Autotechnica

Wiechers is good stuff. I had one on my Supercharged BMW 318 years and years ago. I paid a pretty penny, but it was the strongest strut brace I've ever seen in my life. This was before people could even buy parts on the Internet. I remember paying something like $500+

FYI, I wouldn't trust that they say it fits the C32 though. I remember when I got one for my BMW, it said fitment was for 318, yet when I received it, I had to relocate my coilpacks to make it fit. Later that year I sold it to a guy with a 325 and he had even more issues with stuff in the way, WTF? Just beware.

mlg

200 euros = 289 usd,,,,i agree pricey, but if bought in numbers, the price may be more palatable, ,,,i wonder if they do the under car brace which seems to be a better choice? anyone got a lead on a manufacturer for under car brace?? get me names/contact info and ill do leg work, thanx, mike

03MBC32

The limited picture on the link seems to show the 2.3L engine.

Autotechnica

Sorry I misread, I thought you said there was fitment available for the 3.2 kompressor. I agree that there are far better things to spend your money on for that price.

Autotechnica

Most under car braces I've seen are more for the track guys, therefore are usually custom peices fabbed by race shops. Under normal driving conditions, rarely will anyone feel enough chassis flex to require that kind of brace. I still think custom is the way to go. Pretty much the only thing I missed about my BMW were all the race parts available. After having the merc hoisted up, I noticed a lot more chassis flex then I would have been content with... disappointing. If you guys are serious about stiffening up the chassis, the under braces are the way to go. Forget about the strut braces. As splinter had previously mentioned, the strut towers are plenty strong. My fabricator spent too much time on my faux exhaust tips and forgot all about looking into the braces. I'll have to pay him another visit this weekend.

mlg

thanx and keep us posted, ,,another vote for under car brace ,not tower brace. im excited!!!, ,mike

mlg

autotechnica, any new info from your manufacturer?? .............i am looking for a company/manufacturer for x brace, ,,,so far,,AMS in TX-no go,,,,, Hotchkis-considering and will call me next week,,,,,,,Evosport- waiting for call back,,,,,,,,,,,Eibach-on hold for 15 mins, will try later,,,,,,, any other suggestions???

mlg

GREAT NEWS, conacted one of owners of EVOSPORT and they are interested in making xbrace with special introductory price. They need to examine a w203 to do examine. So, if anyone wants to volunteer to do the horrible task of cruising up or down PCH ,(have many fond memories of making cruise on PCH in my vette or mustang with top down between seal beach to laguna beach) to Huntington beach , please pm me and ill give u the Evosport contact info, wish i was still in so cal as id do it myself, thanx,,, mike

TruTaing

Awesome! Make it happen

Gramma_Benz

Ummmmmm, you may wanna google EvosXXXX and Debt and see what you come up with first, LOL

02C32guy

Who cares as long as they have funding and start meeting orders. At any one time my business owes the bank and other investors between 200 and 400K and has payables between 50 and 100k. As long as they have positive cashflow (which they obviously do), then it's no big deal. It's called business. I am able to get money from the bank because my company owns a lot of assets and I can personally guarantee the credit line. This isn't really the case for a company like Evosport. So they have to explore other options to fund their business.

Simon @ evosport

Don't believe everything you hear on the Internet. People with agendas make things to appear much bigger than they are. Evosport is no different than most other businesses with debt and payables. Anyone who has ever run a business will tell you that. Evosport is not going anywhere.


That being said, thanks Mike for touching base. If anyone is local to us, please contact me and we can setup a time to look over the car. I would probably want a couple models just to make sure there are common denominators between a C32 and a C320, for example to make this work across multiple W203's. You can checkout our new Performance Center in progress, and I may even take you for a ride in one of the 600hp CLK Black Series if you can make it in early next week

mlg

sounds like a TASTY offer,,,,,,last time a had the pleasure of a ride in a w211 e55 was very entertaining

so we r all on the same page, the w203 has a limp front end, this brace will make the front end a rigid platform so the suspension CAN do what it is intended to do- turn corners as sharply as possible while keeping the tires from being ground off. for those w sway bars , coil overs, sticky tires (.ie michelin ps2), will find that these performance parts will work much better when attached to a rigid structure that keeps the entire suspension SYSTEM in ideal geometry will under lateral g forces,,,,tires will also last longer as max contact patch will be maintained so there will be less scrubbing ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WIN WIN ,,,remember happiness IS the next corner! thanx, mike

TruTaing

mlg

NO TAKERS??? PCH in spring, ride in 600hp amg, tour of a slick facility!

ez53436

hey guys, what happened to this thread? did this go through?

Gramma_Benz

YELP says that Evosport is closed. And their Webpage only has a link to email them.

macbryanie

Not a bad nostradamus moment there.
https://mbworld.org/forums/sl55-amg-...-business.html
http://jalopnik.com/5792464/mercedes...nds-of-dollars