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Up The Ante - 5" Lift Kit on Mercedes Benz G-Wagon with HRE's by TeamWB
How do you set your G-Wagon apart from the thousands that roam your local streets? Well, you do something radical of course. Our specially developed 5” G-Wagon lift kit for the G550, G63, or G65 will never allow your Mercedes to be overlooked again. With the heighted chassis the Gelandewagen suddenly can use larger 35” off-road tires for those who like a more menacing look or for those who actually need the added off-roading capability. No rubbing, no headaches – just a good ‘ol monster truck feeling in a luxury Benz.
Wheel Specs:
HRE TR45
22”x11”
Finish: Gloss Black
Tires: Nitto Trail Grappler M/T
Tire Size: 35x12.50x22
Team Wheels Boutique 5” Lift
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Hi, yeah the 71 E9 is my other baby. I'll upload a few onto flickr and post a link to it.
But here it is next to my G, looks tiny next to it. LOL
My 02 G500 is on stock suspension right now and H&R 31mm spacers.
Hi, yeah the 71 E9 is my other baby. I'll upload a few onto flickr and post a link to it.
But here it is next to my G, looks tiny next to it. LOL
My 02 G500 is on stock suspension right now and H&R 31mm spacers.
Beautiful Bimmer. I'm a huge fan of BMW myself so I'd take that E9 in a heartbeat!
Let's get your G-Wagon off those humongous spacers and onto some safe aftermarket wheels that are custom built specifically for it.
I just lifted my 2018 g wagon 550 4 inches and put 35s and mb 20x10 with 40 mm spacers. All works perfect and I love it. Didn’t have to correct caster or extend brake lines. But, my Distronic plus shows inoperable due to the larger tires. Does anyone know how to fix this or heard of the issue?
I just lifted my 2018 g wagon 550 4 inches and put 35s and mb 20x10 with 40 mm spacers. All works perfect and I love it. Didn’t have to correct caster or extend brake lines. But, my Distronic plus shows inoperable due to the larger tires. Does anyone know how to fix this or heard of the issue?
Wow, I thought 2" was max without any mods.
Can you post some pics? I would love to see how your's looks.
I just lifted my 2018 g wagon 550 4 inches and put 35s and mb 20x10 with 40 mm spacers. All works perfect and I love it. Didn’t have to correct caster or extend brake lines. But, my Distronic plus shows inoperable due to the larger tires. Does anyone know how to fix this or heard of the issue?
We have never had any issues with features being disabled after installation of our G-Wagon lift kit. I reckon your 4" lift isn't ours?
It’s not the lift it’s the larger wheel size and distronic plus
No it is not but it’s not the lift it’s the increased tire size. From my research most lift put on these are on older models. Could that be the reason I can’t find any info on this problem? I’ve talked to Mercedes techs and they say it’s programmed for the stock 275 s and the 35s throw the sensor off. I’ve even talked to outside shops that stated the same thing. Any thoughts?i have one shop with a 17 g squared and is going to pull the programming from it and see if he can by pass it. I’m a little nervous with that. I see that your kits are paired with 305s which are around 32 inch wheels. 275 came stock on mine so that’s why you don’t have that issue. I believe. Not a large enough increase.
We have never had any issues with features being disabled after installation of our G-Wagon lift kit. I reckon your 4" lift isn'
Last edited by Brian Brunson; 01-22-2020 at 11:37 AM.
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No it is not but it’s not the lift it’s the increased tire size. From my research most lift put on these are on older models. Could that be the reason I can’t find any info on this problem? I’ve talked to Mercedes techs and they say it’s programmed for the stock 275 s and the 35s throw the sensor off. I’ve even talked to outside shops that stated the same thing. Any thoughts?i have one shop with a 17 g squared and is going to pull the programming from it and see if he can by pass it. I’m a little nervous with that. I see that your kits are paired with 305s which are around 32 inch wheels. 275 came stock on mine so that’s why you don’t have that issue. I believe. Not a large enough increase.e have never had any issues with features being disabled after installation of our G-Wagon lift kit. I reckon your 4" lift isn'
The G63 below with our 5" lift kit & 35.5" Nitto's does not cause the issue you are experiencing. Same with all the other G-Wagon's we've done using that exact tire setup.
Weird. My lift was the coil springs shocks and steering stabilizer. What would be causing this? It works at low speeds but past 30 it says inoperable.
Brian, I had the exact same issue with my G63. Put a lift on it and had no problem when I was running 33” tires. Once I put on 35” tires I experienced the same problems that you’re having. Went back to 33” tires and the problem went away. It wasn’t the lift causing the issue, as I had the same lift while using both tire sizes, it was the tire size that was the issue. I was never able to find a fix.
Yea I’ve come to the conclusion that is definitely the issue after hours of research and talking to other g wagon owners and mechanics. I test drove a g squared 18 yesterday and it didn’t even have cruise control! That led me to research more and none of the g squared have cruise control or distronic plus. I even pulled the window stickers off new ones online: no cruise control. Guess I’ll go higher and say f it. I’m going to do 2 inch spacers and 37 nitto miud grapplers or kumho mud ventures. I like the height I’m at now though bc I can fit in most parking garages. I guess most people just don’t complain about the issue after lifting their g wagon and just ride it. It eased my nerves of lifting a six figure car and not having cruise control once I saw the g squared doesn’t even have it. They stated it’s because if it’s height as our lifted Gs. Funny thing though, when I first start my car If I drive and hit cruise before 20 mph and just adjust speed, it works. But as soon as I take it off it’s not going to work again until I restart the car. I take it that it’s taking time to register the larger tires and correcting.
Originally Posted by G55K
Brian, I had the exact same issue with my G63. Put a lift on it and had no problem when I was running 33” tires. Once I put on 35” tires I experienced the same problems that you’re having. Went back to 33” tires and the problem went away. It wasn’t the lift causing the issue, as I had the same lift while using both tire sizes, it was the tire size that was the issue. I was never able to find a fix.
Hi, I have a 2018 that I am putting 35" tires on. I heard about the issue with distronic but was told that while the distronic portion is disabled, I still have old fashioned cruise control. If I am understanding your issues, that is NOT the case and you have no cruise at all?
05-05-2017, 12:35 PM
