W203E35

+1, what color is that? Never seen that color before. Looks real nice.

Glyn M Ruck

I think that is "Perlite Grey" metallic. Or at least that's what it's called in ROW. USA sometimes calls colours other things.

euromedic

That looks awesome! You can lift the rear a bit by installing a set of higher pads at the top of the springs. Did you use any spacers with the wheels?

mk4vr6gti

I have 13mm of spacers in the front and 10mm ion the rear. I may goto 15mm in the rear though.

I have coilovers so im not running any spring pads. I'll just spin the fronts down a bit and the rears up a VERY little bit and I think it will sit perfect.

Thanks for responses......still more mods to do!

glocati

Sweet Wagon. Looks awesome. That is an awesome color. What color interior?? I also have H&R coilovers on my wagon. Just as you say, twist the fronts down, and it will sit perfect.

As a point of reference, here's crappy i phone pic of my wagon with the front c/o adjustment down to about 4 full threads left on the adjustment.

mk4vr6gti

Your front is right where I want to be
I just started mine a little high and I'm working my way down that low.
My rears are about halfway on the threads, and I like where it's sitting, but I haven't had any extra weight in the back yet so it may have to come up a little bit. I bought the wagon for it's extra room (and because I like the look of wagons more then sedans) so I don't want to restrict the extra cargo space because the car it too low to carry anything.

The interior is light gray and its a pain in the butt to keep clean with a 90lb Black Lab in the car all the time. Mud from his paws and black hair COVERS the inside of my car!

Midnight Koop

love it... is that miro111's?

looks sick!

mk4vr6gti

Thanks....!!!!

and Yes...Miro 111's....18x8.5 front and 18x9.5 rear.

I replaced the center caps with 2011 ML caps since they're the only 65mm's I could find and the standard Mercedes size seems to be 70mm. The wheels look 1000 times better since I changed them.

Midnight Koop

your height looks a lot like mine and i'm on H&R too... do you remember how many threads you had left in the rear?

i'm puzzled because i only have about 1-2 left from max height and i'm pretty tucked in the back.

love the wagon..

one suggestion... did you ever think about vinyl wrapping your window trim to mask the fade?

glocati

Cool. yea, it's hard to get it just right height wise right out of the box. A few teaks and you will get it dialed in. the good news is the fronts are easy to get to and adjust..Rears are kind of a *****...


I have hauled a pretty few heavy loads and it can take it well. I had a dozen heavy concrete pier pads and bags of cement in the back of mine and although a bit slammed, handled it fine with no rubbing. That was when i had 9.5 " wheels in back too.

Anyhow, cool wagon !

C230 Sport Coup

Thats a baddass wagon!

mk4vr6gti

So now I want to replace rotors and calipers since the suspension and wheels are done.

Any recomendations for the wagons?

Since it's a a little heavier car.....more weight over the rear wheels...?

Midnight Koop

not sure b/c i have my H&R's set evenly (actually a little higher in the back) and i have a similar spread with the rear tucked.

i'm currently trying to figure out how to fix it.

FrankW

from more costly to less

you can do the Brembo GT (6 or 4 up front and 4 in the back) or slk55 setup with 6 piston up front and 4 in the back.

or

C32/55 setup with 4 up front and 2 in the back

or

05-07 sport setup.

euromedic

euromedic

It's been a frustrating time with the wagon, the last straw being that water got into the underhood fuse panel while it sat in the driveway for 2 weeks. It appears that the drain holes for the windshield wipers were plugged, causing water to seep into the box. Of course, it seemed that the seal wasn't doing its job either.

Long story short, it has been sent to pasture since the repair would have been astronomical. Thanks for sharing the knowledge, but in the end it is a premium automobile with all the strings attached to it. I've got this now:



What a hoot to drive, like a go-kart Have a Happy Thanksgiving

hanknum

Sorry to hear Euro...I sent you a PM.

glocati

[QUOTE=euromedic;4928035


It's been a frustrating time with the wagon, the last straw being that water got into the underhood fuse panel while it sat in the driveway for 2 weeks. It appears that the drain holes for the windshield wipers were plugged, causing water to seep into the box. Of course, it seemed that the seal wasn't doing its job either.

Long story short, it has been sent to pasture since the repair would have been astronomical. Thanks for sharing the knowledge, but in the end it is a premium automobile with all the strings attached to it. I've got this now:



What a hoot to drive, like a go-kart Have a Happy Thanksgiving [/QUOTE]

Peter...o man, sorry to hear. Congrats on the new ride and all the best to you. Hopefully you'll check in every now and then. Greg

samaritrey

This makes me sad a beautiful white wagon gone

anonymousmoose

I never thought I'd like wagons but the pics here are changing my mind (still prefer the sedan).

I also found my car with the AMG kit in wagon form;

glocati

quick pic of the wagon with new wheels

TruTaing

Bigger pix damnit :P They're darker than I imagined. They almost a blue-ish tint on one of those pix too!

Glyn M Ruck

Looks good Greg!

glocati

Thanks Glyn and John ! Yea, John, need to snap better pics for sure. These were real quick in the driveway and came out dark. You are right in that certain light there is a slight blue tint to them.

I just got some different center caps, so will try and get some better pics soon.

Cheers, Greg

FrankW

looking good grego!

what happened to your last set?