The C43 rolls like a pig during cornering, any solutions?
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The C43 rolls like a pig during cornering, any solutions?
Having driven the car now for about a month, I've found that the C43 rolls at an extreme angle during cornering, hardly the sporty handling I hoped it would be. Are there any aftermarket solutions to this? Uprated sway bars, perhaps?
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Thanks for the advice, although I am not sure how running non run flat tires is going to help it roll less, but yes, I will lower it. This car runs too fast for its handling capability, and handles like a boat!
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Referring to roll, I think stickier tires will make the car roll even more. I'm running factory Conti CSC 5P MO.
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Get rid of these tires as soon as possible. Read some of the reviews here on tirerack from other Benz owners. They split sidewalls like crazy over regular potholes.
https://www.tirerack.com/survey/Surv...irePageLocQty=
I'd recommend Michelin AS3+ or Conti DWS06 if you need high performance all seasons.
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https://www.tirerack.com/survey/Surv...irePageLocQty=
I'd recommend Michelin AS3+ or Conti DWS06 if you need high performance all seasons.
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Perhaps you should be more specific and mention that you are talking about body roll. You are getting tire advice, because tires can roll over in corners. It's when you start partially driving on the sidewall during hard corners. This can be avoided by increasing negative camber for example or using higher inflation pressure, or better tires that maintain their shape better under hard cornering. Body roll on the other hand is proportional to the softness off the suspension, and the way to reduce it is to stiffen it up. Lowering the car to lower the center of gravity and stiffer sway bars. This kind of suspension modification will impact ride comfort, though, and messes with the adaptive suspension. At a minimum you should take the car in and have an AMG specialist adjust the suspension settings afterwards, so the adaptive damping works properly with your new setup. The tires are a good start, because you may in fact be rolling over your tires. If you start seeing wear past the tread pattern on the sidewall of the tire that will be a sure indication that your tires are rolling over. I'm not sure what you were expecting from a C43, though. It's meant to be a more livable sporty daily driver. If you want more hardcore handling then you would have to step up to the C63, especially the coupe because of its wider track front and rear.
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Perhaps you should be more specific and mention that you are talking about body roll. You are getting tire advice, because tires can roll over in corners. It's when you start partially driving on the sidewall during hard corners. This can be avoided by increasing negative camber for example or using higher inflation pressure, or better tires that maintain their shape better under hard cornering. Body roll on the other hand is proportional to the softness off the suspension, and the way to reduce it is to stiffen it up. Lowering the car to lower the center of gravity and stiffer sway bars. This kind of suspension modification will impact ride comfort, though, and messes with the adaptive suspension. At a minimum you should take the car in and have an AMG specialist adjust the suspension settings afterwards, so the adaptive damping works properly with your new setup. The tires are a good start, because you may in fact be rolling over your tires. If you start seeing wear past the tread pattern on the sidewall of the tire that will be a sure indication that your tires are rolling over. I'm not sure what you were expecting from a C43, though. It's meant to be a more livable sporty daily driver. If you want more hardcore handling then you would have to step up to the C63, especially the coupe because of its wider track front and rear.
Also, unless we are driving very different cars, I am not aware that the C43 has any adaptive/active suspension, but just damping behaviour that is driver selectable only. Comfort, Sport and Sport+, and the damping is fixed once the mode is selected.
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Thank you for your insight. Perhaps you could read my first post and you can see that I am referring to body roll, sway bars and not tires. I will explore lowering the center of gravity. However, unless you can suggest that there exists aftermarket/uprated sway bars for C43, this doesn’t seem like an option.
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Most of these guys never been in a C43 Wagon so they don't know what you're talking about. 
The wagon does ride like a boat~
Ultra Racing has some parts...
http://ultraracing.my/ecatalog/index...3-0t-4wd-2016/
and put that order in for the KW V3's~
The wagon does ride like a boat~ Ultra Racing has some parts...
http://ultraracing.my/ecatalog/index...3-0t-4wd-2016/
and put that order in for the KW V3's~
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Most of these guys never been in a C43 Wagon so they don't know what you're talking about. The wagon does ride like a boat~
Ultra Racing has some parts...
http://ultraracing.my/ecatalog/index...3-0t-4wd-2016/
and put that order in for the KW V3's~
The wagon does ride like a boat~Ultra Racing has some parts...
http://ultraracing.my/ecatalog/index...3-0t-4wd-2016/
and put that order in for the KW V3's~
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Always a pity if people get forced to buy a car! I feel for you, thats inhuman! Imagine, in a better world we would be able to testdrive a car before we buy it! Just imagine how good that would be!
You could actually TEST the car BEFORE you buy it! Wow, someone should implement that.
You could actually TEST the car BEFORE you buy it! Wow, someone should implement that.
