SFBIGBODY415

Hey guys I am thinking about lowering my s430 with the stock airmatic. I got a some of concerns to ask people who have done this.

1)Does the ride stay as soft and nice as when its normal height
2)Doing this will it increase my chances of having my airmatic fail?
3)Will my wheels rub?

Thanks everyone

classyS

1) yes and no. u know the drill, avoid anything on the road thats bumpy and/or drive slow.. hit speed bumps and driveways at an angle.

2) yes and no.. its normal for airmatic struts to fail around 80-100k drive with caution and again avoid anything on the road that could harm your suspension, make sure u get an alignment after lowering.

3) hard to say, theres a combination of things that could cause rubbing - size profile of tires, size of wheel spacers, size of wheels and tires and extremely low ride height.

all in all, youll be fine but the big question is.. sacrificing comfort for looks, thats my $0.02 cents.

Vabene7

I lowered my S and it does sacrifice ride quality by a small amount. It's something I noticed but personally I don't mind it at all. It's minimal.
First I used lowering links and then removed them to lower the car via STAR. Same results in ride quality for both methods of lowering, but w/ lowering links there is a possibility of the car needing to be adjusted multiple time to get the ride height even.
With 19" wheels and an inch of lowering you can really change the look of an S class to take up that gap between the tires and wheel wells.

classyS

+1 Vabene7

the biggest reason why i lowered was wheel gap imo, i wanted that "flush" look.

do it!!! we got your support, take some pics after

SFBIGBODY415

Thanks guys I am going to sleep on it. I don't know if I am ready to drive around town looking for every bump like I did when I owned a integra LOL. But then again I seen some w220's lowered and wow they look GREAT

Vabene7

I have a hit a few NJ potholes and no damage occurred.
You really don't have to spy every imperfection in the road to avoid any hole and bump....I don't and have no problems.
Not the best light in this photo, I admit, but it may give you a better idea of what one inch lower will look like....

Triman2008

I've been looking to lower my car as well, and just found these on ebay.......anyone heard of these guys.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Merce...item230e598191

For the price, I might go ahead with something like this.....however I got a friend tracking down a STAR system to lower it that way....we'll see which one comes first.

stevedel

i got my links from http://www.adjustableairride.com/index.php and have been driving with them for the past 2yrs without any problems.