Second Hand Mercedes-Benz GLS Wheel Trims

The GLS is a large premium SUV that has always been sold in the UK exclusively with alloy wheels as standard across every trim level and engine variant — it has never been fitted with steel wheels and plastic wheel trims from the factory. If you are looking for alloy wheel covers or centre caps, those do exist and are worth searching for separately. If your vehicle genuinely has steel wheels with trims, it is possible they were fitted after the original sale, but this would not be a factory GLS fitment. A breaker is unlikely to have GLS wheel trims because they would not have come off a standard donor vehicle.

If you want to cover or replace something on your GLS wheels, you are most likely looking for alloy wheel centre caps, which carry the Mercedes star badge and sit in the centre of each alloy wheel. Alternatively, if an alloy wheel itself is damaged or kerbed, you would be searching for a used GLS alloy wheel rather than a trim. Centre caps do vary between generations of the GLS — the first generation ran from 2016 to 2019 (X166 platform) and the second generation from 2019 onwards (X167 platform) — so confirm the generation with the breaker against your registration.

The GLS moved from the X166 first generation (2016–2019) to the X167 second generation (2019 onwards), and while the Mercedes star centre cap design can look very similar across generations, the fixing diameter and retaining clip design can differ between platforms. Crossing this generation boundary is exactly the kind of fitment detail you should confirm with the breaker against your specific registration before buying. Do not assume a cap from the earlier model will simply press into a later wheel without checking.

Trim level itself does not change the fundamental fitment of centre caps, as the cap locates to the wheel rather than to any trim-specific component. However, AMG Line and AMG variants of the GLS are often supplied with different alloy wheel designs and sizes compared to standard specification vehicles, so the cap diameter or style may differ cosmetically even if the fixing method is the same. When sourcing a used centre cap or alloy, matching the wheel design visually as well as checking the generation is the sensible approach. Your breaker can cross-reference by registration to confirm the correct part.

Engine size does not directly affect wheel centre cap fitment on the GLS, as the cap simply clips into the centre of the alloy wheel regardless of what is under the bonnet. Larger or more powerful variants may have been optioned with different alloy wheel sizes or designs, but this is a wheel-specific question rather than an engine-specific one. The key variables to check are the generation (X166 2016–2019 or X167 2019 onwards) and the specific wheel design fitted to your car, which your breaker can verify against your registration.