Picked up a 00 E320 for first time VIP Style Build.

Whats up, I Picked this E320 up a couple weeks ago from a friend at work.Needs Paint and a drop BAD. It has 104k on it and the interior is pretty clean,body is clean aside from a few dings and the burnt paint up front.

Will hopefully be a really simple and clean build.

Plans for the interior are to do a carbon fiber overlay on all of the wood pieces because they are cracking from the last 11 years of desert heat,Brabus accessories,upgrade the headunit and add 2 more stock subwoofers.

Exterior has 20x9 and 20x11 &Swiss(now Modular Society) wheels with a +24ish offset.Need to sell the 245's and 285's and switch to 225/235s and 245/255s still havent decided.

Fenders were rolled and lightly pulled by AWDalbert today.

For Suspension, Im wondering if anyone has tried using 2.5"  Ground Control style Springs since the car has seperate shocks and springs. Im thinking I could go with some 2.5"ID  Hyperco's with 500-550lb spring rates since the E55's have 460lb stock. Ill post a quick pic up soon.

:biggthumpup:..always nice to see another merc build on this forum.....
 springs won't cut it for VIP look ....hydraulics/air suspension  will ....or a coilover system of some sort which probably doesn't exist.....

So we should see a build thread on the euro forum?

Unfortunately there are no Real coilovers for this body style since the springs are separate from the shocks. Luckily it looks like I can go with cups and bags...Or a Hydroholics set-up would be nice,but not very DIY'able.

Oh and about the springs, I was looking into getting some HyperCoils because they're Linear and I can cut them without any issues. Then I can get some Koni Yellows or Bilsteins.

Need some help ASAP Guys! 
           I just mounted some 225/35s on my 9's and I need a recommendation on whether I should go with 265/35s or 275/30s on the 11's to match the stretch on the fronts. I tried my 245s and there was almost a 1/2" on barrel exposed on the inside and close to the same on the outside,which is too much for me.Tryin to gain some clearance where the fender comes done vertically by the rear doors.

I am running 245/35 on an 11 and it shows just a little barrel.  Definitely not a half inch though
nankang ns-2

Hmm IDK then,I tried it with my Toyo T1Rs and it wasnt happening even with a cheetah it barely seated and held air.Im going to order the 265/35's and hope for the best