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Old 08-11-2015, 10:15 AM
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Need help with height adjusting for airmatic suspension

I am new here so I don't know if someone already posted anything close to this. So I have a 2001 S430 and I upgraded my wheels to amg ones and now my car rubs the tires against the rear wheel well when i go over big bumps because the rim and tires are kinda big. Idk what to do cz my local mb dealership said they can't adjust the height.
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The DAS/STAR system does allow height adjustment of the Airmatic system, at least on my 2003 S430. It is surprising that they can't (or won't) do that.
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I would assume so since it's airmatic and the sensor could be adjusted. He insisted for me to use my raise car button and drive every time cz people only come in to lower their cars not raise them. I personally dislike my local md dealer cz they break something in my car that wasn't before and they never do anything I ask them and always do extra.
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Originally Posted by Zoohair
I am new here so I don't know if someone already posted anything close to this. So I have a 2001 S430 and I upgraded my wheels to amg ones and now my car rubs the tires against the rear wheel well when i go over big bumps because the rim and tires are kinda big. Idk what to do cz my local mb dealership said they can't adjust the height.
They can only go so much even with DAS before it is out of specs. Maybe they can't cuz you went to wide ?? What is the width of your rear tire ??
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They can only go so much even with DAS before it is out of specs. Maybe they can't cuz you went to wide ?? What is the width of your rear tire ??
My rear is 275 and front 245. I bought an amg wheel package with tires already mounted and balanced on the rims.
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I have similar rims and running the same size in the back. What was the offset ??
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I have similar rims and running the same size in the back. What was the offset ??
its 35mm offset

Wheel Size: 19x8.5 & 19x9.5
Tire size: 245/40r19 & 275/35r19
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Hmmm...my offset is the same and I have lowered it an inch both front/rear but I am running 18x8.5 and 18x9.5 ....How high is your car sitting at the moment front and rear ??
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I'm not exactly sure but whatever the standard height is cz I orginally had the 16 inch rims running 225/55 16
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UPDATE: The company just sent me new tires to try out, running 265 35 19 and so far they haven't scrubbed. Hopefully it stays that way!
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The offset of those rims is about 10mm further out than stock so that's why they rubbed

Those aren't amg rims they are replicas and not the exact size for a w220 they are a universal fit size which is a compromise to fit the most models possible

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