Scoobydoo

Hi guys. Picked up my C32 on Saturday and love it. For now the power seems adequate so I'm going to look into that a bit more before I bite the bullett. The only upgrade Brabus do over here is a different Supercharger which costs £7500, ie about $12000!!
What I would like to do is improve the cornering ability a bit without sacrificing the lovely smooth ride. I'm considering Eibach lowering springs (?30mm). Anybody had experience of these?

UK C32 owner. Silver, stock at present

SiLvaC32

H&R coilovers + H&R sway bars... probably the best suspension mod you can have.

if you want more power... check out www.evosport.com

they got powerkits for our cars.... i have it! im very happy with it.

Jerry

MadC32

I read that the Carlsson RS Sportspringes with ride height adjustment are the best thing you can do for a sporty C-Class. I haven't bought them yet, but I plan on doing so. But I'm sure you can find some info on the Carlsson Website.

From what I know, the Brabus springs are quite comfortable. But dunno for the cornering abilities.

Scoobydoo

Hi Jerry. I really d'ont want to go as far as coilovers. I had fully adjustable coilovers fitted to my last car and they caused me nothing but grief( and a bad back!). But on your recommendation I might add the sway bars onto the shopping list. Being in the UK Evosport are'nt much use to me as I d'ont really fancy engine modding by post! By the way what wheels is your car wearing?
Mad32,thanks I'll look into the Carlsson and Brabus.

steve s

sway bar is the best bang for the buck mod on suspension...works on any car... (well...unless it's already huge...like 27mm to start with)...


don't forget to look at renntech and kleemann as well

Prasith32

If you don't want to do a full coilover upgrade then I heard great things about the Renntech Springs.

I looked into getting this but decided that I want more than just springs.

Maybe somebody who has them can post their comments.

Pierre32///AMG

ohh weah , there are....Renntech Springs
expecive springs but worth it every $...and + 18" my "C" is an complately different car, stright, corner, etc handling performance.

AMG Fan

H&R Coilovers

C32Andy

H&R coilover

Zeppelin

If you are going with swaybars I would suggest just buying the H&R rear bar first and install it with your stock C32 AMG front bar. The car will still understeer with this set-up but not nearly as much as before.

Until someone has tested that huge 26mm front H&R bar and determined that it does not add to the understeer problem(in theory it will). I am going to stick with just the rear bar.

s4iscool

How difficult is the rear bar install? Whats involved?

Aero

Well done on your purchase Scoobydoo

Glad to see another UK owner around

Aero

(oreA in Scoobynet speak )

Scoobydoo

Over in the UK Eibach seem to be the big name. I d'ont suppose anybody knows of stockists in the UK? The other thing is that Renntech springs maybe set up for optimum perforamance on USA roads which I think are far better/smoother than the ones in the UK.
Hi Aero, thanks for all the advice you gave me on Scoobynet, very pleased with my purchase!

Scoobydoo

Everybody seems to mention how expensive the Renntech springs are. Anybody know exactly how much?

Prasith32

The Renntech springs are $525 i believe.

Also I am not so sure that the US roads are better than UK. We have some really bad roads here in the Northeast where we get snow.

MK899

Scoobydoo,

This link might be helpful.

http://pub122.ezboard.com/fmercedesc...cID=1237.topic

A lot of great compliments has been given to the Renntech springs, thinking about getting a set myself.

But before doing so, can someone discribe the change in ride quality (going over bumps, rail road tracks, pot holes, ect...) compared to the original setup with stock wheels & shocks?

Harris

SAME! Only better & tighter. Your car feels as comfortable as stock.

Scoobydoo

I truly appreciate the input. My only issue is most of the opinions come from people who have a commercial interest. I'm sure they are all very honest but would rather hear it from AMG owners with no financial interest in the tuning world

s4iscool

Dont give em too much credit! Some tuners do their homework, others just relable products from OEM manufactures...you dont ALWAYS get what you pay for.

430

Nice to see that someone else realizes that that more $$$ does not always mean a better product.

Scoobydoo

S4 and 430, I'm probably being a bit dense but what are you trying to say?

430

First off don't read more into my post than what I said. I am not implying anything about a particular product.

What I am saying is that just because something is more expensive it does not mean it is a better product. There are a number of examples in the US of products and services selling poorly at an initial price. But once the prices were raised signifigantly demand picked up. This despite the fact that everything about the product was the same except the price.

I can think of a number of products on the market that are crap. But for some reason people think that if a product is expensive enough it must be good.

The point being that you don't always get what you pay for. It is incumbent upon you to do your research before you buy a product and not to assume just because something costs more that it is a better product.

clkguy

i think the point 430 is making is valid, most manufactures try to recover R&D costs in the products price, if a company needs to re-tool to start a new product line not only are you paying for whatever product your buying but your also helping them pay for other out of the pocket expenses that have been incurred, like say a sway bar company starts building a new size bar, they need a mandrel to bend the bar, so you buy a bar and the price you pay is for the raw stock, the labor to pay the employee running the machine, a little portion of the new mandrel, the secretary answering the phone, etc. most people call it overhead but it still has no relationship to the quality of the product, the fewer that are made a larger portion of expense involved in each unit

Scoobydoo

430 your comments appreciated, its exactly because I d'ont equate price nor advertising with quality that I am trying to get AMG owners views. That is my ' research' that you refer to.
I also d'ont pay a great deal of attention to someone who deals in a product telling me its the best product on the market.
Cheers.