetir ebe tween thetread
and thetir ebead.
We ight ofoptiona leq uipm ent:th ecombin ed
we ight oftheop tion aleq uipment weighin gmor e
th an there placed standar dpar tsand moreth an
5 lbs (2.3kg ).This optional equipment, suchas
high-per form anc ebr ak es, leve lcon trol system, a
ro of lugg agera ck orhigh-per form anc ebat teries,
is no tincluded inthecurb weight andthewe ight
of theaccessor ies.
TIN (Tire Identif ication Numbe r):auni que
ident ificat ion numb erwhic hcan beused bya
tir ema nuf actu rerto ident ifytires, forex am ple,
in apr oduc tre cal l,and thus iden tifyth epur‐
ch aser s.The TINismade upofthemanuf actur‐ er's
identit ycode, tiresize, tiretype code and
th emanuf acturingdate.
Load-bear inginde x:theload-bear inginde xis a
code that con tains themaximum load-bearing
capacity ofatir e.
Tr actio n:traction isthegr ip resulting from fric‐
tion between thetir es and thero ad sur face.
We arindi cator:nar row bars(tr ead wearbar s)
th at aredis tribut edove rth etir econ tact surface.
If th etir etread isleve lwit hth ebar s,thewe ar
limit of1/ 16 in(1.6 mm) hasbeen reac hed.
Dis tribut ionofvehicl eoc cupants: distribu tion
of vehicle occupants over designat edseat posi‐
tion sin ave hicle.
Maximum permissible payload weight :nom i‐
nal load andluggageload plus150lb (68 kg)
multip liedby thenumber ofseats intheve hicle. 31
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Wheels andtires

Cha
nging awheel No
teson selecting, installing andreplac ing
tir es &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto inc or‐
re ct dimensi onsofwhe elsand tires
If whe elsand tires ofthewr ong size are
ins talled, thewheel brak es orwheel suspen‐
sion componen tsma ybe damag ed. #
Alw aysre place wheels andtires wit h
th ose that fulf illthespecif ication sof
th eor iginal part.
When replacing wheels, makesur eto fit th e
cor rect:
R Desi gnati on
R Mod el
Whe nre placing tires, mak esur eto ins tallth e
cor rect:
R Desi gnati on
R Manuf actu rer
R Model &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rythro ugh exceed‐
ing thespecif iedtireload-bear ingcapa‐
city ortheper missible speedrating
Ex cee ding thespecif iedtireload rating or
th eper missible speedrating mayle ad totire
da ma geand tothetir es bur sting. #
Ther efor e, onl yuse tiretypes andsizes
appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle model. #
Obser vethetir eload rating andspee d
ra ting requ ired foryo ur vehicle. *
NO
TEVehicle andtiredamag eth ro ugh
tir etyp esand sizes that have notbe en
ap prove d Fo
rsaf etyre ason s,on lyuse tires, wheel s
and accessories whic hha ve been speciall y
appr ovedby Mer cedes-Ben zfo ryo ur vehicle.
These tires arespecially adaptedto thecon ‐
tr ol systems, suchas ABS ,ES P®
and
4MA TIC,andmarkedas follo ws :
R MO =Mer cedes-Ben zOr iginal R
MOE =Mer cedes-Ben zOr iginal Extended
(r un-f lattireonl yfo rcer tain wheels)
R MO1 =Mer cedes -Benz Original (onlycer ‐
ta in AMG tires)
Cer tain charact eristic s,suc has han dling,
ve hicle noise emissions, consumption, etc.
ma yot her wise beadv ersely affect ed. Fur‐
th er mor e,other tiresizes could result inthe
tir es rubbing agains tth ebody andaxle com‐
ponen tswhen loaded. Thiscould result in
damag eto thetir eor theve hicle.
Onl yuse tires, wheels andaccessor iesthat
ha ve been checkedand recomme ndedby
Mer cedes-Ben z. *
NO
TERisk todriving safetyfrom retrea ‐
de dtir es Re
trea de dtir es arenei ther tested nor recom‐
mend edbyMer cedes-Ben z,since prev ious
damag ecan notalw aysbe detected on
re trea de dtir es .
Fo rth is reason drivin gsaf etycan notbe guar ‐
ant eed. Whe
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#
Donotus eus ed tires ifyo uha ve no
inf orma tionab ou tth eir prev ious usage. *
NO
TEPossible damag eto wheels ortires
when drivin gove robs tacle s Larg
ewhe elsha ve alowe rtir esection width.
