mint

I don't post here too often but just thought I would share since I've never seen another W208 with the F14s; any questions...post 'em up! I rub slightly on the front at full lock but other than that I couldn't ask for better fitment. Also, rear still has a little more to settle since I just installed these a week ago.

Forgestar F14 - brushed silver finish
18x8.5F ET33
18x9.5R ET35

Nitto Invo 225/40/18 F, 255/35/18 R

Eibach springs Pro Kit

Lug stud conversion w/ purple Muteki nuts (currently fixing a couple of issues with this)

#1 pads up front, #3 on the back (OEM was #3 all around)

97W202

loving that concave

big_mike1979

lower it more. get #1 from e320 all around.(i myself hate the gap between the tire and the fender)
but looking nice

dynomite05

Love the wheels! One of my favorites

Kevwood

Nice, very nice.

A1EK

Car looks sharp and clean.! I think your rear wont go much lower as it doesnt take that long to settle. I have the same wheel set up as you and on the same springs too.... My advise is stick a spacer on the back to kick it out and it will fill the wheel arch lovely.

mint

Well, initially I wanted the raked look and had no idea of what stock pads were on there; plus I heard of a few guys on here that installed springs with #1s all around and ended up being slightly lower in the back. So just to be safe I went with 8mm higher on the rears; if the rears don't settle too much more, I'll most likely get some 1 pads for the rears. W210 pads are already on the front.

I've heard lots of conflicting time frames for springs settling -- a couple days, a week, couple weeks...I think it really depends on spring brand, car trim, mileage, etc. I figure just to be safe, I'll give it a few more days as I've barely driven it since I installed the springs.

As far as putting spacers on the rears, Forgestar recommended these offsets and I'm guessing if I flush the faces with the fender perfectly, I'll probably have to pull the fenders or something (not really wanting to do this).

Thanks for the comments so far, guys. I currently have some new aluminum hub rings (as these wheels are not hubcentric) and some longer studs coming in. As soon as I get these on, I'll try to snap some pictures of my studs