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Old 07-28-2008, 12:36 AM
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Installed my HRE's & KW's

The coilovers are fantastic. They are the KW Variant 3's. The wheels are HRE840's with a Designo Graphite center. 19x8.5 & 19x9.5, Pirelli Corsa tires, 235/35/19 & 265/30/19. The tires and the coilovers make the car handle so much crisper with a much better turn in. I have the suspension set up at a medium setting, I think I will eventually stiffen the shocks more. You can barely tell any harsher difference in ride quality, it is still very smooth. I also got the Renntech ecu and secondary cat delete. Throttle response is much better and the car feels noticably faster. The shifts are firmer and faster than stock. I still have a few more things planned for the car, such as intake, headers and strut bars. I am loving this car, what a bang for the buck as far as Mercedes are concerned.
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How come you didnt run a wider tire on the rear? would a 285 not fit in the rear?
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Not sure about a 285, I knew I was putting on coilovers and did not want take a chance at rubbing.
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Cool. Looks pretty damn good. Clean and sleek. Now its time to get the car down to Vadim at VRP and let them install a new itake, CF airbox, and some headers.
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Gotta love those HRE's, good choice on the color and stance setup thus far. Looking forward to hearing how the rest of your mods turn out.
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Awesome...looks great! Where did you buy the KW V3 coilovers, and price? Thanks.
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Awesome...looks great! Where did you buy the KW V3 coilovers, and price? Thanks.
+1 got the same question as him too
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Originally Posted by nrgy
Awesome...looks great! Where did you buy the KW V3 coilovers, and price? Thanks.
Auto Talent in L.A., they were about $2,300.
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Originally Posted by Korn55
Auto Talent in L.A., they were about $2,300.
did you have to worry about the alignment going out of spec with the lowering of the car? how much did you end up lowering the car?
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Originally Posted by Korn55
Auto Talent in L.A., they were about $2,300.

Did they do the install for you, or did you do it yourself? Looks great BTW.
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Originally Posted by bigbodybeeenz
Did they do the install for you, or did you do it yourself? Looks great BTW.
I had the install done somewhere else.
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Originally Posted by gsrjc
did you have to worry about the alignment going out of spec with the lowering of the car? how much did you end up lowering the car?
I had the car aligned after the coilovers were installed. I lowered the car about 1.5" all the way around.
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Now that's a C63!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Perfect setup!
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Looks awsome bro!

How does the handling of that current C63 compared with your BS? Which one handles better?
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How much are these KW coilovers? Aer they harder than the standard with your setting??
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