Fawk, this is the perfect drop!!
I want this.... really clean man

 

Great job dude...

 

1 full coil cut?
r u rubbing in front wen u turn or anything?


cuz i cut half on my H&R n it still looks more lower on the back so im considering on cutting it another half

 

ey yo importz, hows the ride with the h&r's installed? is it noticeably stiffer than oem suspension?

btw u running oem shocks?

 

ya im running half coil cut on the front with stock shocks.
and its feel good not bouncy at all but im most likely gonna end up cutting another coil soon n getting some Yellow Koni Shocks if i dont find a cheap tein or h&r coilovers

 

do you have the 04.05 model?

i back looks perfect, but there is still some gap in the front huh?
yeah but i didn't know that koni shocks would be that expensive

so i take it that you aren't too satisfied with your h&r springs?

 

nice looking

 

how much stiffer is the ride with h&r sport springs compared with the oem springs?

 

You need to keep the nose down attitude to maintain the CD of .27 & stop too much air getting under the car & a pressure wedge from forming & screwing up high speed stability. FrankW & splinter's cars are perfect. Many cars on the forum are set up for cosmetic looks rather than decent handling & have the rear too low.

It might surprise you but wide front tyres also mess up the CD, but keeping the front low lessens this effect.

 

so to achieve the right height, best is to go with coilovers?


(meaning JonnyD's setup is mainly for cosmetics?)

 

Yes & Yes - no flaming please

Even Tru has raised the rear of his car since his sig pic. He knows what I mean. FrankW & splinter's cars are perfect - splinter a little more track. You can't have the floor pan horizontal to the ground. It must be nose down, tail up. I've done plenty of wind tunnel work - I know what I'm talking about.

 

ya u got the 04.5 c230k n the drop is good but like u said theres a big gap on the front compare to the back due to the fender on the front.
but ya man koni shocks r too damn expensive i rock the OEM shocks

and the ride is not stiff at all feels very much alike to being stock

 

I just dropped mine are H&Rs, 1 full coil cut infront..

Im pretty happy with the results i just have to worry about scratching my cf lip.

 

anyone looking for koni yellows? i'm actually about to put up a feeler for my current susp. setup. H&R sports, 1/2 a coil cut up front, and Koni Yellow adjustables.

might have it off my car in about two weeks, depends on how things go. anyone wanna get dibs?

 

how much you looking to get for them?

 

650$ + shipping. the shocks alone cost over 700, but for now nothing is set in stone. however, someone else already has dibs, and you would be second in line.

 

Great! - because your nose was really up in the air before

 

My car actually sits at the same angle ratio (front to back) that it did when it was stock.

It "looks" lower in the rear now because of the fender gap difference between front and rear. It looks more pronounced because the tire is closer to the fender well in the rear than in the front. Same as it did at the stock height.

 

So, technically, your nose is down? meaning the springs aren't messing with the stability and handling of the car? now im confused

 

Was there any weight in the boot etc when you took this shot? If there was not then if what you say is true your car likely came new with the wrong spring shims - It happens. Look at the line of the floor pan - It's flat - That's no good

See Franks car - That is correct for high speed stability. splinter has his even more nose down but he is more set up for track.





You could improve handling by putting a larger spring shim (perch shim) in the back - If you don't care about handling then just enjoy as it is.

 

Maybe this picture will help a little more?

All I can tell you is that I measured the car before it was lowered and after, and the front is actually the same distance to the ground in ratio to the back before and after.

The car drives perfectly fine for me.

 

same feel as OEM?

 

It has the typical aftermarket spring dump on the back - the nose needs to go down like Franks. A lot of American cars have their nose in the air - I don't know why - Look at BlkBenz8's car on the wheel & tyre thread before he cut the front coils - That's rediculous & it came that way. Anyway - I know what these cars should look like in a wind tunnel & it's nose down.

I understand that some people are really interested in cosmetics & that's fine. If you did the kind of open road cruising at +220Km/h all day like we do in SA you would soon drop the nose or the car would be all over the place in the slightest cross wind. - enjoy

 

Marginally stiffer. My girlfriend has a jetta and the benz has a MUCH more comfortable ride and handles ten times better.

 

My car rarely sees 80mph. I hear where you're coming from, however.