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SL/R230: LOWERING LINKS ?

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Old 04-15-2009, 03:27 PM
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Just lowered my ride few hours ago. Looks superb.
I'll post mine photos in a few days, when it will be cleaned up :P

P.S. It went super well for now. No errors. Dropped same height on all sides. Even i feel driving it better somehow, maybe standing on road better...
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Perfect drop
Thanks, it was 3 hours work.. But only once and it was done!
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alright guys, so let me get this straight. lowering with LINKS is much better than with STAR??

i'm on 20s, 305 in the rear and 255 in the front and i want a SLAM! LINKS is the way to go?
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Originally Posted by FreshBenz
alright guys, so let me get this straight. lowering with LINKS is much better than with STAR??

i'm on 20s, 305 in the rear and 255 in the front and i want a SLAM! LINKS is the way to go?
I suggest you links. It works fine and costs less.
Also you can make everything on your own...
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Originally Posted by FreshBenz
alright guys, so let me get this straight. lowering with LINKS is much better than with STAR??

i'm on 20s, 305 in the rear and 255 in the front and i want a SLAM! LINKS is the way to go?
That's right !!
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I just got mines installed, I have to raise the suspension to drive it properly without risking hitting the fender.. and when parked, I lower the car.. that way, its slammed when parked




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Maybe little to much drop?)

Your rims look tight! I really like it... Hmz... I see you painted your front grill star to black... I'm thinking just painting grill black and leaving star chrome... Don' know what to do
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nice drop artyi now put some tire shine on those tires, there making me thirsty

sikhkd your 55 is nice man! nice contrast with your wheels becareful not to drop it too low, at least while your driving, you dont want to damage your front fenders
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sikhkd Looks sharp but i wouldn't go that low to a point that i have to raise it to drive
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nice drop artyi now put some tire shine on those tires, there making me thirsty

sikhkd your 55 is nice man! nice contrast with your wheels becareful not to drop it too low, at least while your driving, you dont want to damage your front fenders
Did you use links too ?
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Originally Posted by m4xm1l10n
Did you use links too ?
of course bro, i have them on for about a year and a half or so. like i said before the links and the roof module are the best mods for the buck
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of course bro, i have them on for about a year and a half or so. like i said before the links and the roof module are the best mods for the buck
Yo thanks for the tip , Oxygen hooked me up .
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That pic was when I first installed the links at its lowest height to see how low the car can go

it was so low, I couldn't raise my suspension back up and the warning came up, I thought I was screwed. but after messing with it for a while, and adjusting the links.. it came out a couple of mm higher than the pic posted when parked I'll have more pics soon
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Originally Posted by sikhkd
I just got mines installed, I have to raise the suspension to drive it properly without risking hitting the fender.. and when parked, I lower the car.. that way, its slammed when parked





More pics please
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Yo thanks for the tip , Oxygen hooked me up .
cool, pics when you have it installed
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Originally Posted by FreshBenz
alright guys, so let me get this straight. lowering with LINKS is much better than with STAR??

i'm on 20s, 305 in the rear and 255 in the front and i want a SLAM! LINKS is the way to go?
The only thing with the 305's the will rub the outside tire if you tuck tire liks this
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Originally Posted by gqa
of course bro, i have them on for about a year and a half or so. like i said before the links and the roof module are the best mods for the buck
Gqa, tell me about this ROOF MODULE?????
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Originally Posted by LILG
Gqa, tell me about this ROOF MODULE?????
here's the link to a thread with some info on the roof module
https://mbworld.org/forums/sl-class-...of-module.html

very nice sl
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here's my car lowered with links today:





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I must say all your guys rides look sick!!!! Its amazing what a little drop can do.

Keep the pics coming, just going to be adding a bunch to the gallery section of the site.

Thanks everyone!!!!
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