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04-24-2016, 10:33 PM
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Looks killer! Awesome setup and love the new wheel color. Excellently executed my friend. 👍🏾👍🏾
04-25-2016, 12:04 PM
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Thanks everyone. Really, really happy on how it turned out.
LOVE the 305's in the rear for two reasons: 1) Really fill in the larger wheel openings much more effectively 2) My god do they look awesome.
LOVE the 305's in the rear for two reasons: 1) Really fill in the larger wheel openings much more effectively 2) My god do they look awesome.
05-15-2016, 04:27 PM
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Brake pads were squealing pretty badly so I hit up a buddy at Speedfreaks for some Endless MX72 pads.
According to him (a guy with about 100 track days under his belt with his Dinan Stage 3 E46 M3, and track only S2k), these are some of the best street pads money can buy. Low dust, low noise, incredible stopping power, and fantastic feel. They sure will break the bank though... Details here: http://bit.ly/1qm44eN
With the weight of our cars being so up there, I feel that stopping power isn't the place to skimp.
Will do more of a formal review once I properly bed etc.
According to him (a guy with about 100 track days under his belt with his Dinan Stage 3 E46 M3, and track only S2k), these are some of the best street pads money can buy. Low dust, low noise, incredible stopping power, and fantastic feel. They sure will break the bank though... Details here: http://bit.ly/1qm44eN
With the weight of our cars being so up there, I feel that stopping power isn't the place to skimp.
Will do more of a formal review once I properly bed etc.
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06-04-2016, 06:32 PM
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Found some cracks in my rotors so got my hands on some custom Coleman Racing Rotors and replaced them this morning:
I'm very happy with them, from what I can tell, they're awesome. Cost is about $350 or so a rotor depending how how you get them spec'd. They're fully custom, so you can go with only slotted, only drilled, blanks, etc. At this spec, like I mentioned, they're right in the ballpark of $350 a rotor shipped.
Another great aspect of these rotors is actually weight savings. I weighted both rotors without hats and hardware and got the following numbers. 25.6lbs for OE, and 22.2 for Coleman's. That's a 3.4lb lighter than stock, but this is unsrung weight. Generally, the rule of thumb for unsprung weight is that every 1lb you shed, equates to the car feeling like it lost 8 lbs of spring weight. In other words, my car *should* feel about 54.4 lbs lighter. I may not ever feel that, but hey, it's great to know that I'm not adding weight to the car as well.
I'm very happy with them, from what I can tell, they're awesome. Cost is about $350 or so a rotor depending how how you get them spec'd. They're fully custom, so you can go with only slotted, only drilled, blanks, etc. At this spec, like I mentioned, they're right in the ballpark of $350 a rotor shipped.
Another great aspect of these rotors is actually weight savings. I weighted both rotors without hats and hardware and got the following numbers. 25.6lbs for OE, and 22.2 for Coleman's. That's a 3.4lb lighter than stock, but this is unsrung weight. Generally, the rule of thumb for unsprung weight is that every 1lb you shed, equates to the car feeling like it lost 8 lbs of spring weight. In other words, my car *should* feel about 54.4 lbs lighter. I may not ever feel that, but hey, it's great to know that I'm not adding weight to the car as well.
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08-07-2016, 11:07 PM
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Another mod: RW Carbon DTM Spoiler
Crappy cell phone pics:
Super glossy, but clearcoat is pretty soft...
Really like the high kick look from this angle:
I'll try to get some more higher quality pics with my DSLR down the road.
Long story short, the fitment is pretty much 9/10 which is something you can expect at this price point. Very happy with the weave pattern and the lacquer over it.
Face lift tails are most likely the next mod in line. I think this'll totally complete the back end of the car.
Crappy cell phone pics:
Super glossy, but clearcoat is pretty soft...
Really like the high kick look from this angle:
I'll try to get some more higher quality pics with my DSLR down the road.
Long story short, the fitment is pretty much 9/10 which is something you can expect at this price point. Very happy with the weave pattern and the lacquer over it.
Face lift tails are most likely the next mod in line. I think this'll totally complete the back end of the car.
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08-08-2016, 07:16 AM
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Oh yeahhhhh, the big trunk spoiler really transform the look of ur car. The small OEM lip spoiler wasn't cutting it anymore. Good job!
08-08-2016, 02:21 PM
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2010 side mirrors will look wonderful on your car as well.
08-12-2016, 01:34 AM
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Love 'em too. Really give a nice flair to the back of the car.
As do I, but super low on the totem pole of mods. FL tails and head bolt replacement come first.
10-12-2016, 01:21 AM
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Camber arms went in in anticipation of coilovers.
Was running -2.5 in the rear. Want to go more modest and need adjustability since if I go lower with coils, I'll need to lessen the camber.
Not sure what my front and and rear camber specs should be now that I have (or will have) camber plates up front and camber arms in the rear.
Was running -2.5 in the rear. Want to go more modest and need adjustability since if I go lower with coils, I'll need to lessen the camber.
Not sure what my front and and rear camber specs should be now that I have (or will have) camber plates up front and camber arms in the rear.
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10-12-2016, 05:47 AM
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Can you post a link to those camber arms please. Thank you!
10-12-2016, 10:23 AM
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-Benz-Rear-Camber-Kit-Adjustable-C-Class-W204-C63-AMG-Made-In-USA-Hex/291535769053?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D39035%26meid%3D3c3e8fc5a6f54661a52262f37d8e612b%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D112051450884
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10-12-2016, 06:14 PM
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Talking to a couple buddies, and looking at my current alignement specs which I really like, I've decided on this:
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Camber: -2.1
Toe: +.02
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Camber: -1.4
Toe: Have to look at what I'm running now.
10-13-2016, 08:01 AM
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I am currently at -3*30' front and -2*30' rear. I am going to play with them a little over the winter if I can lower them without causing any rubbing. I don't really expect I will get any where near stock specs. Maybe -2.5 front and -2.25 rear.
10-13-2016, 11:54 AM
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Any reason you've decided to go so aggressive with the camber? Is it mostly due to wheel offset and not rubbing?
10-13-2016, 05:51 PM
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The camber ended up where it is from lowering the car on the KWV3. I did make my offsets a little aggressive too get a flush fit. I ordered my tires a little narrow just to be safe. Now I want to jump up a size on the rear to 305 and narrow my rim on the front from 9.5 to 9 so I don't rub on the strut. Then I will have a better idea of how much I can adjust the camber or not. Then my tires will not be so stretched as well.
10-14-2016, 01:23 PM
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The camber ended up where it is from lowering the car on the KWV3. I did make my offsets a little aggressive too get a flush fit. I ordered my tires a little narrow just to be safe. Now I want to jump up a size on the rear to 305 and narrow my rim on the front from 9.5 to 9 so I don't rub on the strut. Then I will have a better idea of how much I can adjust the camber or not. Then my tires will not be so stretched as well.
