JS-CLS550

Just what the title say.

I recently purchased used CLS550 and wanting to lower the car about 1-2 inches. I did a search on the forum and it looks like there are several different way that people lower there CLS and price really varies.

What is the best way lower your CLS? Please post how your car was lowered and how much it cost.

Also, is there a place in So Cal (LA area) that could lower the CLS with quality work?

Pics will be great too!!!

Thanks in advace.

curtisG

Interested in the info too..

JS-CLS550

Seems like I am going to answer my own question.

I personal lowered my car with Links from Ghost Motorsports in LA for $350. $160 for links and $180 for installation.

I thought about installing ELM but few factor made me go with Links. First off, like any electronic device, it could fail, second you have to tamper with wires Which could void your warranty. Last but not least is the cost. ELM does have it's pros though. With ELM, You can adjust the height of your car with press of a button from inside of your car and I also read in the forum somewhere that ride quality quality is better. Pros about Links are, they are very cost effective and you can put it back to stock any time incase you have to go to MB dealer to do a warranty work on your suspension. You can adjust the height with links also but it's more involved than just pressing a button which is a con.

For me, it's been great. No issues so far and I think reside quality is very good but On the other hand, I never drove CLS with ELM.

UDWANIT2

With links you suspension will go faster.........too much pressure on the Bags....doesent let it raise...when it senses a dip the Bags will rub with each other n eventually the airmatic will fail...with links there is more stress on the suspension.......Hence it is the cheaper way for lowering....u could have jus done it with washers if u wanted cost effective.....same install..IMO.

keith954

Find someone with a Star and have them lower it. It should be under $100

curtisG

Newbie question here - are you saying that you can lower the car entirely through software? How far can it be lowered?

keith954

Yes, it changes the settings. The whole car will be lower, like the "sport 2" setting (stock) will look like the "comfort" setting after you are lowered with the star. Here is my car on "sport 2" after being lowered... It's an iPhone pic so its not the best.

curtisG

Thanks keith954 - did not know that. Will definitely look into that option!

JS-CLS550

Before I installed links, I was thinking of lowering my car with Star but no luck finding a dealer that was willing to do it. I found a shop that had Star and they wanted $400.

keith954

Wow, I got mine done for $75

curtisG

Anyone know where I might get this in the Northern Virginia area (either links or STAR)?

JS-CLS550

Are you in So Cal by any chance?

curtisG

No, just outside Washington DC.

JS-CLS550

When I initially posted this thread NO ONE REPLIED and NOW, Everyone REPLIES

mlb550

i"m looking for someone to hook me up in south florida (fort lauderdale/miami) with doing the lowering via STAR....anyone know of a place down here that is not too expensive?

miraclewhip_cls

my CLS was lowered via Star & only took 5min for $125 plus swap my steering to euro AMG wood at the time. i'm sure it should be a easy find now I hear that links make noise just what i heard link vs star

UDWANIT2

Links n washers not recommended.................jus the cheapest Alternative.....You can try Star........ELM is the way to go.......safest..IMO

dks99

If the car is lowered with either links, washers, STAR, or ELM, the suspension does not care what it lowered it with a special exception to the ELM system.

Let's take four cars lowered the same amount at static state with each of the system mentioned above. The suspension system will wear and tear, and react much as equally as each other. This is simple suspension kinematics. All methods affect the spring/airbag system to net the final ride height.

The exception I made for the ELM is due to it's ability to change the ride height dynamically at certain speeds. CLS lowers itself at highway speeds. The ELM can prevent this lowering from occurring. Other methods will lower as the vehicle is programmed to. Depending how much it was lowered to start with, it might go TOO low at highway speeds. If this new lowered ride height is close to it's bump stops, you WILL get rougher ride vs. the ELM. Maybe the STAR method might have such programming safeguards built in to prevent such occurrence (since STAR is not being fooled with washers or links).

apdesign

+1. Had mine done with StarDiagnostic.

curtisG

How much was your car lowered? And would you change it if you could?
From the picture above, the drop looks nice!

keith954

It was lowered as much as the star would allow. There is a range that each side on the front and the rear has to be within on the star settings. So we got it as low as we could. I wish I could get it a little lower front and rear (more in the rear) and I don't want to add washers to it. If I had money to blow I would buy this http://www.loweringmodule.com/index....ingmodule.html

check this thread out
https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...peak-peak.html
I heard they are coming out with a new one called the m2 as mentioned on the third page of that thread.

All and all I spent $75 and it got me close to exactly what I wanted

CLS AMG SPORT

I LIVE IN THE CHICAGO AREA AND WANTED TO HAVE MY CLS LOWERED VIA STAR. DOES ANYONE HAVE DETAILED INFO ON HOW TO LOWER THE CAR USEING STAR, OR RECONMEND ANYONE IN THE CHICAGO AREA THAT WOULD DO THE LOWERING VIA STAR IN THE CHICAGO AREA. THE STOP I WAS GONNA USE HAS STAR BUT HAS NEVER DONE IT BEFORE WHAT INFO IF ANY DO YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I COULD PASS ALONG TO HIM SO IT IS DONE CORRECT WITHOUT HARMING THE AIRMATIC SYSTEM. THANKS GUYS FOR ANY HELP!

UDWANIT2

Contact SpeedDriven...................

CLS AMG SPORT

Do you or anyone have SpeedDriven's contact information? I can't seem to find it

keith954

You probably have one to many "d" try Speedriven
http://www.speedriven.com/