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Always a pity if people get forced to buy a car! I feel for you, thats inhuman! Imagine, in a better world we would be able to testdrive a car before we buy it! Just imagine how good that would be!
You could actually TEST the car BEFORE you buy it! Wow, someone should implement that.
You could actually TEST the car BEFORE you buy it! Wow, someone should implement that.
The country that I lived in now didn't have the C43 wagon, or coupe, for test drive. I don't remember there was a c43 sedan for test drive either. Or you have to wait til the test drive car gets pass around to your town in a few months...
Especially the wagons here. I would say most bought it w/o test driving one and was disappointed with the handling.
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Then just don't buy a Car from a Dealer that can't provide you with a Testcar? I testdrove mine twice, different cars with different options. Then a third car which i got for 7 Days to test, only then i started to talk with the Dealer about maybe buying it.
If my Dealer can't provide me that Service, another Dealer gladly will. Common Sense.
If my Dealer can't provide me that Service, another Dealer gladly will. Common Sense.
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Anyways, getting off topic and don't want to get in an argument here. All I'm saying is buying a Mercedes in other parts of the world is a little different from that of US, Canada, and other countries where there are numbers of dealerships competing and large inventories to pull from. Some countries have only one authorized dealership and almost no inventory. Cars are custom ordered and built. You basically just get in line and pay retail price.
I waited 7 months for the GLE43 coupe and bought the display C43 coupe without test driving. And all @ 200% of US prices.
Anyways, getting off topic and don't want to get in an argument here. All I'm saying is buying a Mercedes in other parts of the world is a little different from that of US, Canada, and other countries where there are numbers of dealerships competing and large inventories to pull from. Some countries have only one authorized dealership and almost no inventory. Cars are custom ordered and built. You basically just get in line and pay retail price.
I waited 7 months for the GLE43 coupe and bought the display C43 coupe without test driving. And all @ 200% of US prices.
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I live in Switzerland where we have only one authorized dealership. The Sellers there all gladly take the provision if you buy the car from them and not the other dealer, so theres still competition.
There is Inventory, just search a Dealer that isnt lazy and organises a Truck that ships a Car with the Specs you want near you so you can testdrive it. You pay 100k for a Car, why would you be content with anything but the best service.
There is Inventory, just search a Dealer that isnt lazy and organises a Truck that ships a Car with the Specs you want near you so you can testdrive it. You pay 100k for a Car, why would you be content with anything but the best service.
lowering does help. roof line is high on this car. at a little less than 26 inches ftg the car is probably has 20 - 30% less roll.
those reinforcing bars don't look quite stout enough where they actually connect to do much. need more than a flat bar on one side of the connecting area with a bolt to reduce flex. but i'm sure installing the whole gambit would help marginally.
those reinforcing bars don't look quite stout enough where they actually connect to do much. need more than a flat bar on one side of the connecting area with a bolt to reduce flex. but i'm sure installing the whole gambit would help marginally.
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Other than lowering as already stated, sway bars or other suspension stiffening items like strut braces but you may sacrifice ride comfort going this route. I'm assuming ride comfort is not important to you at this point.
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Then just don't buy a Car from a Dealer that can't provide you with a Testcar? I testdrove mine twice, different cars with different options. Then a third car which i got for 7 Days to test, only then i started to talk with the Dealer about maybe buying it.
If my Dealer can't provide me that Service, another Dealer gladly will. Common Sense.
If my Dealer can't provide me that Service, another Dealer gladly will. Common Sense.
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I didn't realize you have an estate/wagon. Makes total sense now. That's not the body style to get if handling is important. It's a tall box on wheels. The coupe has the best handling having the lowest roof line, followed by the sedan and then the estate. Coupes generally have a lower roof line and a wider track, both helps with body roll and handling in general. An estate/wagon is great for practicality, but that tall box is not doing handling any favors.
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Tire mobility kits and/or roadside assistance. Higher level performance cars such as the C63 etc. neither have runflats nor a spare tire. There's often not enough space or a full size spare is impractical due to staggered wheel setups and space savers don't clear the larger brakes and nobody is gonna put up with the downsides of runflats at that level. These cars typically come with an air compressor and a can of tire sealant in the trunk for emergencies. I'm personally not a fan of the tire sealants as they goo up the entire inside of the wheel, so I carry a mushroom plug kit in my trunk, but I've yet to need it. The reality is if you regularly check and adjust your tire pressure and perform a visual inspection of the tire and replace them before they reach their wear limits or are otherwise damaged, the likelihood of a complete flat is very small. Most of the time it's a nail or screw stuck in the tire accompanied by a slow leak and the car can be driven to the next tire place to get it fixed. I've had cars with no spare tires for a while and it's never been an issue.
