After H&R springs

soldier2304 · 2008-12-17 23:16:26

:bow:After H&R springs, painted black eyelids, painted black side mirrors (upper part), and same color side markers...insight is welcomed!:y:y Before: http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/440/sany0070nu4.jpg (http://imageshack.us) http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/sany0070nu4.jpg/1/w704.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img136/sany0070nu4.jpg/1/) After: http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/5932/sany0082td6.jpg (http://imageshack.us) http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/7051/sany0083bn8.jpg (http://imageshack.us) http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/6374/sany0084mw1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Dec 17, 2008 | 06:16 PM

soldier2304

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After H&R springs

After H&R springs, painted black eyelids, painted black side mirrors (upper part), and same color side markers...insight is welcomed!

Before:

After:

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Dec 17, 2008 | 06:32 PM

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Looks awesome

Couple q's

How far is the drop with H&R? How is the ride?

Were these the new H&R springs made specifically for C63 or the C-class?

Dec 17, 2008 | 06:39 PM

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How far is the drop with H&R? How is the ride

.75 inches, almost one inch. I tell you, some people say the ride gets stiffer with the springs but i had them installed today and so far i dont really notice much but the fact that you feel the street just a bit more. About 10% stiffer i would say but you can inmediately feel the improved handling!

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Were these the new H&R springs made specifically for C63 or the C-class

Made for the C63

Dec 17, 2008 | 06:46 PM

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I have the same spings installed on my car and I would say the stiffness is the same as stock.

Dec 17, 2008 | 06:54 PM

BerBer63

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Did you guys have the PP with stiffer springs prior?

Thanks

Dec 17, 2008 | 06:55 PM

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how bout scraping? i have to admit our cars are pretty low stock the way it is...any trouble with parking lots and stuff?

Dec 17, 2008 | 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by chubbs032

Did you guys have the PP with stiffer springs prior?

Thanks

No. Regular springs.

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Dec 17, 2008 | 08:57 PM

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I like it!

Looks clean and sleek

Dec 18, 2008 | 03:10 AM

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How is the ride with the new springs? Are the stock shocks ok or do they recommend changing to different shocks? Looks awesome!

Dec 18, 2008 | 09:50 AM

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Looks good. I would suspect that once the springs settle a little bit you might see about a full 1 inch drop.

Dec 18, 2008 | 10:16 AM

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The only insight I can give is that I wish I bought black instead of silver. That is bad ***!

Dec 18, 2008 | 12:25 PM

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JoeMoney

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Can you post pictures of the back of your car so we can see the blacked out tailights? Thanks, your car looks sweet!

Dec 18, 2008 | 01:29 PM

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cmon no upgrade on shocks? looks good nonetheless

Dec 18, 2008 | 01:35 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tnb1786

cmon no upgrade on shocks? looks good nonetheless

TBH I doubt shock upgrades are available.

Dec 18, 2008 | 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by bigbodybeeenz

TBH I doubt shock upgrades are available.

ya i just check KONI and Bilstein and theres nothing listed yet

Dec 18, 2008 | 05:03 PM

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Not at all, i can pass thru speed bumps perfectly without scraping, of course you gotta slow down a bit more when your car is lower.

Hey you have German (WU) plates on your car. I take it you were stationed in Germany?

Dec 19, 2008 | 02:03 AM

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Hey you have German (WU) plates on your car. I take it you were stationed in Germany?

Not really, i ordered it from a company that resides in germany. Basically it is an original german tag that was decomissioned and was no longer active.

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Can you post pictures of the back of your car so we can see the blacked out tailights? Thanks, your car looks sweet!

Yea ill post a pic that i took about 3 days ago (before springs were installed)

Dec 19, 2008 | 02:06 AM

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Here:

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Dec 19, 2008 | 04:08 AM

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NICE!

I have couple of questions

1. How did you make you back lens all black? Do they sale it somewhere?

2. I own PP C63 and Im thinking on changing to H&R springs but I dont want to go softer. Does anyone know the rate of PP springs? what H&R springs but not PP. If someone knows please let me know thank you.