My slammed CL55 w215.

Here's a little teaser for now while I wait for tires to come in. 19' Auto Couture Latives. The rear lips are exposed and poke out past the fenders by 10mm and the fronts sit pretty flush. Im thinking about running 5mm spacers that way it has a little poke like the rear. What do you guys think? My original plan was to sell the set after I got them redone but I decided I might as well rock them for a bit. (If anyone is wondering how does that jack fit under my car, well it doesn't. I have to go an extra step by using the cars jack to jack up the car a little then I use the floor jack haha.)

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Nice man, car is gonna look sick

nice can't wait to see with tires and on the ground

Im digging it. Its gonna look sick, Id say keep them. Static look=)

Thanks guys, I can't wait ether. Heres a picture I took tonight at Shells gas station with my stocks. (Also my boys S430, currently for sale)


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I do not care what any one says. But when you see a moded CL55 215 it just those timeless lines. Sure the new ones are dope.. but so much love for the 215. When I sold my s55 I had to hold my self back from getting a 215 for the example you have show us thus far

Very clean! Rides like dog shit at that height though, I know from experience :biggthumpup:

I am having the prototype rear arms sent to me this week for test fit!!!

still love this bodystyle...and like kouki monster mentioned, the newer model is ok, but the lines on the 215 CL are timeless

[QUOTE=OCKlasse;467935]Very clean! Rides like dog shit at that height though, I know from experience :biggthumpup:

I am having the prototype rear arms sent to me this week for test fit!!![/QUOTE]


is the dog shiznat ride due to the air being completely out of the system? or not having enough air? Coilover and a cup kit to fix that! :D

[SIZE=2][FONT=Times][QUOTE=Kouki Monster;467987]is the dog shiznat ride due to the air being completely out of the system? or not having enough air? Coilover and a cup kit to fix that! :D[/QUOTE]
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Im guessing thats the reason why but for this car you can't change out the suspension because the hydraulic pump from the abc suspension connects to the steering pump too, or at least thats what someone told me. The thing is, Ive seen a video of a w215 on a airbag system, the guy was switching switches like them low riders haha so I really don't know..

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[QUOTE=OCKlasse;467935]Very clean! Rides like dog shit at that height though, I know from experience :biggthumpup:

I am having the prototype rear arms sent to me this week for test fit!!![/QUOTE]

Yeah the ride is pretty bad, most of the time I like driving on the low setting and some days I just feel like riding in comfort so I raise the car. You gotta keep me up dated with the control arms bro. If everything goes good and it works for you, I want a set for myself! haha

If I remember correctly it is a engine driven air pump. Which is a good thing cause if you mod it, you wont need a compressor and tank for the cup kit, you can run it off the compressor its self.

i believe someone makes a delete module and you just cap/delete all the lines to the suspension. i could be wrong though

i think you can get a power steering pump off a non-abc equipped car, if you were going to switch everything out for coilovers. i remember doing research on this when i wanted a w220 s65 :P

What do you guys think about these on my car? [URL]http://www.vipstylecars.com/forums/showthread.php?30858-19x9-20-19x10-20-Leon-Hardiritt-Orden[/URL]

Only thing I dont like about the rims is that they are 19's with a step lip... In my opinion I think they would look small because of the 18' face. I kinda wished they were originally 19's. I might trade with cash on top.

I say do it however I agree with your statement that they would look to small...
I have a cls and was going to pick up a set of these steplipped to 20s but when I went to VR they were already sold.
Settled for some Monoblocks but still regret not having my Benz on Ordens :pat:

Looks nice as it is any more daytime shots?

Few things:

The car is hydraulic, not pneumatic. It has a tandem hydraulic/power steering pump, and has springs and shocks on all four corners (hydraulic cylinder is on top). The system is designed to prevent body roll, and it works great. It just a very complicated system which can be disastrous when it breaks.

The reason for the poor ride is the springs and shocks are basically not designed for the lower height, and bottom out.

