w215 Quaife (QDF29B) LSD new production run @ 5 units of demand
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w215 Quaife (QDF29B) LSD new production run @ 5 units of demand
Hey y'all,
Looks like Birds Garage/Quaife will make a new production run of ATB/ LSD rear differentials for most w215 cars if we can get 5 orders together. These diffs also seem to fit some other cars, but I'll contact Bird's to get more specificity.
The big win with this differential, is it locks both wheels at the same rotational speed when accelerating hard. No more engine power cuts or that weird side to side movement these cars do under wheelspin/ heavy accel from slow speeds.
Really wakes these cars up, and makes them hilarious to drive. You accelerate significantly harder with less wheelspin, though the cl55 can still very easily roast tires. It also eliminates like 90% of the flashing traction lights, and almost all of your "engine cutting power" BS, since the rear tires stay spinning at the same RPM, and don't freak out the ECU. These cars powerslide very well btw
Anybody interested? If the cost is like the last one I bought for my cl55, I think it'll be $1600-1800, purchase, tax, shipping, and import duties included. It's pretty simple. You pay via check or card, DHL shows up at your house with the diff, and makes you pay the import duty (something like 2-5% for differentials iirc) before handing you the differential.
I'll crosspost this to boards I find are also compatible with this diff in the coming week.
I'm not sure what getting this rolling entails, but it's likely submitting payment before production starts. I'll email Bird's and get some clarification.
**Thank you bzracer73 for learning this tidbit from Bird's Garage!
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Looks like Birds Garage/Quaife will make a new production run of ATB/ LSD rear differentials for most w215 cars if we can get 5 orders together. These diffs also seem to fit some other cars, but I'll contact Bird's to get more specificity.
The big win with this differential, is it locks both wheels at the same rotational speed when accelerating hard. No more engine power cuts or that weird side to side movement these cars do under wheelspin/ heavy accel from slow speeds.
Really wakes these cars up, and makes them hilarious to drive. You accelerate significantly harder with less wheelspin, though the cl55 can still very easily roast tires. It also eliminates like 90% of the flashing traction lights, and almost all of your "engine cutting power" BS, since the rear tires stay spinning at the same RPM, and don't freak out the ECU. These cars powerslide very well btw
Anybody interested? If the cost is like the last one I bought for my cl55, I think it'll be $1600-1800, purchase, tax, shipping, and import duties included. It's pretty simple. You pay via check or card, DHL shows up at your house with the diff, and makes you pay the import duty (something like 2-5% for differentials iirc) before handing you the differential.
I'll crosspost this to boards I find are also compatible with this diff in the coming week.
I'm not sure what getting this rolling entails, but it's likely submitting payment before production starts. I'll email Bird's and get some clarification.
**Thank you bzracer73 for learning this tidbit from Bird's Garage!
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Last edited by JustTXn; Jan 18, 2025 at 02:06 PM. Reason: kudos
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Quaife group buy 5 units needed!
[QUOTE=JustTXn;9099060]Hey y'all,
Looks like Birds Garage/Quaife will make a new production run of ATB/ LSD rear differentials for most w215 cars if we can get 5 orders together. These diffs also seem to fit some other cars, but I'll contact Bird's to get more specificity.
The big win with this differential, is it locks both wheels at the same rotational speed when accelerating hard. No more engine power cuts or that weird side to side movement these cars do under wheelspin/ heavy accel from slow speeds.
Really wakes these cars up, and makes them hilarious to drive. You accelerate significantly harder with less wheelspin, though the cl55 can still very easily roast tires. It also eliminates like 90% of the flashing traction lights, and almost all of your "engine cutting power" BS, since the rear tires stay spinning at the same RPM, and don't freak out the ECU. These cars powerslide very well btw
Anybody interested? If the cost is like the last one I bought for my cl55, I think it'll be $1600-1800, purchase, tax, shipping, and import duties included. It's pretty simple. You pay via check or card, DHL shows up at your house with the diff, and makes you pay the import duty (something like 2-5% for differentials iirc) before handing you the differential.
I'll crosspost this to boards I find are also compatible with this diff in the coming week.
I'm not sure what getting this rolling entails, but it's likely submitting payment before production starts. I'll email Bird's and get some clarification.
