motorkas

So this is the story - about two weeks ago; I go into the shop for a "squeaking noise" everytime I went over a bump. Take the guys from Benz Elite out to show them the sound and they say - probably some ball joint thingy - lets throw it up on the lift. Get it on the lift and they look at me with this quizzical look and ask "how's the ride when you drive it" - I say fine - some vibration at high speeds - it pulls but the roads suck and supposedly they all pull to one direction or the other"... Then I get the "come here you ****ing douchebag finger"...I walk to the front of the car and this is what I see:




Same thing on the other side. Apparently, I should have gotten an alignment; So I have them put on my winter 18's and immediately text Clayton (because anytime ANYTHING GOES WRONG WITH MY TIRES HE'S INVOLVED). I send him a pic, tell him somehow this is his fault and now I got to get new fronts - he simply says, "you may want to hold off on that, you should come and see what I just got...."



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Go to see them in person. . .F*&K!!!! He simply says - can't beat em for the money and what you get, awesome company, great people - don't take my word for it - call em up.

Ring Ring - "hello Vossen"; "5 year warranty. . .no hubcentric rings. . .perfect offsets. . .F#$K!!!!!!! can I place and order now?"

"no - we don't sell direct, however anyone on our dealer list. . ."

Ring Ring - "hello D2"; "In stock...you can ship them straight to my shop in time that they'll be on when I get back from vacation....F#$K!!!!!"

On vacation - get this pic from the shop



They tell me - you get no pics - you have to wait to see them in person - f*&ckers....

Go to the shop today (couldn't pic up the car because still waiting on parts)
This is what I see:




Did I mention perfect offsets:




Then the guys say "notice anything different?" "the wheels looked so sick we couldn't leave your rotors with that nasty primer gray - we painted them flat black for you - seriously - didn't ask them to do it, they just did it because they thought the wheels deserved better




Finally, they said "don't forget to take your swag"; me "swag???"




Seriously guys (and girls) - this has been, hands down, one of the best modding buying experiences I've had - the guys at Vossen and D2 are fantastic to deal with and the product is just outstanding. . .

I'll post some proper pics once I get her back - get her cleaned up and. . .dare I say it. . .STAR dropped

here's the stats:

Fronts - 9.0 - 255's/20
Rears - 10.5 - 295's/20 (not a misprint and THANK YOU SO MUCH GUS83!!!!)

Thank you Vossen, Thank you D2, F*&K you Clayton....

tbal

Nice! Car looks good, needs to come down alot more though, than the stance will be perfect.

SLVRE55

looks sick. its hard to find decent customer service now a days. glad to see there is still some out there

b16gsr

awesome. great job to vossen and d2. stand up stuff there.

and the car looks great.

motorkas

I think by looking at your sig we know where you stand on lowering - you're car looks great in that pic!!!!! - Going to start with STAR, if I don't get the look I'm looking for, then I'll put the call into MBH for a Renntech V2 with remote - it's definitely not going as low as you though - I like my fillings where they are in my teeth

It really has been a wonderful experience - no waiting - great product - great people to deal with - can't say enought good things right now about them

Thank you sir!!!!!

Vic55

I love great looking wheels... but I also love wheels that have function too so I ask; what are the weights of these bad boys?

SvtAmg

Please post a side pic of the setup. Looks awesome.

Vossen Wheels

Thanks for all the compliments! Love it thus far, can't wait to see her up done and clean.




