retna7

^ Ungarisch's wagon is sex on wheels!

Rareamg

toomaz

nelson09

...both in the figurative and the literal

Boobo-oobo

blueC230K

2 of the wheels were bent and cracked after 6 years of ownership. I digged up my "old" set of wheels from the C203 and have them re-polished at a shop. Decided to get them mounted tonight and viola. I can see my brakes now They fitted perfectly on the W210 without any issue.

Washed her up tonight and snapped a few pics

I just realized they look similar to the SLR 722

Ungarisch

Thanks guys

wipster

Boobo-oobo,

That is a beautiful 210 and even more beautiful pictures (the last two)... I've got the bottom one (in the turn) saved as the desktop background on the HDTV and it looks stunning in 1920x1080i, well done, more please?

Wipster

p.s., it looks even better on 4/20!

Boobo-oobo

Thanks.

I'll process some more images tonight, and post them here. If you need a high rez. image, just PM me, 900x600 image can't look too good on 1920x1080 . . .

PS: I lol'd.

Boobo-oobo

Here's some more, when i get my full size rig pics will be better . . .







And here's a couple of night shots:

Theropode 430T

Now 8x18" ST II with 235 instead 9x18" / 265 in back!

desired_speeds

US bumper strips on a euro car? nice haha

CSP_859

I think u can do a better color match on those wheels

Delux2d

HAs anyone cut their springs in order to lower their cars?

91LTI

Yes I think quite a lot of of people have been cutting their springs.

I have considered doing it too, but I'm not too keen on the idea...

I can get KSport coilovers delivered to my door (Australia) from the US for $1000 now, with the exchange rate being so good.

Pity I don't have $1000 spare at the moment though!!

Anatoli

erikfrancin

lowered on d2 springs and matched 36 way adjustable shocks that were collecting dust in the back of a warehouse since '08.

#1 spring pads front and rear in the photo's but i went to #2's up front today. it now sits level and doesn't scrub, though the fenders have been rolled and pulled....

wheels are euro 63's in 19x8.5 up front wrapped in 245/35/19... rears are 19x9.5 with 275/30/19's. tires are michellin sports a/s if i remember right....

car rides suprisingly well for being as low as it is. about to order sport side skirts and trying to decide what i'm going to do with the rear bumper.... then it's time for new paint to get her looking fresh again. the black grill is going away in favor for a new oem one, as is the hood ornament. mmmmmmight go back with a hood badge but i haven't decided yet as i didn't really care for it the last time i put one on.



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bad hare

wow very clean!

wish i could run 19's. NYC / NY roads are not very forgiving.

erikfrancin

thank you! i'm just taking it one day at a time and hopefully in the next couple months i'll find a stopping point before my bank account finds a stopping point for me haha

Ungarisch

I like the black grill. I think it rubs because you used too big of a tire.

erikfrancin

when the car is painted, i'm going to have them paint the grill and maybe i'll like it more when it matches perfectly... the black spray paint somewhat disgusts me but that may be subject to change.

the tires are definitely too big... and the wheels aren't the 35mm offset i was originally told they were which doesn't help either. i think the front is 30 and the rear is 32, but it's been so long since i bought them that i forget to be honest.

i was told that michellins are a bit bigger than the same size tire from most other manufacturers.... then a local tire guy suggested a go with a falken next time saying the same size would fit much better.... i guess i'll give that a shot in 10k miles when these tires are shot

Anatoli

Change size of the tires to 225/35R19 and 255/30R19.
And use Hankook, Falken or Pirelli. All these are (with the same size) more small and thin.
Will look better and you will get more space - and that is necessary for lowering the car more and more

erikfrancin

smaller tire would mean i could actually correct the camber.... hmmmm..... i like where you are going with this!

i'm sure these tires won't last much past the end of summer.... thanks for the tire suggestions!

ejsheltra

The offset in the front has to be right on if you are using a 245x40x18 series tire. Use an ET35 rim and you can go to an 8.5 by 18 with a 245x40x18 tire with no rub and lowered by 1.75 inches. You will have only wiggle room on the backside of the tire by the bolt and no rub to the outside. Any other ET will give you issues at that size of a tire. I am not familiar with the 19 series of wheels and would not recommend it on the W210. It just does not look balanced to the car and the brake package behind it. Just my opinion. I know others here like the size. Its just that the suspension was never designed for such a large rim and leaves practically no sidewall to the tire for cushion and in order to stay in range with calibration.

erikfrancin

whether a 16" wheel or a 20" wheel, or anything in between, so long as you run the correct tire size to maintain the same overall diameter, one won't fit any better or worse than another. it's just the ride quality that we all love to sacrifice as we move up to bigger wheels and rubber band tires haha

my issues with slight rubbing is due to the improper offset, as you pointed out. 35mm would have been nice but since that wasn't an option with these wheels, I'm suckin it up and seeking other routes to fix the scrubbing. no biggie as they hardly rub, but either a machine shop will shave the wheel hubs to suck them in a couple mm's or stepping down to a 265 will do the trick

front no longer rubs after installing the eccentric bolts and correcting the caster and dialing out the toe.