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Dropped the GTS off at Velos Design Werks in Miami On Tuesday to have the springs installed. First let me say that these guys are great, very professional and treat your ride like it was theirs. I had them install the springs and also get it aligned, the results were great. The car feels good, I tested it in all the modes and it feels a little jumpy in C but I dont drive in C so I'm good with it. In S and S+ you can feel it firm up a lot but not bone breaking like my Bilsteins did in my 63. My initial feelings are that I like it a lot, the car feels more planted and maybe a little less roll. It was great before how it was just feels more solid. See the pictures below...
Thanks and I have to agree the gap just makes the car look off. Now it looks proper LOL
Originally Posted by stephen@velosdesignwerks
Luis, it was a pleasure meeting you and the car looks fantastic! Look forward to the future plans you have it
For sure Stephen and thank you for the great work, you guys definitely delivered. See you soon for the wheels and the other things we discussed.
Originally Posted by cproGT
Looks great I am thing of doing the same can u share approx costs for labor and parts?
PM if u prefer
No worries The labor with alignment from a track shop that Velos uses and tax came out to $800 and change. I paid $449 for the springs shipped to my door, got them from Amazon. They had the best deal at the time.
Thanks and I have to agree the gap just makes the car look off. Now it looks proper LOL
For sure Stephen and thank you for the great work, you guys definitely delivered. See you soon for the wheels and the other things we discussed.
No worries The labor with alignment from a track shop that Velos uses and tax came out to $800 and change. I paid $449 for the springs shipped to my door, got them from Amazon. They had the best deal at the time.
I’m sure lowering the car hells with handling, but I still like the look with original springs. The car’s *** is higher and in your face.
I sorta agree with the rear height thing... I would like it a bit taller in the back but I also still like the way it sits. Need to wait to see where it will settle after a while.
guess you have never pulled into a shopping center with your car
Or you just go straight in and have no understanding of how to drive a lowered car? 35 cars, 10 years, all lowered, no scrapes... you make it seem like its so difficult to drive a car that is lower to the ground LOL.
Most of the shopping centers where I live, the road dips down just before the curb which goes back up. Essentially a V in the entrance. It ain’t flat here. If it were, there would be no issues.
Or you just go straight in and have no understanding of how to drive a lowered car? 35 cars, 10 years, all lowered, no scrapes... you make it seem like its so difficult to drive a car that is lower to the ground LOL.
No issues here:
I'm going to get in touch with Vic to get some anti-scrape tutelage.
Last edited by California John; Oct 5, 2018 at 02:42 PM.
I'm going to get in touch with Vic to get some anti-scrape tutelage.
Even the most vertical of driveways can be overcome via entrance and exit angles. There will be impossible situations but I have yet to encounter such.
Have to agree with Vic here. Even though my GT R isn’t lowered from stock, I’ve not had any troubles pulling in to driveways, etc. as I will always entre them at an angle. As for parking, the car has a fantastic HD rear camera and is super simple to back into parking spots with, hence I always back in.
Have to agree with Vic here. Even though my GT R isn’t lowered from stock, I’ve not had any troubles pulling in to driveways, etc. as I will always entre them at an angle. As for parking, the car has a fantastic HD rear camera and is super simple to back into parking spots with, hence I always back in.
Bish
I think your car stock sits lower than our GTS's stock no??
It looks awesome. The issue I had with H&R on the E63s with HAS and H&R is the H&R bottoms out more vs the HAS. Be sure to go over speed bumps SLOW even at an angle.
Last edited by S63AMG888; Oct 5, 2018 at 10:44 PM.
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