05PewterE55

I tried to do a search but couldn't really find what I wanted. With that said I am curious if doing just the star lowering is worth it. I know that there are new lowering modules out but I am going to be dropping my car off at the dealer soon and was going to ask if they will lower it via Star. Pro's or Con's?? Are dealers strict about doing this does anyone know? I will be going to MB of Escondido. Thank you for any advice.

05PewterE55

Anyone??

PDC

I just had my car lowered via the Star Diagnostics method and I am definitely happy with the results. Sorry, no pics. The lowering is definitely not as dramatic as is possible with a tuner's lowering module, but I have never been a big fan of the Fast and Furious "Slammed" look for a Benz. That being said, I will be the first to chime in that the factory ride height in the "lowered" position for the E55 was simply too high. My car now has a tight, even gap about the width of my thumb all the way around each tire front and rear. No discernable negative camber issues as I had with H&R springs on my 01 CLK55. Here's the deal: the first tech found the right screen in the star menu no problem and was able to get the car WAY low -- lower than I would ever want --but as soon as he disconnected the car, it shot right back up to factory height. I ended up taking it back a separate day and a different tech was able to get the settings to take. It took a while to get all 4 corners even, but he did it and charged 1.5 hours of labor to do it. $150 bucks and my car looks noticably lower and sleeker than stock. The raise lower function still works fine. For my tastes and purposes, a real bargain compared to a $1500.00 lowering module.

04-E55GMAN

I had my car lower at the dealer yesterday, but I can barely tell the difference. I am waiting on a call from my advisor now. We will see what happens

medici78

If you can get Steve to do it for you, I'd recommend it 110%. Most dealers don't know how to do it or won't even try.

04-E55GMAN

I am finding that out the hard way $$$

Brabus E55

Getting it done as we speak........im sitting at the dealer right now!!!!

x-tian-230k

If you could get directions from your SA on how to do it, tha twould be great thing some of us who have dealerships that dont know how to do it.....

WISdomKid

I would be willing to bet any dealership that says they "dont know how" is just saying that because they dont want to do it for legal reasons..... eeverrryyy dealership knows how to go and set it with sds....... so if they say "no" i'd just go somewhere else..

-dan

BigSis

... but when using Star to get the car lowered, one stays WITHIN MB specs - so what is illegal about that? I know that Steve will never lower a car 'out of spec'. Besides, every W211 gets a different 'maximum result' when lowering - they can't be compared. Some W211s can only be lowered for half an inch, some can go 3/4 inch lower...

greetingz,

BigSis