**Thank you bzracer73 for learning this tidbit from Bird's Garage!
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thanks for joining JustTxn…let’s make this happen!
yeah They want prepayment… since you have rapport with them you can be our POC… thanks for your efforts…
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Looks like Birds Garage/Quaife will make a new production run of ATB/ LSD rear differentials for most w215 cars if we can get 5 orders together. These diffs also seem to fit some other cars, but I'll contact Bird's to get more specificity.
The big win with this differential, is it locks both wheels at the same rotational speed when accelerating hard. No more engine power cuts or that weird side to side movement these cars do under wheelspin/ heavy accel from slow speeds.
Really wakes these cars up, and makes them hilarious to drive. You accelerate significantly harder with less wheelspin, though the cl55 can still very easily roast tires. It also eliminates like 90% of the flashing traction lights, and almost all of your "engine cutting power" BS, since the rear tires stay spinning at the same RPM, and don't freak out the ECU. These cars powerslide very well btw
Anybody interested? If the cost is like the last one I bought for my cl55, I think it'll be $1600-1800, purchase, tax, shipping, and import duties included. It's pretty simple. You pay via check or card, DHL shows up at your house with the diff, and makes you pay the import duty (something like 2-5% for differentials iirc) before handing you the differential.
I'll crosspost this to boards I find are also compatible with this diff in the coming week.
I'm not sure what getting this rolling entails, but it's likely submitting payment before production starts. I'll email Bird's and get some clarification.
**Thank you bzracer73 for learning this tidbit from Bird's Garage!
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thanks for joining JustTxn…let’s make this happen!
yeah They want prepayment… since you have rapport with them you can be our POC… thanks for your efforts…
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2.bzracer73
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[QUOTE=bzracer73;9099415]
looks like we need just 2 more for the group buy…whoever was on the fence just do it you’ll love it!!!
Hey y'all,
Looks like Birds Garage/Quaife will make a new production run of ATB/ LSD rear differentials for most w215 cars if we can get 5 orders together. These diffs also seem to fit some other cars, but I'll contact Bird's to get more specificity.
The big win with this differential, is it locks both wheels at the same rotational speed when accelerating hard. No more engine power cuts or that weird side to side movement these cars do under wheelspin/ heavy accel from slow speeds.
Really wakes these cars up, and makes them hilarious to drive. You accelerate significantly harder with less wheelspin, though the cl55 can still very easily roast tires. It also eliminates like 90% of the flashing traction lights, and almost all of your "engine cutting power" BS, since the rear tires stay spinning at the same RPM, and don't freak out the ECU. These cars powerslide very well btw
Anybody interested? If the cost is like the last one I bought for my cl55, I think it'll be $1600-1800, purchase, tax, shipping, and import duties included. It's pretty simple. You pay via check or card, DHL shows up at your house with the diff, and makes you pay the import duty (something like 2-5% for differentials iirc) before handing you the differential.
I'll crosspost this to boards I find are also compatible with this diff in the coming week.
I'm not sure what getting this rolling entails, but it's likely submitting payment before production starts. I'll email Bird's and get some clarification.
**Thank you bzracer73 for learning this tidbit from Bird's Garage!
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sign up below
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thanks for joining JustTxn…let’s make this happen!
yeah They want prepayment… since you have rapport with them you can be our POC… thanks for your efforts…
1.JustTxn
2.bzracer73
3.newb600
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5.
Looks like Birds Garage/Quaife will make a new production run of ATB/ LSD rear differentials for most w215 cars if we can get 5 orders together. These diffs also seem to fit some other cars, but I'll contact Bird's to get more specificity.
The big win with this differential, is it locks both wheels at the same rotational speed when accelerating hard. No more engine power cuts or that weird side to side movement these cars do under wheelspin/ heavy accel from slow speeds.
Really wakes these cars up, and makes them hilarious to drive. You accelerate significantly harder with less wheelspin, though the cl55 can still very easily roast tires. It also eliminates like 90% of the flashing traction lights, and almost all of your "engine cutting power" BS, since the rear tires stay spinning at the same RPM, and don't freak out the ECU. These cars powerslide very well btw
Anybody interested? If the cost is like the last one I bought for my cl55, I think it'll be $1600-1800, purchase, tax, shipping, and import duties included. It's pretty simple. You pay via check or card, DHL shows up at your house with the diff, and makes you pay the import duty (something like 2-5% for differentials iirc) before handing you the differential.
