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Old 04-11-2014, 10:06 PM
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Not as beefy as I thought, aluminum adjusters, rubber ends.
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Not as beefy as I thought, aluminum adjusters, rubber ends.
Yet another redesign! I have a set enroute myself. When's the install? The fronts are nothing. The rear is kind of a pain if you don't have access to a lift.
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I'm doing my install aa soon as my car gets back from body shop But I was told not to jack up one side at a time, rather to do all on a rack. Learned this the hard way when I tested fitted my wheels, I lowered the jack, and all 4 corners were slammed to the ground! Don't know why?
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Originally Posted by hemmissey
I'm doing my install aa soon as my car gets back from body shop But I was told not to jack up one side at a time, rather to do all on a rack. Learned this the hard way when I tested fitted my wheels, I lowered the jack, and all 4 corners were slammed to the ground! Don't know why?
A rack would be easiest but I've never heard anything about not jacking up one side. How would you change a flat?
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Yeah exactly. I was like wtf. Ghost told me the same thing and advised not to do that. They service alot of Benz's and most of them do that. Especially the newer years with abc..
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Any more feedback in the product/ride?
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It does it job.. recommend it %100. Just don't lower to much, air shocks will bottom out. And get alignment asap.
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It does it job.. recommend it %100. Just don't lower to much, air shocks will bottom out. And get alignment asap.
Thank you Sir! any other brand that you could prefer? or that brand is the best?
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To be honest... any lowering links will do. There's no point of getting beefy links. They don't move, you set em and forget them.
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Originally Posted by hemmissey
It does it job.. recommend it %100. Just don't lower to much, air shocks will bottom out. And get alignment asap.
How low did you drop your car? Front and rear? I'm still waiting for mine. They told it it should be in this week hopefully.


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To be honest... any lowering links will do. There's no point of getting beefy links. They don't move, you set em and forget them.
The reason I went with the ghost links where purely the design. When needing to adjust them, you can just spin the body and it should make small adjustments slightly easier. Others, by the pics, it seem like you needed to pop one side off before you could adjust the length.

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The first time I went 3"F and 3.5R. I was tucking tire, stance on point but rode like **** hahahahaha..... now I'm above the tire which is perfect for daily driver. Wouldn't recommend lowering more than 2"... Rides like a slammed cammbered Honda!
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Yeah, get as close to the tops of the tires as you like but don't go lower. Makes the S550 very unhappy. Especially if you're running 21" or larger wheels.
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Originally Posted by hemmissey
The first time I went 3"F and 3.5R. I was tucking tire, stance on point but rode like **** hahahahaha..... now I'm above the tire which is perfect for daily driver. Wouldn't recommend lowering more than 2"... Rides like a slammed cammbered Honda!
Good to know. I was thinking about 1.5 and 1 in the rear. I gotta see how it looks and go from there. Any pics of your new AG wheels installed hemmissey?
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Good to know. I was thinking about 1.5 and 1 in the rear. I gotta see how it looks and go from there. Any pics of your new AG wheels installed hemmissey?
I'll post pictures up in a bit. Wheels are not installed as of yet but are done! Went 20's this time so I can go more low. COLOR IS NOT FOR EVERYONE...
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Please post pictures of them when they're mounted
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Wheels look good. I can't wait to see if installed on your ride. Wheels looks pretty wide, are you going VIP and stretch the tires? What are the specs on the wheels?
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20x10.5F and 20x12.5R 245/30 and 285/25R
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hemm...there are gonna be some comments about these wheels..lol.. Trinidad James

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haha

I know.. it's all good lol. It's not everyone's cup of tea. Ive seen far worse color choices out there.
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That's why I want to see them mounted, they may look much better with tires and on the car.
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WOW!
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Mr 550 must be tired because it just lay down. Hemsissey, are you on bags or are those Ghostlinks?

I install my ghostlinks yesterday and I'm trying to decide the perfect all terrain driving height is.
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Just lower to the top of the tire. Anything else with bottom out. I'm on links
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any of you have a side view of the car lowered?


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