The lowe rth etir esect ionwidt h,thegr eat er
is therisk ofdamag eto wheels ortires when
dr ivin gove robs tacle s. #
Avoid obstacle sor drive pa rticular ly
car efu lly. *
NO
TEPossible wheel andtiredamag e
when parking oncurbs orinpo tholes Pa
rking oncurbs orinpo tholes maydamag e
th ewheels andtires. #
Ifpossible, parkonl yon flat sur faces. #
Avoid curbs andpotholes when parking. *
NO
TEDama getoelectr oniccomponen t
par tsfrom theuse oftire-moun tingtools Ve
hicl eswith atir epr ess uremonit oring
sy stem: Electronic component partsare
locat edinthewheel. Tire -mou nting tools
should notbe used inthear ea oftheva lve.
This could other wise damag eth eelectr onic
com ponen tpar ts. #
Have thetir es chang edataqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop only. *
NO
TEDama getosummer tires atlow
ambient temp eratur es At
low ambien tte mp eratur es,tear scoul d
fo rm when drivin gwit hsumm ertires, caus‐
ing perman entdamag eto thetir es. #
Attemp eratur esbelo w45 °F(7°C),
use M+S tires . Ac
cess orypa rts th at areno tappr ovedfo ryo ur
ve hicle byMer cedes-Ben zor areno tbeing used
cor rectl ycan impairth eoper ating safety. Bef
orepu rchasing andusing non-appr oved
acc esso ries, visit aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop
and inquireabout :
R Suit ability
R Leg alstipulation s
R Factor yre comme ndations &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent with high
per form anc etir es
Ther eis an increased risk ofskidding and
hy droplaning whenusingsporttir es on wet
ro ads.
In addit ion,th etir egr ip isgreatl yre duced at
a low outside temp eratur eand tireru nning
te mp eratur e. #
ActivateESP ®
and adaptyo ur drivin g
st yle accor dingly. #
Use M+S tires atoutside temp eratur es
belo w50 °F(10 °C). #
Onlyuse thetir es forth eir intended pur‐
pose. 31
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Obser
vethefo llo wing when selecting,ins talling
and replacing tires:
R Further mor e,theuse ofcer tain tiretypes in
cer tain regions andareas ofoper ation can
be highl ybenef icial.
R Onlyuse tires and wheels ofthesame type
(summer tires, wint ertires, MOEx tende d
tir es) and thesame make.
R Onlyins tallwheels ofthesame sizeonone
axle (leftand right).
It is onl yper missible toins talla dif fere nt
wh eelsi ze intheeve ntofaflat tirein order
to drive to thespecialis two rkshop.
R Vehicl eswith atir epr ess uremonit oring
sy stem: Allinstalled wheels mustbe equip‐
ped withfunc tioningsensorsfo rth etir e
pr essur emonit oring system.
R Attemp eratur esbelo w45 °F(7°C) use win‐
te rtir es orall-seaso ntir es mar kedM+S for
all wheels .
Wi nter tires with the004D snowflak esymbol
in addition totheM+S marking prov ide the
bes tpossible grip inwintr yro ad con dition s. R
ForM+S tires, only usetires wit hth esame
tr ead.
R Obser vethemaximum permissible speedfor
th eM+S tires installed.
If th etir e's maximum speedisbelo wthat of
th eve hicle, this mus tbe indic ated byan
appr opriatelabel inthedr iver's field of
vision.
R Break inne wtires atmoder atespeeds for
th efirs t60 miles(1 00 km) .
R Replace thetir es afte rsix yearsat thelat est,
re ga rdless ofwe ar.
R Wh enreplac ingwith tires that donotfe a‐
tur eru n-f lat charact eristics :ve hicles with
MOExt ended tires areno teq uipped witha
TIREFIT kitatthefa ct or y. Eq uip th eve hicle
wit haTIREFIT kitafte rre placing withtir es
th at do notfe atur eru n-f latch aract eristic s,
e.g .wint ertires.
