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I like your car. Where did you get your quad exhaust and diffuser from? Direct bolt on?
Looks to be same as mine I just got. But I could be wrong. $279 on eBay for the diffuser kit and OEM E63 tips are $350-400 - the weld on ones are $200ish.
I saw you mention that with the added power you noticed a decrease in traction in the cls thread. With your new lsd, in wet, snowy, or other slippery situations, the rear end will actually lock up and can cause the rear end to come lose. I ran a Detroit lockers in one of my V8 jeep builds (on 40" tires that was barely street legal at best). Very similar behavior.
Perhaps this was the cause, especially with the rain in your photos.
Also, what are the specs on your new wheels? I'm interested in the widths and offsets. Ironically color choice is very similar on the barrels to what I am powder coating my new set. Your car looks sweet and will blow the doors off my NA. I really wish I'd gone with a turbo car. Unnecessary, but damn fun. At least I won't do what you did and dump as much money into mine I know myself too well and absolutely would have!
Last edited by Abrown3mtg; 03-25-2017 at 07:37 PM.
I saw you mention with the power you noticed a decrease in traction mentioned in the cls thread. With your new lsd, in wet, snowy, or other slippery situations, the rear end will actually lock up and can cause the rear end to come lose. I ran a Detroit lockers in one of my V8 jeep builds (on 40" tires that was barely street legal at best). Very similar behavior.
Perhaps this was the cause, especially with the rain in your photos.
Also, what are the specs on your new wheels? I'm interested in the widths and offsets. Ironically color choice is very similar on the barrels to what I am powder coating my new set. Your car looks sweet and will blow the doors off my NA. I really wish I'd gone with a turbo car. Unnecessary, but damn fun. At least I won't do what you did and dump as much money into mine I know myself too well and absolutely would have!
Oh...that's why...
Specs of the rims are 20 x 9 et32 front 20 x 10 et40 rear
Love Bronze Barrel sooooo much!!
Especially when its rolling. You will see a hollow bronze rolling.
Its very appealing!!
Last night, got tailgated by few cars already.
Specs of the rims are 20 x 9 et32 front 20 x 10 et40 rear
Love Bronze Barrel sooooo much!!
Especially when its rolling. You will see a hollow bronze rolling.
Its very appealing!!
Last night, got tailgated by few cars already.
I hate when I post a response post ambien. (Happens frequently). I sound illiterate .
I'm not positive on the LSD issue, but I think it could be likely. Cold weather matched with Summer spec tires can also be the culprit. Many rubber compounds are not rated for below 50F give or take.
Alternatively, Its the 600+ HP and god only knows torque you're now pushing. I can't wait to see what you put down on a dyno once you get around to it!.
I'm going with a Forged monoblock so the entire wheel will be bronze. I hope I like it. The price point makes them a nearly disposable set though so I can easily switch them out next summer if I want a change.
Had my trim wrapped in gloss black and changed up the grill to all black. Also applied Car pro reload to my previously cquartz coated (2+ years) finish. Cquartz has held up really well and still have little to no swirl marks due to a severe un-medicated case of OCD. 2010 E550 with 90K miles
Had my trim wrapped in gloss black and changed up the grill to all black. Also applied Car pro reload to my previously cquartz coated (2+ years) finish. Cquartz has held up really well and still have little to no swirl marks due to a severe un-medicated case of OCD. 2010 E550 with 90K miles
damn, looks great, and many miles ahead huh?
Originally Posted by BBB78
Looks mean, Coco. Great job.
I waited for 2 months for the same front lip, guy emails me saying they can't make it.
You are possibly the only guy with that front lip
I agree with BBB, it looks pretty good.........who made it? kind of looks like my front lip the way it 'leer jets' at the ends
Just got turbo upgraded and new rims on now.
Car is very dirty, has not been washed for a month.
After upgrades, it is total beast. The car 0-60 mph 3.5 sec.
It sounds totally different too.
I will open a thead of my Mods "Before and After" later.
Sweet i see the wheels came in, nice touch with the bronze accent especially that your car is black. Looks way better than your older set, congrats on the tune as well, im sure you are emjoying it as we speak
Had my trim wrapped in gloss black and changed up the grill to all black. Also applied Car pro reload to my previously cquartz coated (2+ years) finish. Cquartz has held up really well and still have little to no swirl marks due to a severe un-medicated case of OCD. 2010 E550 with 90K miles
^tbh id rather have the old stance. That said, your car looks great mate!
Are you forgetting something?
Yeah without a doubt the stance was 10x better but it is soooo comfortable now lol. Even on 19s, over these terrible LA roads the ride is a dream.
But im glad i took off the springs because the eBay listing was for H&R code 52728 but when i further looked at the spring it said 29078-2 on it which is for the E coupe so it was the wrong spring all together. The box said 52728 so i never opened to check them. They still rode really well but the diesel was too heavy up front. I was getting a lot of noise from the springs.
I was thinking of coils or air bags, but i want to take my time with this mod rather then jump into something i do not know much about and mess up my car. The c
03-23-2017, 01:18 PM
I know myself too well and absolutely would have!