Vic, CV3 20x9 is 27lbs, the 20x10.5 is 28 lbs.

tbal

Believe it or not they are anchors like the monarchs lol

SvtAmg

That's an angle shot! I want side shot please

Get that bad boy all cleaned up and post a bunch of pics. Setup looks sick dude

motorkas

They beat me to it

Vic - they really do look FANTASTIC in real life - my goal is to find a way to make pics do them justice!!!!! Given you're obvious lack of taste in cars, wheels and moddifications...... I said it before and I'll say it again, ONLY YOU CAN MAKE ME LOVE A 212

funny thing about it - I ran my fastest time (11.7 - 1.7 60') on street tires with my 19's with just Kleemann headers and a box tune....Added a kleeman pulley and custom OE dyno tune putting out over 500whp on a heart breaker dyno and I couldn't get past 11.9 (1.9 60')(also on street tires with the same 19's - no way to get out of the gate without spinning); my theory is that the reduction in low end torque from the headers without the pulley actually helped my launches because it didn't overwhelm the tires....The weight doesn't concern me because I'm not going after records but I'm honestly curious to see if it helps down low - up high I know the consequences of added unsprung weight but I rarely do triple digits on the street because I need my license to work...that and seriously, the amount of power in these things even slightly modified every 4-5 weeks, I'm foolish enough to say to myself "ahhh, this thing feels slow"...then I floor it from a standstill....and immediately proceed to smack myself silly for thinking such lunacy...for my outright speed jones I drive this....





coming soon....

going to try to do them proud - thanks for making this a wonderful experience!!!!!!

motorkas

will do - I want it back pretty bad myself right now

BenzoBoi

Car looks absolutely bonkers!

In for more pics!

Benz-O-Rama

Clayton: Shredding other people's tires since 1972.

Dude, those look outstanding and even I don't have the black hubs! Gonna have to get that done. Can't let you have better crap than me.

I challenge anyone to find another wheel that looks so damn perfect on every platform. These CV3s, just look so right.

Gus83

car looks SICK!!!!!!!!!!! and you're welcome my friend and wait till you lower it with star, you will fall in love again with the car
also you will love the shirts, they feel great

PS: you do track days with motorcycles i see

Gus83

when i weighted my wheels there were 24 F / 26 R but it was not an amazing scale, so maybe im wrong

D2-AUTOSPORT

So, so nice.

if anyone needs a set of these, let us know.

emoving

Thats sick bro!

motorkas

Thanks man!!!!! I miss your sig from back in the day when you were a "regular guy"

I hate you - but everything you said is true - including my hubs looking better than yours....

Seriously, I going to throw some love your way right now because once my wife finds out it was you who was in the middle of this - you're a dead man....

Thanks!!!!! and THANK YOU AGAIN for all the help as well; Yep love track days - the only problem is that once you go on the track you learn two of life's hardships: 1) you really aren't as good or as fast as you think you are and 2) riding on the street is never the same afterwards....



no, thank you sir!!!!!! another big to the guys at D2

Thanks brother!!!!!!! Although, you truly scare me in that you always have something cooking up your sleeve that's car related - I find that it's bad for people like you to be around people like me because you make it seem "normal" to go through 4 sets of wheels in less than two years. . .

shardul

iTrader: (1)

those look sick. i want a side profile picture of your car!
BTW send me one of those t-shirts lol j/k

motorkas

Thanks man!!!!!The white one's coming your way

bigben320e

Rims are nice, concave is SMOKING.

Let me jump into flame suit...but these rims are so similar to the CLS55 OEM rims. Thoughts?

komp55

They both have five spokes, but then lots of rims just have five spokes. Beyond that and the paint color, I don't see many similarities between the style of the CV3's and the stock CLS55 standard rims. The CV3s are striking in their appearance; the 5 spoke AMG wheels are rather bland IMO.

Vossen Wheels

Check out the CV3 on the move Concave action and a near 5" inner lip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QubYz...layer_embedded

motorkas

No flame suit necessary - I really like the five spoke CLS wheels and a couple of members rock them on their 211s; that being said - seeing them in real life - the only similarities are the 5 spokes - should have more pics up in a couple of days that show that

I can't believe I'm going to admit this: I sometimes have to ask my wife to drive the 55 while I trail her in another car so I can periodically see how it looks in motion and sounds on throttle. . .and that's going to be one of the first things I do when it gets home after the drop and bath