I'll crosspost this to boards I find are also compatible with this diff in the coming week.
I'm not sure what getting this rolling entails, but it's likely submitting payment before production starts. I'll email Bird's and get some clarification.
**Thank you bzracer73 for learning this tidbit from Bird's Garage!
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sign up below
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thanks for joining JustTxn…let’s make this happen!
yeah They want prepayment… since you have rapport with them you can be our POC… thanks for your efforts…
1.JustTxn
2.bzracer73
3.newb600
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5.
looks like we need just 2 more for the group buy…whoever was on the fence just do it you’ll love it!!!
Last edited by bzracer73; Jan 30, 2025 at 01:48 PM.
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Hi Niko,
It should be OK for you to join, especially considering Quaife is physically (UK) closer to you than us, lol.
Send me your email address, so I have it when we hit 5 people. Once that occurs, I'll probably just email Birds Garage (the distributor for Quaife) and CC everybody that has signed up.
It should be OK for you to join, especially considering Quaife is physically (UK) closer to you than us, lol.
Send me your email address, so I have it when we hit 5 people. Once that occurs, I'll probably just email Birds Garage (the distributor for Quaife) and CC everybody that has signed up.
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Hi Niko,
It should be OK for you to join, especially considering Quaife is physically (UK) closer to you than us, lol.
Send me your email address, so I have it when we hit 5 people. Once that occurs, I'll probably just email Birds Garage (the distributor for Quaife) and CC everybody that has signed up.
It should be OK for you to join, especially considering Quaife is physically (UK) closer to you than us, lol.
Send me your email address, so I have it when we hit 5 people. Once that occurs, I'll probably just email Birds Garage (the distributor for Quaife) and CC everybody that has signed up.
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I have this thread followed, so I receive an email copy of the newest post following mine.... In that case, you can reply to this post with your email address, wait a minute, then delete your post! I'll send you a test email to confirm once you do this.
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Quick update to the current list...
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Quick update to the current list...
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Their differential fits the following…. I can only assume the Quaife would as well… though I would double check with birds…Fittment:
- 215 - CL 600
- 215 - CL 55 AMG
- 215 - CL 55 AMG Kompressor
- 215 - CL 65 AMG
- 220 - S 55 AMG
- 220 - S 55 AMG Kompressor
- 220 - S 600
- 220 - S 65 AMG
- 230 - SL 600
- 230 - SL 65 AMG (up to MY 2006)
- Maybach 57 / 62 (up to MY 2006)
come on peeps we only need one more person to come onboard…. Let’s get this limited run done!!! if you ever wanted one… now is the time!!!
as soon as we get 5, we’ve got to pre-pay at Birds garage, but that’s to be expected… this most likely will never happen again… I spoke with the people at Quaife, Birds is the only company they’ll make these for….
if you know anyone that ever wanted one and they haven’t seen this thread, please forward to them…
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I know they will want our vin#’s as well due to some small differences…
Let us know all the details they’ll need from us..
Thanks!!’
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I'm sick today, so I'll plan on emailing them by Saturday at the latest!
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I'll draft up an email to Birds, and CC everyone whose emails I have. If I don't have your email, send it to me! If you're not able to because your account is new, post it in the thread and I'll get an email copy of the post (assuming it's the first post after mine), then edit the post.
I'm sick today, so I'll plan on emailing them by Saturday at the latest!
I'm sick today, so I'll plan on emailing them by Saturday at the latest!
thank you!
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get well soon 👍🏻
When you contact them - could you ask if there‘s a chance to get a additional QDF27N (for a BMW E63 M6) for a „good“ price?
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get well soon 👍🏻
When you contact them - could you ask if there‘s a chance to get a additional QDF27N (for a BMW E63 M6) for a „good“ price?
Die https://www.birdsauto.com/news/news-...86-z4-m-e82-1m
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James @ Bird's garage (the distributor for Quaife) is confirming price and ETA of rear differential production with Quaife!
Reminder: send me your email if you haven't!
Reminder: send me your email if you haven't!
