New pictures, new camera, Vossens E550 Black Car
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New pictures, new camera, Vossens E550 Black Car
The wife got a new camera thought I would post up some new pictures of my W212 E550, just about done for now except for some performance mods.
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Very Nice FTB, these pictures really show make the tint look like a must have. Your car doesn't look as low as I remember, I think this height you have now is perfect. I see you haven't removed the side chrome yet. I like mine so I have no plans of removing them. What performance mods are you getting done?
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Very Nice FTB, these pictures really show make the tint look like a must have. Your car doesn't look as low as I remember, I think this height you have now is perfect. I see you haven't removed the side chrome yet. I like mine so I have no plans of removing them. What performance mods are you getting done?
BTW the tint is a Llumar II ceramic.
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I have the Llumar II high performance series 30%, ceramic.
FYI, I found out all the brands are a slight difference in shading even though they have the same tint percentage.
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FYI, I found out all the brands are a slight difference in shading even though they have the same tint percentage.
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The wheels are 20x9 and 10.5, I used 245x35's in the front and 285x30's in the back. The shop that did my wheels does a lot of the high end cars in Silicon Valley and I didn't want to have the front and rear side walls out of perspective nor did we want too low of profile. I posted this before but the car rides excellent IMO and the handling is more enjoyable for me.
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Speaking of sidewalls, maybe it's the picture but the back looks like you have some tire stretch exposing the sidewall. Maybe it's brand of tire as I've heard tread width on Continentals are narrower comparitively which is good to help prevent rubbing with lowered cars. Looks good anyway!!
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Speaking of sidewalls, maybe it's the picture but the back looks like you have some tire stretch exposing the sidewall. Maybe it's brand of tire as I've heard tread width on Continentals are narrower comparitively which is good to help prevent rubbing with lowered cars. Looks good anyway!!
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I'll hit you up later on those tires, I came within a gnats azz of buying those cause of the ratings and price. Let me know how they do? My Michelins seem a little noisy and won't keep the back planted under hard exceleration, though not sure what would.
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B sent you a pm on the tires, thanks for the tip on the clear markers they came today, nice quality!
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I dont see in the information the offset on the fronts and rears. Do you mind sharing those please? I have been looking at wheels and was wondering whether 19s or 20s and you helped answer that question as these fit perfectly. I just need to know the offset as I like how yours are pushed out further to the edge of the fender well.
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I dont see in the information the offset on the fronts and rears. Do you mind sharing those please? I have been looking at wheels and was wondering whether 19s or 20s and you helped answer that question as these fit perfectly. I just need to know the offset as I like how yours are pushed out further to the edge of the fender well.
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Hi. I just got my e550 sport 4matic. I live in New Jersey. Love the wheels. If I had 20 inch rims on these roads my 57 year old body would break!! I also have a 2001 obsidian black e55 with the full Kleeman mods(compressor, headers, ECU, LSD(not the Grateful Dead kind!!)). If you are considering performance mods, why didn't you just buy an e63? The airmatic suspension is great. Aren't you afraid of voiding your warranty if you do mods?
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2016 Audi S8 Plus/ 2011 Mercedes e550 4Matic//Gone:1985 500SEL/2000 e320 4Matic/ 2001 e55 Kleeman
FYI, I have Michelin Pilot Sports on my 2001 e55 and think they are great. Have had Dunlops and top of the line Goodyear. The Goodyears were a nightmare, the worst tires I ever had. There don't seem to be any really good rated performance all weather tires for my 18 inch rims for my e550 4matic. My car has the stock Contis right now. Any thoughts. Sorry for going off thread.
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Hi. I just got my e550 sport 4matic. I live in New Jersey. Love the wheels. If I had 20 inch rims on these roads my 57 year old body would break!! I also have a 2001 obsidian black e55 with the full Kleeman mods(compressor, headers, ECU, LSD(not the Grateful Dead kind!!)). If you are considering performance mods, why didn't you just buy an e63? The airmatic suspension is great. Aren't you afraid of voiding your warranty if you do mods?
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FYI, I have Michelin Pilot Sports on my 2001 e55 and think they are great. Have had Dunlops and top of the line Goodyear. The Goodyears were a nightmare, the worst tires I ever had. There don't seem to be any really good rated performance all weather tires for my 18 inch rims for my e550 4matic. My car has the stock Contis right now. Any thoughts. Sorry for going off thread.