airtony

Hello guys. I have a question as i am about to drop my car about an inch or so. Can anyone tell me on our CL55 the switch that raises and lowers the car
has 3 positions, how much travel is in that? from low to high? in MM???
I have 20's on my car an sometimes when i drive on highways i hear a rub here and there nothing major. I bought adjustable links on Ebay and would like to set it up where if i raise my car to highest position i want it to be about
.25 inch higher then my lowest setting now. Please chime in. Thanks!
Also did anyone change their 2 shift solenoids in the tranny? and what did they do for the car???

alx

there is no air ride on your car.

you should not be rubbing with 20s if offset is correct and you are not running anything wider than 295 (some say 305).

you might be already lowered.

keep in mind that abc will lower additionally a bit (3-5mm) your car twice at speeds- once at approx 60 mph and one more time at 110 or so.

airtony

Not air ride but our ABC system. And yes I have 285 in rear and ok with them.
But my question is the travel of the suspension from low to high if anyone knows. Thanks!

driveability

fatmike

I'm pretty sure the ABC button, from lowest to highest, is a .95 inch difference.

radride

Additional info for you guys. If you lower your CL with a lowering module it bypasses the lowering of the car at 60+mph. You always maintain your lowered height. If you lower the car the cheap and improper way (washers, links etc), your car will still lower itself more at 60+mph. Only the lowering module bypasses this feature.

R.K.

airtony

The MB local dealership said 22mm but Mark from UK who I bought the lowering links from said 65mm. Said that he had 2 CL's and that I shouldn't worry about dropping it 35-40mm. All I want from these links is when I am on highest setting with both lights on to be about 3-4 mm higher then my lowest stock setting. So this is what I ended up doing I extended front links by 5mm and shortened rears 6mm. After I am done changing my exhaust,fuel rail, injectors,TB I will get my car of the lift and look at how it came out. But this is a guessing game at this point. Once I find a happy spot that the car will ride good and look right I will do a wheel alignment then. Of course I will put new sneakers in front as mine are not so good. Thanks for the Info
Now, did anybody change their shift solenoids to blue tops?
I bought them and they are going in this week with my tranny oil change but i really would like to hear from someone who already did it !!!
What did they do to your car?????????