.. they are 18", just perfect size for W202 in my opinion.
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help me out!! What are you lowered on/pad size...looks sick! Love the wheels!
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For sure! They are the Hankook Ventus V12 Evo tires, they look worn at corners but they are stretched on the front so it gives it a bald look, but stretched really helps my car, no tram lining at all!
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They are replicas I don't remember what website I got them from but they are imported from Germany. I've dropped it on H&R Springs and #4 pads, I have 18" ers on so it's very fitting to the wheel well. I'm getting a .75" spacers for the rear and the front and streching out the 10" tires on the back to create a "hellaflush" look. It should be completed here in a few months!
now you have an even level stance with this H&R spring/spring pad combo?
not that hot look butt up in the air and the front is lower?
my euro c43 have #2 =9mm pads front and rear from factory.
I have bought a new set of #1 =5mm front and #2 =9mm pads when I drop my car, maybe I bought too thin pads and should have gone for thicker ones?
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do you have #4 pads all 4 corners?
now you have an even level stance with this H&R spring/spring pad combo?
not that hot look butt up in the air and the front is lower?
my euro c43 have #2 =9mm pads front and rear from factory.
I have bought a new set of #1 =5mm front and #2 =9mm pads when I drop my car, maybe I bought too thin pads and should have gone for thicker ones?
now you have an even level stance with this H&R spring/spring pad combo?
not that hot look butt up in the air and the front is lower?
my euro c43 have #2 =9mm pads front and rear from factory.
I have bought a new set of #1 =5mm front and #2 =9mm pads when I drop my car, maybe I bought too thin pads and should have gone for thicker ones?
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I have H&R's and #1's all around. I did have 10mm spacers on the rears but after that bump, i started to F-ing rub! Im on 18x8.5's all around. So lame. If you have 18x10's on the rear and your on H&R's with that same pads and no rubing??? Something must really be wrong with either my pads or my bilstein's...
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WTF? When did this happen? So you lost your bumper??? Are you going to buy another one just like it or go for something else?
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I have H&R's and #1's all around. I did have 10mm spacers on the rears but after that bump, i started to F-ing rub! Im on 18x8.5's all around. So lame. If you have 18x10's on the rear and your on H&R's with that same pads and no rubing??? Something must really be wrong with either my pads or my bilstein's...
If you really like the look with the spacers on your car, I would say get your tires stretched next time you're due for new tires. See my wheel in the front is 225/235 and I had them install 215 so it's not a dramatic stretch but it gives it a little more flexibility. In the back I am planning on stretching them a lot more, now I have 265 tire and will stretch it out to maybe 235. Then I will be able to install the 20mm spacer and it shouldn't rub.
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Oh and also I think Bilstein and H&R have different stiffness design for different models, I'd check on that as well because if you drive my car, it does not bounce much at all it's pretty stiff and that too gives me ability to go around without rubbing, plus the sway bars and tie rods are all on there.
Check what is installed and what isn't and figure out what you want it to do.
My original plan was for it to stay still where ever I wanted it to go, and to be able to take out 15mph corners at over 50mph and I did it.
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Yeah its stiff as *** when riding in the city and there really isn't any bounce before it happened I would have no problem taking corners but now that the drivers side rubs in the front and back, I wont do it. Thats the side of the car that hit the bump too. The other side don't rub in either area, with or with out spacer and a full load in the back seat. Just the side that I hit the bump. You think I could have blown out those shocks?
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Yeah its stiff as *** when riding in the city and there really isn't any bounce before it happened I would have no problem taking corners but now that the drivers side rubs in the front and back, I wont do it. Thats the side of the car that hit the bump too. The other side don't rub in either area, with or with out spacer and a full load in the back seat. Just the side that I hit the bump. You think I could have blown out those shocks?
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Yeah do that, also when you're checking it can you snap some shots of the set up? I would like to see what ways you have it tied down as far a rods and all.
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Sure, Ill snap some. I am replacing my drag link and tie rods next month anyway, I might also be moving to the CLK bushings at the same time. BTW where did you get your bumper? Online or a local shop? And did it come with the fogs installed or did you do that yourself?
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Im looking at the Evo 12's once I decide what rims im going with.I've heard good things about them.How do you like the Evo's?
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Hey guys, don't want to be rude, bit isn't this thread and sticky for pictures?? 
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Sure, Ill snap some. I am replacing my drag link and tie rods next month anyway, I might also be moving to the CLK bushings at the same time. BTW where did you get your bumper? Online or a local shop? And did it come with the fogs installed or did you do that yourself?
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Everybody has their own taste, and I think I could answer that question for myself lol! Yeah the bumper was on the car when I bought it, not sure where the previous owner got it from.
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J/K 
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05 c55 silver, 98 Imperial Red C43
Width and offsets also the width of the tires.
and I saw some clips of your car on youtube, the exhaust is amazing. Is the car stock??
