Bolt in Coil Over kit for S65 AMG w/ABC
04-12-2017, 11:45 AM
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Bolt in Coil Over kit for S65 AMG w/ABC
So Ceika performance is telling me that they have a kit that does not require swapping of the lower control arms or anything. Aside from having to add sway bars it is straight bolt in place of the stock ABC stuff. I ordered it with some hefty 21kg front springs to support the M275 16kg out back to prevent too much squat on a hard launch. I'll let you know if it is legit or not.
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04-12-2017, 02:31 PM
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I just performed this swap, trust me swap the front sway bar on. I also added a rear sway bar. With out sway you have to stiffen the struts up substantially, with sway you soften the ride up and still perform really well.
04-12-2017, 06:11 PM
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What did you do about the power steering pump? Which one did you put on to get rid of the ABC BS? Also which sway bars and links did you use, did you not have to swap the control arms?
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04-12-2017, 11:44 PM
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I swapped a regular S500 powersteering pump onto the car. Initially I drove with the ABC side dry and the pump only lasted a 400 miles than a lot of noise so I swapped it. This is on S55(i also have a 65) I did a lot of research and You can mount the S500 pump on a v12 but only 2 bolts line up. I also swapped air-matic lower control arms, of a S500, this allow the sway bar retro-fit in the front. To install the sway-bar you have to order the Clamps for the sway bar from the dealer. They are cheap. You also have to remove the Pulsation damper and accompany hose as they are in the place of were the front sway bar sits . I used all Mercedes parts. Brand new sway bars are like 175 a piece. To install the rear sway bar is a way bigger job because I had to lower the sub-frame. Now that it is completely swapped the car is perfectly bullet proof!
04-13-2017, 07:07 AM
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Ok but in the rear did you also have to swap to the airmatic control arms? It's funny because in the Mercedes part diagrams it offers a sway bar for the S65 and it shows the S65 control arms to have the mounting points for the sway bars lol
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I swapped a regular S500 powersteering pump onto the car. Initially I drove with the ABC side dry and the pump only lasted a 400 miles than a lot of noise so I swapped it. This is on S55(i also have a 65) I did a lot of research and You can mount the S500 pump on a v12 but only 2 bolts line up. I also swapped air-matic lower control arms, of a S500, this allow the sway bar retro-fit in the front. To install the sway-bar you have to order the Clamps for the sway bar from the dealer. They are cheap. You also have to remove the Pulsation damper and accompany hose as they are in the place of were the front sway bar sits . I used all Mercedes parts. Brand new sway bars are like 175 a piece. To install the rear sway bar is a way bigger job because I had to lower the sub-frame. Now that it is completely swapped the car is perfectly bullet proof!
