desired_speeds

A very bad one:



Notice anything different?

More to come when the weather lets up!

mtnhouse

Finally lowered your car

siopaolover

it looks even better now that it settled a little!

JamE55

Someone left the lights on at home.

snooozie

looks nice

desired_speeds

..........and it rides/handles better than stock! No wheel gap in front, a little less than 1 finger gap in back.

KJI3jflarryfe93

looks better now.
what's your suspension set up?
are you using factory shox?
springs, Vogtland or H&R?
do you have the thinest pads front/rear on your car?
any rubbing issues?

desired_speeds

stock shocks (for now)
kleemann springs
thinnest pads all the way around
rubs the front driver side fender liner if I have the steering wheel turned all the way right. I'll see if I can adjust the fender liner to give it a bit more clearance. It doesn't rub on the fender at all, I still plan to put 10mm spacers in the rear and it'll clear without issue.

JamE55

Funny i have the exact same setup except i'm also running Klee shocks. Great minds think alike!

desired_speeds

Do you happen to know if there is a difference in springs between the lowering kit including the kleemann shocks and the lowering kit not including the kleemann shocks? I got the springs (unfortunately only the springs) for a deal I couldn't pass up!

JamE55

Not sure what you are asking. Are you asking if the Klee springs and shocks lower the car more vs stock or what? Is that what you are asking?

desired_speeds

I got the springs from a guy who only purchased the springs from kleemann. I'm wondering if kleemann would send springs with a different spring rate if he asked to purchase the spring/shock combo.

JamE55

That i'm not sure. Just ask Cory. I don't see why not but again ask him. Got mine a long time ago and just bought both.

siopaolover

here's a couple more:



second one's a little blurry...

desired_speeds

I put #3 spring pads back on the front today because the car settled and was basically tucking tire, and I was scrubbing the fender liner a little.

Here it is with #1 pads front and rear:




#3 spring pads back on the front, #1 spring pads in the rear:


And I'll leave this one here too:

KJI3jflarryfe93

show us some full nudity pictures of your new rims.
they look great.
what's their size?
partsnumber front/rear rims?

spring pads #3 front and #1 rear, do you have a raked look as delivered from factory, now with less space in wheelarches?
looks kinda high on rear.
what's your wheelgap now?
1 or 2 finger gap?

desired_speeds

Rims are CLS55/63 19in rims. 19x8.5 and 19x9.5 More pics eventually, but they're actually going on the W211.

For the pads, its now less raked than it was before. Kleemann springs rakes the car a lot. Its actually at a slight rake now with the pad combination. The distance from the ground to the top of the wheel arch is very similar between the front and the rear, but the front wheel well arches higher than the rear from factory, so it maintains a slight rake. Wheel gap is about half to 1 thin finger. I'm still considering putting the #3 pads on the rear.

KJI3jflarryfe93

to get a raked look do I need to get thinner pads for rear springs and thicker pads upfront?
I plan to use front #5 and rear #4 with my lowering springs and factory shox, I hope I get a nice raked look with this pad combo and a 1-1½ finger wheelgap.

JamE55

desired,

Can you take a close up pic of the front with the #3 pads. Want to see what it looks like and how much gap with #3 pads. Thinking of maybe going this route.

Also how much raking do you get when making turns from #1 pads as opposed to #3 pads?

desired_speeds

Most lowering springs will give you a slightly raked drop already, but it may vary. If you want more rake, go with a lower # pad in front and a higher # pad in the rear. What lowering springs have you decided on?

desired_speeds

I'll take some pics later today. For the raking, the #3 pads brought the front back up around 1/4 of an inch. I forgot to measure the wheel arch height with #1 pads all around. Currently with the #3 front and #1 rears, it measures about 23in from the bottom of the rim to the top of the wheel arches on all 4 corners. It is very even looking, yet still maintains a natural raked look. The rear measurement is actually around 3mm higher than the front, but that's an insignificant amount I disregard due to vehicle load and uneven pavement.

JamE55

Thanks bro! I'm kind of getting tired from raking when making those turns.

KJI3jflarryfe93

I have vogtland #952079 lowers 35mm front and rear.
will still use my factory AMG shox with these lowering springs.

I want a factory raked look with a$$ a tad higher than front.
I don't want an even level stance, I believe it won't look good?
for now I use euro springs, I have a 2 finger gap front and rear.
car is a bit high for my taste, doesn't look good to me!
spring pads are #1 =5mm front and rear, don't have any rub issues with stock suspension.

using thinnest pads with Vogtland will for sure give rubbing issues.
I need to use thicker pads to avoid problems.

My rims are Brabus 18" ET35 front/rear
parts department told me rub issues can be caused by wrong ET?

Chappy

OP....you need more garage space!!

desired_speeds

Do C43s come with #1 spring pads from factory? You should just put on the springs with the factory pads then go from there. Each higher # pad is 4mm taller than the previous # pad.

Around here people are lucky to have a garage that fits a car. Everyone has a bunch of cars and they're parked all over the streets!