Holly fu.....!! That makes use sitting at 350/365 look like model-T's.
How do keep tires on that beast (rhetorical question)??

Any pics of the engine? I love to see how he SC fits in the engine bay.

 

So you got 19/9.5 in the rears without lowering it....do you rub at all? They look sweet by the way!

 

Not lowered and absolutely no rubbing. Thanks.

Not yet, as I have not installed the kit. I question the same thing... how it fits... lol.

 

No rubbing that is great news...i take it they are 8.5 in the front...very nice setup, im looking into HREs also!

 

hmm, i have a 3" lip on my 9.5" rears. 10s dont get you any more lip at all on the C-class with HRE's.


Btw, looks awesome!

 

Dragon,

I think the rims are sweet! don't listen to Kleenman, lower the car!
10' would have rubbed! I tried it with the Renntech wheel...
Let me know when the S8 setup is complete.

BennyZ

 

im just curious why kleemann said not to lower it?

 

so is that what my wheels look like? haha


and what he said....

 

Nice! Those rims make your car stand out!

 

Thanks! Maybe it is a 3" lip, I'll have to measure it today when I get home.

 

***nice. I just realised I brought back to life a 2 month old thread. sorry.**
probably because it may ruin the suspension geometery of the car? Saying a car performs better when you lower it isn't really right. In some instances it can help, but not always. A lot of things need to be taken into account. This applies to all cars: When you lower a car, you reduce allowable suspension travel without putting the car on the bumpstops. Driving a car fast with bump steer sucks. bumpsteer=instant oversteer. In order to compensate for the smaller amount of suspension travel, you need stiffer springs. But stiffer springs will be outside of the compression and rebound range of the damper. So you then also need to replace those. And lowering the car effects the alignment. And from what little I know about the C class suspension, I believe camber is unadjustable in the rear. Which means when you lower the car, you are stuck with whatever new values the drop gives you.

I personally have not lowered my C32, but if you want to take performance seriously, and not just the bling factor, you need to consider a lot of things.

Matt

 

Old "Thread" but good information

 

I run Vogtland linear springs in the front only. It provides less understeer without having to add a rear anti-sway bar. Perhaps the lowering tip from Kleeman was regarding wheel clearance since he is running 19" x 8.5"s in front. BTW, I had Renntech springs all around with an H&R rear bar and the Vogtlands (front only) make the car perform better without over stressing the rear sub-frame. Just $.02.

 

I actually decided to go with the Bilstein PSS9's.

 

We should have "Asked" Dragon to video-document his travels

 

He is picking up the beast today as we speak and probably zooming down the fwy right now. Hopefully he'll have sometime to post some pics and vids of the monster!

 

Lets "Wish" him a safe trip, and no tickets

 

Already did a few days ago!

 

Just talked to him...... he said 531HP and 540 tq....... what a beast!!!!!

 

Wow, can't "Wait" to see the video, oh what power