Newbie Begining to Mod
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'08 E550 4Matic
Frank,
thanks for info on the 4-matic springs. I reached out to vogtland and the pricing is right around $500 shipped. Definately not bad. Probably going to pick the springs up in a couple of weeks. The people in the US office are ridiculously helpful with everything.
Quick question for everone (and I did search the forum first):
I'm looking at 19" x 8.5" front wheels and 19" x 9.5" rear. I know 235/35/19 will work in the front...but will 265/30/19 work in the rear?
I posted in the tire section also but figured I'd toss it up here becasue you guys know everything about a c-class.
Any help is appreciated!
thanks for info on the 4-matic springs. I reached out to vogtland and the pricing is right around $500 shipped. Definately not bad. Probably going to pick the springs up in a couple of weeks. The people in the US office are ridiculously helpful with everything.
Quick question for everone (and I did search the forum first):
I'm looking at 19" x 8.5" front wheels and 19" x 9.5" rear. I know 235/35/19 will work in the front...but will 265/30/19 work in the rear?
I posted in the tire section also but figured I'd toss it up here becasue you guys know everything about a c-class.
Any help is appreciated!
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'08 E550 4Matic
Oh and the pic wanst pshoped. This is my actual ride hight on stock suspension.
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2003 C320 4-Matic
Is the feeling that the staggered wheels would significantly impact handling, performance, etc? And would switching back to OEM's with all weathers from October through April make any difference?
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Running a larger, heavier wheel will effect the acceleration. The reason why you shouldn't run a staggered setup on an AWD vehicle is that the the front wheels will rotate at a different speed than the rear wheels which can cause problems with your drive train.
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makes sense and the staggered fitment would effect other performance based mods. Sucks becasue the wheels looked sick but it makes complete sense.
Back to looking around. Thanks for the help!
Back to looking around. Thanks for the help!
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Just a quick update...The Phase 1 reveal will take place in 1 week.
I have been taking pre and post pictures of each mod to give a before and after. Hopefully it helps other new people in determining what they want to do.
You guys have been great with all of the post to the thread and PMs.
Thanks again.
I have been taking pre and post pictures of each mod to give a before and after. Hopefully it helps other new people in determining what they want to do.
You guys have been great with all of the post to the thread and PMs.
Thanks again.
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yea everywhere i go ppl ask my why i dont have a staggered set up and talked to nick bout it before i got my rims and i really dont wanna mess with the 4matic... but there are plenty of wheels out there that are not staggered and still look nice imo. its good to know theres another 4matic on here lol
