E350 is Lowered! Kinda.
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E350 is Lowered! Kinda.
Well I decided to take some picture of the car today. I had it washed so I might as well. What do you think about the stance?
I need to relower the rear of the car. It wasn't totally maxed out on the SDS. I will do that and see what happens, but I don't plan on drilling anything or buying any thousand dollar modules.
I may be rolling into the 07 E here shortly. We shall see. Im thinking black/cognac brown, sports package, premium 2, pano roof, wood/leather wheel.
I need to relower the rear of the car. It wasn't totally maxed out on the SDS. I will do that and see what happens, but I don't plan on drilling anything or buying any thousand dollar modules.
I may be rolling into the 07 E here shortly. We shall see. Im thinking black/cognac brown, sports package, premium 2, pano roof, wood/leather wheel.
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How about a pic of the car in stock form? In its birth place(at least where it was delivered) of Fort Lauderdale...
Sooooo shiny. That was after a fresh detail, courtesy of me.
Sooooo shiny. That was after a fresh detail, courtesy of me.
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Wellll, they are part of the 322 appearance package for 2006. Along with the 17" 5 spokes came airmatic suspension, sport cluster/shifter, airmatic, black birdseye maple, active bi-xenons, and also the additional trim pieces at the base of the front bumper. If there was anything else, I cant remember right now.
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Man...This is why I hate going on this forum. I always see something on everyone elses car that I want but too late to get. I didn't know you can get Airmatic on the E350's. Are these the suspension that raises and lowers your car depending on speed or Sport 1 or 2 mode? I always thought they were only part of the E500's. 
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Alright... so I recalibrated the ride height today. Here is the official setup.
Front level sensors use 3 washers. Its perfectly fine... the 10mm nut is self locking but I added a touch of loc-tite for insurance. You can just see the top of the stud. I shimmed the rear sensor(one washer), but it is not neccesary. I put them on there to see how much of a difference it would make without recalibrating the height. It seemed to help a little, but then I was too lazy to take them back off when I recalibrated the height.
To give an idea of how much lower it is than stock..
The factory inclination angle specification for the front suspension is 3.1-4.1 degrees positive. This is measured in the middle of the lower control arm using the Romess gauge. My car sits at negative 0.2 degrees right now at the left front and right front. I use this value to make sure that the height is even side to side. I could go lower, but the right front level sensor would have to be modified further. It sits at the minimum voltage signal of 2.20V right now. You kinda have to play with the levels to find the max drop while maintaining the same height on both sides.
The rear level is well within the voltage limits and could go quite a bit lower. I didn't bother measuring anything on the rear as there is only one sensor. I just eyeballed it to make sure it was looking even with the front.
Now I need to align it. I can get the camber close to spec. on the front but I most likely won't be able to on the rear.
Now it is time for some rims, if I don't get the 07 of course.
***If you installed the washers and then calibrated the ride height using the SDS, you would really only need to shim the right front sensor.***
Front level sensors use 3 washers. Its perfectly fine... the 10mm nut is self locking but I added a touch of loc-tite for insurance. You can just see the top of the stud. I shimmed the rear sensor(one washer), but it is not neccesary. I put them on there to see how much of a difference it would make without recalibrating the height. It seemed to help a little, but then I was too lazy to take them back off when I recalibrated the height.
To give an idea of how much lower it is than stock..
The factory inclination angle specification for the front suspension is 3.1-4.1 degrees positive. This is measured in the middle of the lower control arm using the Romess gauge. My car sits at negative 0.2 degrees right now at the left front and right front. I use this value to make sure that the height is even side to side. I could go lower, but the right front level sensor would have to be modified further. It sits at the minimum voltage signal of 2.20V right now. You kinda have to play with the levels to find the max drop while maintaining the same height on both sides.
The rear level is well within the voltage limits and could go quite a bit lower. I didn't bother measuring anything on the rear as there is only one sensor. I just eyeballed it to make sure it was looking even with the front.
Now I need to align it. I can get the camber close to spec. on the front but I most likely won't be able to on the rear.
Now it is time for some rims, if I don't get the 07 of course.
***If you installed the washers and then calibrated the ride height using the SDS, you would really only need to shim the right front sensor.***
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How about the new pictures after the recalibration?
If I understand, you lowered with SDS, then added washers and then used SDS again. With the washers and shimming, does this produce a lower ride height than just maxing out within spec using SDS?
If you need rims, consider my e55 ones. Mint condition with excellent tread left! They are not officially up for sale but am open to offers, I want the e63 rims.
If I understand, you lowered with SDS, then added washers and then used SDS again. With the washers and shimming, does this produce a lower ride height than just maxing out within spec using SDS?
If you need rims, consider my e55 ones. Mint condition with excellent tread left! They are not officially up for sale but am open to offers, I want the e63 rims.
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How about the new pictures after the recalibration?
If I understand, you lowered with SDS, then added washers and then used SDS again. With the washers and shimming, does this produce a lower ride height than just maxing out within spec using SDS?
If you need rims, consider my e55 ones. Mint condition with excellent tread left! They are not officially up for sale but am open to offers, I want the e63 rims.
If I understand, you lowered with SDS, then added washers and then used SDS again. With the washers and shimming, does this produce a lower ride height than just maxing out within spec using SDS?
If you need rims, consider my e55 ones. Mint condition with excellent tread left! They are not officially up for sale but am open to offers, I want the e63 rims.
Even with the washers and new calibration, it looks lower in person. The pics don't do it justice. I think the negative camber and the profile of the 17" tire has a lot to do with it. It is significantly lower than the last time you saw it.
You can't get two fingers between the tire and fender.
Offers for the 55 rims huh? Hmmmm, I'll have to think about it.
Remember, that pic in Florida is factory on the low setting.
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That FL picture looks like the car was set for a little baja 500 trip. Looks much better now! You can never really tell from a picture what things look like. I'm not sure if I want to lower mine more or use the washers, especially since I am signed up for this wanna be a race car driver event on Oct. 21 in my non race car, modified suspension with washers might not be a good thing.
I do need to check your car out in person with the new drop... think about the E55 wheels, there is one set of E63 wheels I have seen available but a little high...possibility, who knows.
I do need to check your car out in person with the new drop... think about the E55 wheels, there is one set of E63 wheels I have seen available but a little high...possibility, who knows.
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That FL picture looks like the car was set for a little baja 500 trip. Looks much better now! You can never really tell from a picture what things look like. I'm not sure if I want to lower mine more or use the washers, especially since I am signed up for this wanna be a race car driver event on Oct. 21 in my non race car, modified suspension with washers might not be a good thing.
I do need to check your car out in person with the new drop... think about the E55 wheels, there is one set of E63 wheels I have seen available but a little high...possibility, who knows.
I do need to check your car out in person with the new drop... think about the E55 wheels, there is one set of E63 wheels I have seen available but a little high...possibility, who knows.
I don't think I would go for the wheels unless you practically gave them to me. I really want 19 or 20". Besides that, I might be getting a new vehicle thanks to the new MLP program.
