Phister's car thread
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2006 C230 SS
Fronts have 10mm spacers and rears have 5mm spacers so I'm running +15 all around. I never cut coils 
I'm on BC coilovers with #1 pads in the rear. If your coilovers dont drop low enough for you I'd recommend ordering a set of swift springs or eibach springs to replace them. They offer custom coilover springs to your specs. Going to install my eccentric bolts and it'll give me 2 degrees of adjustment and I plan on going the full -2.
I'm on BC coilovers with #1 pads in the rear. If your coilovers dont drop low enough for you I'd recommend ordering a set of swift springs or eibach springs to replace them. They offer custom coilover springs to your specs. Going to install my eccentric bolts and it'll give me 2 degrees of adjustment and I plan on going the full -2.That's insane (the aggressive fitment). It paid off really well. I should grow a pair and just start pulling my fenders and making my rears flush, instead of trying to get rid of the wheels. I like the way they look but I just didn't like how the front sticked out. Your wheels put me to shamed and made shut up about it poking out
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2006 C230 SS
Haha! It's a bad habit 
when I have money or offers that interests me.. I can't help it. I blame phil for his car, making me want to go do tuff to my car too! Basically whatever comes up first. I found rear bumper for my car but I need the fronts now.
when I have money or offers that interests me.. I can't help it. I blame phil for his car, making me want to go do tuff to my car too! Basically whatever comes up first. I found rear bumper for my car but I need the fronts now.
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06 C230 SS 6spd
So I got a chance to do a quick lowering, did another inch and my fenders are feeling it lol I was wearing down the liner, smelt like burning rubber on the highway. Gonna raise it up about 1/2"to clear. It was painful turning.
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So here's some pics of the front dropped another inch. I have to roll the driver side fender now cause when I turn left its basically tire on fender and its pushing it out further. hopefully a little fender rolling and a "slight" rise and it should be ok to roll. I was scraping my lip on every dip and bump.
YES! thats a piece of the liner on the tire lol
YES! thats a piece of the liner on the tire lol
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I may add your statement "YES! thats a piece of the liner on the tire lol" to my signature! That cracks me up! It looks tough, I just know that I'd destroy my car if I did that. However it is time for shocks, and I think that means it's time for coil-overs...
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ok raised the front just a hair, straightened up the camber just a hair, and rolled the fenders more. Finally got clearance from lock to lock. Had to straighten up the camber some because the inner tire was rubbing against my perch on the coilover. So that was the burning smell driving, made a pretty good groove in the tread. But I got it dialed up now so no more issues, HOPEFULLY, no rubbing sounds or smells on the test drive.
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Considering that the rear fender is physically longer that the front, you're actually sitting perfectly flat, if not with a slight rake, in regards to front-back, arent you?
I've never seen a w203 so LOW!! And I usually don't like seeing them that low, but man Phi - you've really got a great combination going here. Looks phi-tastic.
I've never seen a w203 so LOW!! And I usually don't like seeing them that low, but man Phi - you've really got a great combination going here. Looks phi-tastic.
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I actually do have a rake. I measured from the fender to the ground and it has a pretty good rake. If it was flat the front would be quite a bit higher.
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Yeah, I figured - I mean, it sure looks like it has a rake if you ignore the wheel/fender gap (or negative gap in your case, lol).
I was just asking out loud about it because Tru kept asking to bring the butt back up in the air, but swore I was still seeing a rake if you ignore the fenders.
I was just asking out loud about it because Tru kept asking to bring the butt back up in the air, but swore I was still seeing a rake if you ignore the fenders.
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It looks like that because of my camber in the rear. They tuck in the rear some so it looks deceiving. If I adjust my rear camber to the fronts it'll be pretty even and show as much tire as the fronts. But then it'll be full on rubbing in the rear. I gotta cut some liner off in front and rear or let the tires do the work.
So I can go from lock to lock without fender touching. I'll post a pic of my final setup later.
So I can go from lock to lock without fender touching. I'll post a pic of my final setup later.
