adrenaline12055

^^^ very nice!

Ramon Ramirez

Here is my 2000 s500 on lowering links and i also have a renntech v1 elm installed

da boss

Nice!!!

mosdefSBhebha

lowering, spoiling a Mercedes S class depresses me. i don't know why people do it to these cars.

SFBIGBODY415

Why because it looks awesome! everyone has different taste

da boss

Yep thats right!!

Supergenius40

How can you go that low and run 20x10 in the rear and not rub? I'm running 20x10 with 285s and can't put anyone in the back seat with a full tank of gas. Maybe I'm missing something but its a pain taking my kids to school. Can't figure how you guys do it...I'm at stock height and if I'm running at 80 mph and hit a dip...I scrap the back wheels.

boost420

I run a 20x10.5 in the rear. What I found was that with a 285 I rubbed pretty bad, once I went to a 275 I have minimal, if any, rubbing occuring.

da boss

Also you have to have the right offsets on wheels...

classyS

i would love to see some photos of your setup boost420!!!

MJK5215

his thread did it for me! I present my very moderately lowered S430 on links from Adjustable Air Ride, and new staggered 18's. I have 5mm spacers enroute to get those fronts out a bit more (45mm offset, 40mm after the spacers) and new front tires coming in (size 255/40) to bring the profile down a bit. Height was set to be able to just clear a typical parking lot curb stop.

SFBIGBODY415

Very nice plz add some pics when u put the spacers on. I am thinking about getting some 10mm in the rear and 5 in the front.

Anis

I just mounted Links on my S400 cdi.
Looks awsome, but i can't raise the rear end, in the front it raises, but not in the back, did i mount them wrong?
is there any guide online, how to?
hope you all like this brownie

MJK5215

I'm really looking forward to the spacers but hoping they don't screw up the balance on the front end. So far I've managed to preserve the ride quality in spite of the drop, mostly because I resisted the urge to go bigger than 18" on the wheels. The drop did change the toe up front and the thrust angle in back but they were still able to get a factory-spec alignment on it.

The car's at the body shop today getting an AMG rear bumper, and then I'll be able to get the spacers on and shoot some decent pics.

xlr8tin

Looks great! I love the color of your car...

I need to post new pics of mine on links

AH1W-COBRA

i absolutely respect your knowledge, you and oliverk are essentials to this forum, but no sacrafice to ride quality or accellerated wear?. come on, your appreciation of the lowered look weighs heavy on the accuracy of your answer. seal pressures absolutely increase with less chamber volume to absorb compression. same as milling a head?

MJK5215

I can't speak to the wear issue, other than to speculate that selecting Sport 1 or Sport 2 seems to increase ride firmness by reducing the amount of air in the chamber without adverse affect. I think it's a matter of degree.

I'm not a fan of the "slammed" cars personally, and for me "slammed" is when there is no gap between the fender arch and the wheel. Aesthetically, it looks like the car's body is swallowing the chassis.

With respect to ride stiffness ("quality" is subjective), the lower the car is, the firmer the ride. There is a "sweet spot" on lowering links where you gain the aesthetic benefits of a lowered car with a barely perceivable change in firmness, and that seems to be to set the links to a length 7/8ths of an inch longer than stock. That gives you about an inch of fender gap up front once the rear is adjusted, and I would equate the change in firmness to going from "Convenience" to "Sport 1" on the Airmatic setting.

The car easily took a front end alignment after the drop. If I'm feeling nostalgic for the "old" ride, raising the car using the Airmatic lift brings it back, although I rarely bother with it.

My 2 cents is that lowering in moderation can be done without a significant degradation to ride quality or serious risk of premature parts failure.

L@YL0W

Here is mine

sorry for the size and the bad quality pic

MJK5215

Benz was definitely not happy with spacers greater than 5mm. Tried HR hubcentric 10mm on the rear, okay up til around 60 mph and by 80 a lot of vibration from the rear. I had a similar problem on my old S500 when I tried running 35mm offset wheels. I still have the 5mm on the fronts and they seem to be okay.

Sergie

I'll lower any w220 for $100 for anybody that's in Seattle area. I've been driving mine with washers for while now and my Benz looks flawless. I can send you a pic, I can't upload from my phone for some reason.

w4sim

Mines now down on Lowering Links and im more than chuffed with the ride quality.

g9s8r

For those who have ABC and have lowered your cars regardless of method, had any problems with having to replace any ABC components. I've been contemplating lowering mine cause it just looks like a 4x4 up front. But, from what I read on the forums, ABC components are very costly! So, before I buy links or ELM (was planning on doing both), I would like the input. Thanks.

w4sim

Mine has ABC and is lowered on lowering links. I did think it could cause certain components to fail due to extra stress, but to be honest its just had its annual MOT test and its gone through with no problems. The MOT test picks up on bushes, balljoints and shockers amongst other things to see if they have failed or are about to fail. If they are close to failing then you pass the MOT test but get an advisory on them components.

Mine went through with no advisories and no failures, and iv had it lowered for about a year now.

g9s8r

How many miles do you have on it? I read that 70k is about when these systems hit their problems. I am thinking of maybe having the system drained flushed and refilled before I lower it.

kurtama

My first post 😃
I took the height sensors out and rewired them in my glove box, so can go any height