hehehe Please post on how to substantially lower without a module. "Enquiring" minds want to know. 
Pics and info on Lowered E55
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Pics and info on Lowered E55
Good news for W211 Airmatic suspension owners. The car CAN be lowered through the ECU. This is a factory adjustment performed by an authorised dealer (MB owned actually) so it does not effect warranty. There is no need for aftermarket modules etc and best of all, it is completely adjustable.
Anyone who would like specific details should email me.
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Awesome looking ride!
Originally posted by 500AMG
First, BEAUTIFUL CAR!!!
Second, the E55 has an AMG tuned Air suspension if I'm not mistaken. Is the lowering feature a part of this AMG tuning, or is it available on all E classes with the air suspension?
First, BEAUTIFUL CAR!!!
Second, the E55 has an AMG tuned Air suspension if I'm not mistaken. Is the lowering feature a part of this AMG tuning, or is it available on all E classes with the air suspension?
How much did you lower the car in the front/rear? Does the front still raise up by the same amount to clear obstacles via the console switch? Do the sport modes still have the same effect (i.e., normal, sport-1, and sport-2)?
Will MB dealers do this adjustment or just the specialty shops?
Thanks for the info! Cheers!
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The lowering can be done on any Airmatic E class, not just the E55, that's why I posted the thread in the W211 section as well as the E55 section.
This can be done at any MB dealer, by having them recalibrate the inclinometers to the limits of their tolerences. On my car for example the rear sensor tolerance value is 3.0V the car, the sensor was showing 2.5V. The car was lowered until the sensor was showing 3.0V and the new values stored. Presto lowered car.
It is actually a little more complicated than that as there is one sensor for the rear, two for the front, and a secondary set of inclinometer values to be set. If you don't get it right the car will not save the new values as it determines that the settings are out of specification. I will post details tomorrow, so that you can (hopefully) show your service tech what needs to be done.
If your current service dept won't do it, go to another dealer who will.
This can be done at any MB dealer, by having them recalibrate the inclinometers to the limits of their tolerences. On my car for example the rear sensor tolerance value is 3.0V the car, the sensor was showing 2.5V. The car was lowered until the sensor was showing 3.0V and the new values stored. Presto lowered car.
It is actually a little more complicated than that as there is one sensor for the rear, two for the front, and a secondary set of inclinometer values to be set. If you don't get it right the car will not save the new values as it determines that the settings are out of specification. I will post details tomorrow, so that you can (hopefully) show your service tech what needs to be done.
If your current service dept won't do it, go to another dealer who will.
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Thanks Stephens! Very helpful. Looking forward to your detailed post. Did you have to pay for this service, or was it done as a "favor"? If so, many of us, myself included, could have saved some money!
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It was done as a favour and as a bit of an experiment to see what could be done. I know one of the senior service technicians fairly well and he seems as interested as me in working out how to modify the car!
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MB of Laguna Nigel won't do it!
Tried to get the service department at MB Laguna Nigel (where I bought it) to lower it per Stephens instructions and they (Service Dept. Mgr) refused to do it. At first they said it could not be done, except by an aftermarket tuner, and then I gave them a printout of Stephens instructions to prove it could. Bottom line, it is not that they could not do it, it was just that they did not want to do it. HORRIBLE customer service in my opinion! I was only asking to perform an adjustment that was within factory warranteed specs, and they refused. I will try to get another MB dealer here in S. California to do it later this week.
If anyone has had any luck with another dealer in S. Cal. doing this, pls post the dealer name.
If anyone has had any luck with another dealer in S. Cal. doing this, pls post the dealer name.
