Xhale707

Very Nice rims C230.. I think your front rims have a tad larger lip then mine noooo. Maybe cuss yours are 19's

W203E35

Teaser:

Calipers are next.

W203E35

Sorry Phister, had them redone Satin Black instead of Mag Blue.

phister

its all good Karo... satin black is better than matte black. I was thinking of repainting my face satin black... maybe I'll do the mag blue now since you didnt lol.

W203E35

for some weird reason it didn't match my car well.

The closest match I got for the mag blue was Toyota's Dark Blue Pearl (8P4).

I first tried it out with duplicolor paint (black primer first turned out great). Then I took it to be done at a shop. I compared them and they turned out similar.

So if your going to paint them yourslef use black primer. If your going to get them coated then no worries it'll turn out fine.

phister

ahhh thanks for the info Karo... Whens all this going to be done? You should've done the inside of the rim your lug colors. I think it wouldve add a touch of flash to it.

W203E35

New tire, replace shocks and alignment and we're done. Bushings were all done.

Hey what do you recommend on a drop? I can't afford coil overs right now and since I have renntech shocks I was thinking of getting lowering springs and dropping the car. Do you think if I cut 1 coil on the front I should be good? I kind of like the rear and if it's anything lower I'll rub.

What do you think? 1 coil in front should bring the car lower?

Thanks

W203E35

Ohh and paint the caliper too (forgot to add that to the list).

C230 Mulac

appreciate the comments guys!

Xhale, they are actually 18's, maybe the picture angle makes the lip looks bigger? i dunno...

Karo that satin black looks awesome, can't wait to see some pics when it's on the car!

phister

Cutting 1 coil will be good. Just remember to get some paint and paint over the cut end so it wont rust. But the Renntech shocks might lower your car already since its built for lowering springs I believe, kind of like Konis are. I'd install the struts first and see if it lowers the car some but if it doesnt then I'd say 1 coil will be good, 2 will be too much.

fookoo303

the renntechs lowered my rear quite a bit, but it didn't seem to affect the drop in the front but you already have sport suspension so I'm not sure if it will affect your car the same karo.

Xhale707

Karo are you planning on cutting stock springs or cutting after market ones?

A lot of people cut 1 Spring off after market springs to give them that coil over look.

If your going to cut stock springs i would still only cut 1 coil. It dropped my car from a four and half finger gap to a perfect 3 finger gap. & that was just cutting one coil.

Cutting two gave me a 1 finger gap in the front. But car is unstable at high speeds.

hcalvarez

Karo did you paint or convert your lugs? looks dope man cant wait to see a full shot with your calipers!

W203E35

Thanks for the comments guys. Thanks for the tips Phister and Xhale.

I'm most likely not going to touch the stock springs. Planning on getting springs but can't decide on Tein or H&R.

Hector, I didn't converts them bro. I just painted them. I'm sure the paint might come off when I tighten the bolts

phister

I'd go with H&R Karo. Since you already have the sport springs the teins will only lower your car 0.5". Plus the spring rate on the teins are softer than the ss. But just see if it drops when you put your struts on first then decide if you want springs, that's what I'd do.

NewtoN13

+1 on the H&R's, I just got H&R Coilovers, I love how they feel.. although you just want the springs.. I still think H&R is the bizness!!!

speaking of which, here are some recent pix (they are in my thread of my evolution) of my car with the H&R coilovers.. gonna head back to HMS and get the front dropped a tad more! I dont want no gap!!!

C63 Dreamer

^^^Very envious of your glossy/shiny grille haha.

nlpamg

damn, Karo! the wheels look hot!

C230 Mulac

Nice pics Newton! Those rims match very nicely with your car.

ese-ce

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiuGNZy2tgI

C350_Coupe

wow Newton that's clean, the headlights look great, what have you changed in there, look different to others i've seen

C230 Mulac

sweet drift man

NewtoN13

Thanks bro.. and with the headlights.. I didnt change a thing... I mean installed HID's and changed the city lights.. but thats bout it.. I didnt change the housing or anything...

Xhale707

Sweet drift man car sounds good too

tonttoni

hello


and my own

btw, what kind of / where i can buy front spoiler or some splitters for my elegance buffer...? anybody know :p?