Benz-O-Rama

Who am I kidding? Those that know me, know that I'll never stop modding. I'm thinking about putting some coilovers on the baby's stroller now!

Here she is:

mpx220

Nice! BTW, your never done!!!!

dreamcatchr23

wow... looks great... modded yet maintains the clean/elegant lines of a mercedes... what are you dropped on???

Benz-O-Rama

Thanks gents...


It was lowered via SDS at my dealer. I'll end up popping a RENNtech ELM on it eventually.

Hopefully, I'll have some better pics soon. The car was selected to be shown with a few of the Washington Redskin's cars at a charity event next weekend. My camera skills stink, and I only have a point and shoot. I would think there would be a pro photographer there. We'll see.

j_belll

i like the rolling shots

acb3nz

Car looks awesome, rolling shots are FTMFW

Kar don

looks good, time for some AMG side skirts

55fanatic

looks good Clay...

TheRealG

how's the ride after lowering via SDS?
G.

Rennlaufer

Looks Outstanding! Now knock it off!
You've already raised the bar high enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SPNJHockey

Hey Cuz, I'm not a fan of silver...but your sled looks great with the wheels. And I like the tire vavle tucked away on the inside of the wheel. Nice, Bro.

OPALW208

yeah....that was special ordered that way by "someone." They usually come w/ a long 90" bent valve stem which normally takes the place of a rivet.....but the tucked away look is something that I've been recently doing.


VIP FTMFW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NO_WUR_E

Dang C....your ride looks better and better with each mod!

Benz-O-Rama

Thanks for the comments guys. Al and the gang are doing some serious good work up there at Sonic. He's rolling out some gorgeous W211's like MPX220's, NO_WUR_E, and TBone's. Mine was done at a local shop though.


As for the question of the ride...

Anytime you lower a vehicle, no matter if it has air suspension or conventional springs, the ride will stiffen. Add to that 19" or 20" wheels and it stiffens even more. My car is no exception. The ride is much harsher than the stock 17's at normal ride height but by no means is it completely unbearable. You get used to it. However, everytime I drive my wife's stock R500, I'm treated to a luxurious ride that my E just doesn't have anymore. But you can't deny how good these cars look with a large set of wheels and a drop.

SergioM

looks awesome dude!!!

TheRealG

yeah, I hear ya... but, with roads the way they are in Toronto (i.e., potholes, hot/cold spells, torn asphalt, and streetcar tracks),
it **ALMOST** makes me NOT want to drop.... almost.

G.

Benz-O-Rama

I would say at least try it. These cars with airmatic are so cheap to lower and it's completely reversible if you don't like it. Hell, you can at least do the washer method lowering for a quick test drive and it will only cost you $0.98 and and 45 minutes of your time.

Kar don

AMG side skirts pal.

Benz-O-Rama

Find me a set and I'll gladly buy them. Other than the stealer, I haven't been able to locate a pair.

Marshall_K

What are you running on wheels and tires? offsets? staggered? sizes?
Do you havce a link to VIP wheels?

MB Fanatic

just remember your risk of a failure in the airmatic system increases with the washer method since you are fooling the computer and are screwing with the damping rate. A lot of E55 guys have had failures. Better to simply lower the electrical values in SDS and let the computer deal with damping, dive, squat and other ****.

tashakes

Very nice job, I like the new wheels, very classy.

As for modding, most of us here will be pushing daisies before we stop. Modders Anonymous anyone?? :-)

K-A

Very nice man. Those Side Skirts aren't AMG? Those are the same skirts my AMG package has. Although I did notice the E55's do have a slightly more aggressive skirt, funny AMG would equip the AMG package cars with the same bumpers but a "lighter" modified side skirt.

TheRealG

I wouldn't rock the washer method simply because the tolerance for errors/mistakes is too thin. These are expensive cars, with expensive technology and I don't want to fiddle with them to save a few bucks and end up costing me more $$$ and headaches.

G.

tbone

Pic of AMG side skirts - they're a bit beefier.

Clayton - did you ever call Jesse about the side skirts?