bartola

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321686765836?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Direct from Germany from this company; http://www.bbm-motorsport.de/mercedes-fahrzeuge.html

I bought a set, but they have it listed as "front", in other languages it does not translate to "front".

Can anyone confirm these are sets (front and rear?) ... Vic?

vic viper

Must be a translation error, those are the same links I use.

bartola

Thanks Vic , that is what I assumed, the seller has not responded, but good to know I got the right part.

angeloxnet

damnit i ordered these from Germany, and it says 21 days to ship
now its available in the US, just my luck

bartola

Edited my thread, my bad, these are from Germany as well, when I wanted to get them a while back it only shipped within Europe.

notabenex

I have received them but dont know how to install. Instructions are for different car :-( just need to lower for 2-3cm on amg 18 wheells

ManiacGT

Don't you still need to hook up the car to have the self levelling stuff setup via MB star after fitting these?

notabenex

I don't know, maybe VicViper knows?

bartola

According to them, no need to hook up and it's an easy process, can you share the instructions?. Also waiting to see what Vic says.

BTW, I got a response; the set is for front and rear ($131 shipped, not bad)

Good Morning from Europe,
Your kit was sent with a complete lowering. So you can lower your Mercedes in complete or just use the front lowering as well.
For further information or questions, please feel free and contact us.

Theresa Elbert
BBM Motorsport

angeloxnet

I happen to have friends that have access to Xentry/Star so im lucky
However the manufacturer of the links state it doesnt need "calibration"
I believe in another thread Vic Viper said it's not 100% needed but it's the proper way to ensure it is perfectly leveled and calibrated to our liking

vic viper

If you just want to lower 20mm.s you dont need the links at all, just a new level calibration through Xentry.


angeloxnet is correct, you dont need the diagnosis tool but it makes the process a lot easier.


Also remember that the front links need to be longer than stock and the rear needs to be shorter in order to lower.

angeloxnet

Just curious, are you able to share how much you went lower with xentry + your links.

I bought the same links (coming from germany in 20 or so days)

Did you use the links + another 20mm in Xentry?

vic viper

I actually dont know the specific height, I fitted the links with a setting I thought would work and then set the final level through Xentry.

angeloxnet

Well that didn't exactly go as planned.
Installed the lowering links (same as listed as above)

At first the front was fine, look level and amazing, after driving around a bit it seems all was well. Went for a highway cruise and man it could have been bad. but the front all of a sudden lowered even more, i was able to limp it home but now the front is slammed even if I press the raise button.



Front won't raise any longer, no errors on dash "car too low".

It doesn't help the fact the instructions are in german. I tried to use google translate but they have a stupid watermark that throws off the app.

vic viper

The very same thing happened to me, I was clueless for a few minutes until I raised the front and looked at the links, they hade both unscrewed themselves, turns out there is quite some vibrations located where the links are and you need to tighten the setting nut on both sides pretty hard, perhaps even add some light or medium thread lock.


You dont need to remove the wheels, just raise the front and remove the links by hand.

angeloxnet

thanks, since it was 2am i decided to just sleep on it, ill try that.
I was a little stressed out but a new day, i'll try to fix it

angeloxnet

checked the links, and as Vic Viper stated, somehow they threaded out. re-tightened them. This is a little scary knowing they could just vibrate lose, some serious damage can occur if not careful and this happens during driving, i got lucky.

vic viper

You will only get as low as the airmatic strut allows, I dont think it will get any lower than on your picture, so there is no real danger.

notabenex

Planning to sell lowering links, if anyone is interested. Got them from ebay, but never used them.

Chris450

Super new here, havent even ordered my C450 amg. I drive a bagged 370z so I love being low. Where can I get these links as I cant find anything floating around the web

Sorry to revive an old thread!

vic viper

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tieferlegung-...oAAOSwoydWlm12