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Old Oct 12, 2012 | 05:41 PM
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Teaser: KW DDC coilover kit

In a few weeks the KW DDC kit will be installed on my estate. I will be driving it down to KW r&d where they will make one according to estate specs to all other estate owners, this should lead to the product being available for the estate as well, not only the coupe & sedan.
I'll be starting the journey from Finland october 19th and the work will start october 22nd. According to the timetable the car should be ready to be picked up form germany november 2nd.
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Old Oct 12, 2012 | 06:03 PM
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Old Oct 12, 2012 | 06:04 PM
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Any special pricing?
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Old Oct 14, 2012 | 03:34 PM
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Seems to be an overwhelming amount of interest, but i'll post pics when it's done anyway
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Old Oct 14, 2012 | 04:05 PM
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please do And dont worry about the lack of interest.
There are only 3 of us (You, me and Mischievous) who drive estates and are active on the forum
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Old Oct 14, 2012 | 04:35 PM
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Old Oct 14, 2012 | 06:04 PM
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HAHA...in for the pics and the performance review.
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Old Oct 14, 2012 | 10:34 PM
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The DDC kit is pricey, but the potential and on-the-fly control is tempting. I'm eagerly waiting for your review, since it will translate for us sedan owners.
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Old Oct 14, 2012 | 10:42 PM
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If only NA can order C63 estates... there will be a ton more visible interest. I'm very envious of your guys over there!
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Old Oct 15, 2012 | 03:40 AM
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I'll get back to you on November 2nd.
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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 06:10 AM
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Oh yeaah...in 12 hours i'm cruising on the autobahn at night time Very little traffic, very high speed..... The ship arrives in Travemünde at 12am, from there to hamburg. Next morning approx 800 km drive to stuttgart where KW is located. Whee
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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 07:04 AM
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Jycke whilst you there ask them if its available for the C63 Sedan. A vendor has advertised it but said no plug and play is available at the moment.
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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 07:33 AM
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It is available but as they said, no plug and play is available as our cars natively do not have an electronic dampening control system. I'll know more on monday about how they plan on executing the whole thing. I do know however that if you buy the wlan adapter you can adjust it from your iphone/ipod touch.
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Old Oct 21, 2012 | 04:19 PM
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So, mixed feelings from today's driving. I started out from Hamburg and drove down to stuttgart. Took it to the limiter several times. Unfortunately i ran into traffic so it still took a while to get down there. I also managed to get a few tickets by the electronic police...we'll see what happens.
Tomorrow i drop the car off at KW, take a train to paris and meet my lovely wife there Next post when i pick her (the car) up
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Old Oct 21, 2012 | 07:06 PM
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 01:54 PM
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KW sent me 2 pics today from their 7-point rig (suspension tester). Since i can't get the pictures to work in this post, here are the links.
http://jycke.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Autoilua...025_113759.jpg
http://jycke.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Autoilua...025_113734.jpg
Sorry for the insect massacre...i drove 800 km on the autobahn.
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 02:15 PM
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 02:40 PM
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 03:02 PM
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beautiful estate!
Thank you I'm guessing it will look a bit more aggressive when KW is done with their magic
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 04:43 PM
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KW has a really clean garage
I'm sure You will be happy with their magic.

BTW I hope they will handwash your car after they're done with adjusting the DDC kit
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 07:35 PM
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Remains to be seen Wouldn't mind getting the bugs off, although I am driving the same 700-800 km right after i leave their HQ. Back to Finland

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Old Oct 27, 2012 | 10:13 AM
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All in all it's going to be a 1 cm lowering (10mm..). Didn't want anymore since there already is snow on the ground. Going with a more aggressive stance in the spring. Posting pics next friday.
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Old Oct 27, 2012 | 10:17 AM
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1cm is really conservative.
With H&R springs I was at -2cm.
Now my car is set up at -4cm but I already told how harsh the ride is
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Old Oct 27, 2012 | 10:29 AM
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Yeah i know its not that much lower but with the ddc kit the manouverability of the car should be a lot better. How much work is it to lower it afterwards?
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Yeah i know its not that much lower but with the ddc kit the manouverability of the car should be a lot better. How much work is it to lower it afterwards?
I'm not sure how it is with the KW but with H&R it's a bit of a hassle in the rear.
The front is very easy to adjust.
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