cannonball55

In my apparent never ending search for wheels I've decided I hate my KW's.


thats all.

sweet jones

why?

do they not clear the wheels in the front as i have heard before or is if for some other reason?

FraKctured

I've always hated them...they just try too hard to look tough. The car speaks for itself. Dump 'em--high school is over.

advans

a friend of mine had to replace his shocks on his KWs with the usage of under a few thousand miles. It started to leak.

BigBodyBenzC240

You would think spending so much on some coilovers that you would get a great part but it doesnt look so promising!! only 3000miles!!! Thats crazy!!

FrankW

lol...my friend who had KW V2 on his E46 had one of his front strut broken in two just driving on the freeway.

BigBodyBenzC240

If that happened to me I wouldnt just have to replace the strut but the drivers seat too since it would be covered in, well you know haha!!

FrankW

it somehow remained together of two half of the sleaves until he took the pressure off the car.

Mikegpr03

So far so good with my KW's V2's. Work great and have had them for about 9months

rockjock

Are there many alternitaves? Pss9, H+R's...I think thats it, no?
Sorry to hear the bad experiance!

cannonball55

yeah gotta get spacers yet again. if they weren't designed like a football i'd be able to throw the wheels on already.

not sure what this post means but i interpret it as a failed attempt to insult.

i've heard of this before too, mine are going strong still and i've got like 40,000 miles on them!

agreed 100%

damn... musta been some serious hard driving

yeah i've had mine on for almost 2 years now, they still feel great and as far as i can tell work great. its just the whole buying tires to fit around the suspension and wheels and spacers and gahhhhhh!!

I think thats it also. There's nothing wrong with the stock suspension in terms of performance, the only thing I wanted was the ability to change ride height. I love rollin low, and wish I could sit lower.

rockjock

throw a couple fatties on the back-that'll let you ride lower
sounds like you need a complete JRZ set up!

TruTaing

Cannonball, Im just curious, how often do you adjust the ride height of your car?

cannonball55

I've adjusted it probably 5 times or so. why do you ask?

FrankW

nope...my friend was just a cruiser type of guy. The shock/strut casing just cracked open and bent for no reason. we only noticed it after going "why the heck is one side of your car lower?"

AnimC32

Are KW Street Comforts any good?

TruTaing

I figure if you didnt adjust the height THAT often, that maybe you would be better off as a aftermarket spring/damper guy. Ya can go pretty low w/ those set ups and not have to deal w/ the added offset requirements up front. Thats all - could open up your choices in wheels!

mb_c55amg_guy

who makes the best springs for our cars?

alboogiee

I'm trying to figure that one out... all I can find is H&R and RennTech springs. I started a thread about the H&Rs and if anyone has a picture of how much the springs alone will drop the car. From my research RennTech no longer makes springs for the C55 because of the negative camber it caused.

FrankW

any time you lower the car the camber will become more negative than stock. nothing to do with why RENNtech spot selling the springs. They stopped because people in general thought they were too expensive.

alboogiee

Of course, I was stating what I read in an old forum post...I can't find it at the moment, but the poster stated they called RENNtech and they claim they discontinued production because of the excessive negative camber.

cannonball55

I'm pretty sure any company would blame something other than the overpricing of an item..

mb_c55amg_guy

true. true....so should i just do the kw v2's and get it over with?

alboogiee

ahh, touché sir.