Lowering on this wheel/tyre setup
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The front will be real close imo, if it barely rubs you can switch to a 245 tire and be golden though. Can't speak for the rear as I'm running 10" wide with 305's at stock sport+ height.
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2014 Mercedes E63S AMG
Looks like stock rear suspension on Michaels car to me, on sport setting. The rear of these cars are plenty low stock, very little "wheel gap" in the rears with 20" wheel setups.
I would like to find some springs to lower my front a 1/2" however, so the gap matches.
I would like to find some springs to lower my front a 1/2" however, so the gap matches.
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Yea, it looks factory in the back to me as well. H&R's give a pretty perfect stance up front in my opinion. The more I look at wheels for my car though, the more I end up just liking the factory forged wheels. I don't know that I can bring myself to do a 20" set up. The ride is stiff enough as it is..
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not sure what you eneded up going with but i have 255/30 and 285/25 in the rear and wish i had gone with 245/35 and 275/30 - the sidewall is really low - my car is really low too - no rubbing with current set up - i am running 20's 9 in front 10.5 in rear -
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I have 245/30/20 in F....
and 285 30 R, but I'm not quite finished trimming out the height yet....
lemme see if I can get a picture up...no scrubbing, but pretty close. They are PSS...
lemme see if I can get a picture up...no scrubbing, but pretty close. They are PSS...
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I'll just put out some info on my current setup, do what you'd like with it.
Suspension: H&R springs / links
Tires: Pzero 285/30/19 & 255/35/19
Spacers: F: 5mm R: 13.5mm
Wheels: OEM (specs to make life easy) F: 19x9 +37 R:19x9.5 +52
*Note, spacers make wheel offsets effectively F:19x9 +32 R: 19x9.5 +39
**Note 2, I used to have 10mm spacers in the front but rubbed. Still haven't confirmed on new spacers as I have only pulled my car off a trailer and into my garage since, however, I used to rub turning the wheel and do not anymore so I feel good that I wont on the road.
Stock heights -- F: 27 1/8" floor to fender. R: 26 3/8" floor to fender
Lowered heights -- F: 25 1/2" floor to fender. R: 25 1/8" floor to fender
(Obviously the rear is up to you and adjustable with links)
Lastly, I have the Brabus style front lip installed as well. There are some scratches underneath, but you have to get under to see. In S+ (and car off/lowest setting) the lip is 3" off the ground at it's lowest point. If you are in comfort mode it is lower to the ground as raising the rear will lower (rake) the front but it's not much lower.
And some pics to show:
Stock Front:
Lowered Front:
Lowered Rear:
Whole car:
I'll get better pictures eventually. But where I live we had a wind storm come through (hence the shingles in a pic) and then that NE snow storm come through and deposited snow drifts on my deck 3-4 feet high.
Hope that helps. Also, I know the wheel width's differ, but you can use this source (http://www.1010tires.com/Tools/Default) to plug in my setup and your desired setup to see how they compare.
Edit: Sorry, things double copied/pasted.
Suspension: H&R springs / links
Tires: Pzero 285/30/19 & 255/35/19
Spacers: F: 5mm R: 13.5mm
Wheels: OEM (specs to make life easy) F: 19x9 +37 R:19x9.5 +52
*Note, spacers make wheel offsets effectively F:19x9 +32 R: 19x9.5 +39
**Note 2, I used to have 10mm spacers in the front but rubbed. Still haven't confirmed on new spacers as I have only pulled my car off a trailer and into my garage since, however, I used to rub turning the wheel and do not anymore so I feel good that I wont on the road.
Stock heights -- F: 27 1/8" floor to fender. R: 26 3/8" floor to fender
Lowered heights -- F: 25 1/2" floor to fender. R: 25 1/8" floor to fender
(Obviously the rear is up to you and adjustable with links)
Lastly, I have the Brabus style front lip installed as well. There are some scratches underneath, but you have to get under to see. In S+ (and car off/lowest setting) the lip is 3" off the ground at it's lowest point. If you are in comfort mode it is lower to the ground as raising the rear will lower (rake) the front but it's not much lower.
And some pics to show:
Stock Front:
Lowered Front:
Lowered Rear:
Whole car:
I'll get better pictures eventually. But where I live we had a wind storm come through (hence the shingles in a pic) and then that NE snow storm come through and deposited snow drifts on my deck 3-4 feet high.
Hope that helps. Also, I know the wheel width's differ, but you can use this source (http://www.1010tires.com/Tools/Default) to plug in my setup and your desired setup to see how they compare.
Edit: Sorry, things double copied/pasted.
Last edited by CarHopper; Mar 20, 2017 at 05:38 PM.
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E 63S Wagon Renntech, E55 Renntech, SL65, SL 55 030, ML, bunch of old ones--they come, they go...
BaldMike:
Nice! Can't quite tell from the pix, Vossen or Savini? 19's or 20's (they look like 20's....)....
Regarding the pix on the Purple Heart 63, thanks for that. I wish you had run the tape measure for the rear too. In fact, I wish everyone would make that measurement and see about where we end up...
Regarding the pix on the Purple Heart 63, thanks for that. I wish you had run the tape measure for the rear too. In fact, I wish everyone would make that measurement and see about where we end up...
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Picture, maybe?
Don't know if it's got it or not..
I think this might be 3-4 mm too low in the front, but I haven't measured it yet, And don't bust me on the fender liner, just cleaning while I'm in there..
I think this might be 3-4 mm too low in the front, but I haven't measured it yet, And don't bust me on the fender liner, just cleaning while I'm in there..
Last edited by allenjdmb; Mar 20, 2017 at 07:48 PM.
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Nice! Can't quite tell from the pix, Vossen or Savini? 19's or 20's (they look like 20's....)....
Regarding the pix on the Purple Heart 63, thanks for that. I wish you had run the tape measure for the rear too. In fact, I wish everyone would make that measurement and see about where we end up...
Regarding the pix on the Purple Heart 63, thanks for that. I wish you had run the tape measure for the rear too. In fact, I wish everyone would make that measurement and see about where we end up...