Fo rmor einf ormation onwhee lsand tires, con‐
ta ct aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Be
sureto also obse rveth efo llo wing further
re lat ed subje cts:
R Noteson tirepr essur e(/ page293)
R Tire and Loadi ngInfo rm atio nplacar d
(/ page29 9)
R Tire size designation, load-bearing cap acity,
spe edrating andload index(/ pag e306)
R Tire pressur eta ble (/ page295)
R Noteson theemer gency sparewheel
(/ page32 1) &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent caused by
non-a pprove dtir etypes
If yo uuse tiretype sth at have notbe en adap‐
te dto chang esmade tothefa ct or yspe ed
li mit, this can have thefo llo wing consequen‐
ces:
R The tires areno tsuit able forhigh speeds
and thecor responding driving dynamics.
R The tires wearune venly and affect the
ro adw orthines sof theve hicle. Wheels
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R
ABS, ESP®
and cruise contr olop erati on
ar ere strict ed.
Thi scan jeop ardize road safety. #
Onlyuse tiretypes that have been
appr ovedfo rth emaximum permissible
speed setand theve hicle. No
teson rotat ing whee ls &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rythro ugh differ‐
ent whee lsizes
Int erch ang ingthefront and rear wheels ifth e
wheels ortires have differe nt dimens ions
ma yse verely im pa irth edr iving charact eris‐
tic s.
The wheel brak es orwheel suspension com ‐
pon entsma yalso bedamag ed. #
Rotate front and rear wheels onlyifth e
wheels andtires areof thesame dimen‐
sions. The
wearpat tern son thefront and rear wheels
dif fer:
R Front wheels wearmor eon theshoulder of
th etir e
R Rear wheels wearmor eat thecent erofthe
tir e
Do notdr ive wi th tires that have toolittle tread
dep th.Thi ssig nifica ntlyre duces traction onwet
ro ads (hydr oplan ing).
On vehicles that have thesame sizefront and
re ar wheels ,ro tat eth ewheels accordingtothe
int erva ls in thetir emanuf acturer'swarrant y
book inyour vehicle documents. Ifth is isno t
av ailable, rotate thetir es every
3,000 to6,000 miles(5 ,000 to10,000 km),
dependin gon thewe ar.En sur eth at thedir ect ion
of rotatio nis ma intained .
Ob serveth eins truction sand safetyno teson
"Cha nging awheel" whendoing so
(/ page31 5). No
teson sto ring wheels When
stor ing wheels, observethefo llo wing
no tes:
R Afterre mo ving whee ls,stor eth em inacool,
dr yand prefer ably darkplace.
R Protect thetir es from contact with oil, grease
or fuel. Ov
ervie wof thetir e-c han getool kit Apar
tfr om some country- specif icvariant s,vehi‐
cles areno teq uipped withatir e-c hang eto ol kit.
Fo rmor einf ormation onwhi chtire-c hangi ng
to ols arere qu ired and appr ovedfo rper form ing a
wheel chang eon your vehicle, consult aqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop.
Re quired tire-c hang eto ol kit mayinclude, for
ex am ple:
R Jack
R Choc k
R Lugwr enc h
R Alignmen tbolt 31
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Wheels andtires

The
tire-c hang eto ol kit islocat edon thelef tside
of thecar gocom partmen tin thestor ag ecom‐
par tmen tbehind service flap 1. Pr
epa ring theve hicl efo ra wh eelch ang e Re
quirement s:
R The requ ired tire-c hang eto ol kit isavailable.
If yo ur vehicle isno teq uipped withth etir e-
ch ang eto ol kit, consult aqu alif ied spec ialist
wo rkshop tofind outab ou tsu itab letools.
R The vehicle isno ton aslope.
R The vehicle ison solid, non-slipper yand leve l
gr ou nd . #
Apply theelectr icpar king brak emanually . #
Movethefront wheels tothest ra ight -ahead
posit ion. #
Shif tth etra nsmiss iontoposition 005D. #
Switc hof fth eengine. #
Mak esur eth at theengine cannotbe star ted. #
Place choc ks orother suitable items under
th efront and rear ofthewheel that isdiago‐
nall yoppos ite th ewheel youwish tochang e. #
Ifnec essar y,remo vethehub capcover
( / pag e31 5). #
Raise theve hicle (/page31 6). Ins
talling /rem oving plas tichub caps Re
mo ving #
Remo vesoc ket2 and lug wr enc h3 from
th eve hicle tool kit (/ page31 4). #
Position socket2 onhubcap 1. #
Position wheel wrenc h3 onsoc ket2. #
Usingwheelwr enc h3, turnhu bcap 1
cou nter-clo ckwise andremo veit.
Ins talling #
Beforeins talling, checkhub cap1and the
wheel area fordir t,and cleanif necessar y. Wheels
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