W211 AMG Discuss the W211 AMG's such as the E55 and the E63
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by:

The bad side of being low....

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Rate Thread
 
Old 02-21-2012, 02:05 PM
  #1  
MBWorld Fanatic!
Thread Starter
 
justinwrock's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 1,558
Likes: 0
Received 8 Likes on 7 Posts
Ducati
The bad side of being low....

You scrape stuff!

Some pics of the undercarriage of my car:














Apparently my differential heat-sink or exhaust scrapes the ground while I am in corners and throws some nice sparks! Guess its time to convert to coils!

Last edited by justinwrock; 02-21-2012 at 02:08 PM.
Old 02-21-2012, 02:10 PM
  #2  
MBWorld Fanatic!
 
Evolved8's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Columbus, OH
Posts: 1,559
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes on 6 Posts
Evo VIII/E55 AMG
Same here LOL
Old 02-21-2012, 02:10 PM
  #3  
MBWorld Fanatic!
Thread Starter
 
justinwrock's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 1,558
Likes: 0
Received 8 Likes on 7 Posts
Ducati
I should have also taken some pictures of my oil pan and transmission pan... Theres some marks on them from grazing stuff... O_O
Old 02-21-2012, 02:10 PM
  #4  
Super Member
 
theunderlord's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 921
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts
(SOLD) 05 E55 Estate. 11 Golf TDi
driveways?
Old 02-21-2012, 02:30 PM
  #5  
MBWorld Fanatic!
 
E55Dimon's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: MA
Posts: 2,183
Likes: 0
Received 12 Likes on 12 Posts
E63S
Yeap scraping sucks! I'm afraid to look under sometimes lol
Old 02-21-2012, 02:50 PM
  #6  
MBWorld Fanatic!
 
Toadster's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Folsom, CA
Posts: 4,064
Received 34 Likes on 29 Posts
2005 E55 AMG
btw - HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTIN!
Old 02-21-2012, 03:35 PM
  #7  
Super Member
 
JoelE55's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: SoCal
Posts: 559
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
07 E63 AMG / 07 C230 / 14 E350
Originally Posted by justinwrock
You scrape stuff!

Some pics of the undercarriage of my car:

Apparently my differential heat-sink or exhaust scrapes the ground while I am in corners and throws some nice sparks! Guess its time to convert to coils!
How LOW did you go? That's a bit scarry, don't even want to think of looking at mine.
Old 02-21-2012, 07:52 PM
  #8  
MBWorld Fanatic!
 
Shifter's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,308
Likes: 0
Received 4 Likes on 3 Posts
E55, SL63, ML550
oil pan scraping??!! ouch that could be expensive
Old 02-21-2012, 07:55 PM
  #9  
MBWorld Fanatic!
Thread Starter
 
justinwrock's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 1,558
Likes: 0
Received 8 Likes on 7 Posts
Ducati
Originally Posted by JoelE55
How LOW did you go? That's a bit scarry, don't even want to think of looking at mine.

For about a week, the bottom of the fender lip sat right at the wheel lip.



Since then, I only tuck about half of my tire.
Old 02-21-2012, 08:07 PM
  #10  
MBWorld Fanatic!
 
AKnight55's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: NH
Posts: 6,752
Received 92 Likes on 72 Posts
2012 C63 BS & 2014 E63 Estate & 2008 CLK63 BS
Old 02-21-2012, 08:08 PM
  #11  
MBWorld Fanatic!
 
GT-ER's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Puerto Rico
Posts: 4,173
Likes: 0
Received 6 Likes on 5 Posts
2005 E55 AMG
Interesting, my diff fins are way different than yours.
Old 02-21-2012, 08:24 PM
  #12  
MBWorld Fanatic!
 
E55Bullet's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Lafayette, IN
Posts: 1,582
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
2008 ML63 2009 SL63 2010 Alpha 7 GTR
Originally Posted by GT-ER
Interesting, my diff fins are way different than yours.
+1
Old 02-21-2012, 08:37 PM
  #13  
MBWorld Fanatic!
 
Toadster's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Folsom, CA
Posts: 4,064
Received 34 Likes on 29 Posts
2005 E55 AMG
if nothing else, time to get rid of the secondary cats

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 


You have already rated this thread Rating: Thread Rating: 1 votes, 5.00 average.

Quick Reply: The bad side of being low....



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:16 AM.