Can it be removed? Yes. What is involved? You have to remove all of the hydraulic equipment, put in a special power steering pump off a Euro W215, change all of the control arms, add sway bars, and remove the system from SDS, the car's diagnostic computer. A lot of work.

i have not seen one of those pumps.. I am wondering if you can take it apart and remove the fins in the pump that pumps the fluid for the system but leave in the ones for the steering. Kinda like a hicas pump mod for 240s that want to delete the hicas. The pump is like a standard one but has a longer snout and you take the back half off and remove fins and cap the hole for the now hose delete.

You technically could just cap off the ABC pump (or have the pressure flow right to the return), but I would prefer removing it, myself.

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I heard there's a company that makes coilovers for w215, does anyone know if that's true? One of my boys friend told me the name of the company awhile back but I forgot the name and never had a chance to look it up. The one thing that scares me the most about driving this car is if the abc system fails.... I just hope there's another solution to fixing it like replacing it with coilovers.

[QUOTE=Jphamily;468168]I heard there's a company that makes coilovers for w215, does anyone know if that's true? One of my boys friend told me the name of the company awhile back but I forgot the name and never had a chance to look it up. The one thing that scares me the most about driving this car is if the abc system fails.... I just hope there's another solution to fixing it like replacing it with coilovers.[/QUOTE]

There is a company that makes a "coil over" shock and spring setup. It makes the car drive like an airplane because our cars don't have sway bars, but Benz Works is developing a true coilover kit for our cars.

Can't wait to see it put together! Meanwhile, it looks sick slammed. Always wanted a w215 :p

[QUOTE=OCKlasse;468171]There is a company that makes a "coil over" shock and spring setup. It makes the car drive like an airplane because our cars don't have sway bars, but Benz Works is developing a true coilover kit for our cars.[/QUOTE]

Thats good to know, makes me kind of relieved now. If my abc ever goes out(knock on wood), Ill have another route to go. So now that you have your custom rear control arms on, any updates? Hows the ride and can you hook me up with a set? haha. I hate the way my rear looks, it needs to be an inch lower... Heres a picture I snapped real quick the other day with my Iphone. Wanted to do a photo shoot with a better camera but never got around to that.

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amazing....

My boy and I swapped rims for fun. 19" oem amg cls rims. This would be a sick oem setup if my car was silver. What do you guys think? 

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keep that shit!
looks better like that

Looks fresh!

sick! always loved OEM CLS 19's. what would look even better? my HRE 547r. *shameless plug* :dance:

[QUOTE=Jphamily;491780]My boy and I swapped rims for fun. 19" oem amg cls rims. This would be a sick oem setup if my car was silver. What do you guys think? 

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Man, those oem wheels look good on there....

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Always loved seeing updates to this thread.
Now I can use them as inspiration finally since I just picked up a CL500 today!

[QUOTE=OCKlasse;468171]There is a company that makes a "coil over" shock and spring setup. It makes the car drive like an airplane because our cars don't have sway bars, but Benz Works is developing a true coilover kit for our cars.[/QUOTE]

youzealand makes an aragosta-based coilover setup for w220/w215, but it ain't cheap. not sure if i've mentioned it already or not haha

Charles can you link me? My mileage is semi up there this might be a good option if it's within reason.
thank you in advance

Youzeland is like 7-8k I believe...

What up guys I have a W220 and i just subscribing to see if anymore info on swaping out the ABC suspension cause mine went out...... I think it just the pump but I dunno...

[QUOTE=RITZY33;498872]Charles can you link me? My mileage is semi up there this might be a good option if it's within reason.
thank you in advance[/QUOTE]

[url]http://youzealand.net/parts/benzsus/[/url]

Very nice stuff.

Though, for $4,000+ including shipping, I feel you can prob make your own for much cheaper.

Honestly if your pump went just toss a new one in it. The cost of swapping out everything for something (that'll give no where near the same ride) else isn't worth it.

Here's a recent pic at the gas station again haha

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[QUOTE=ItsAdam1;498933]What up guys I have a W220 and i just subscribing to see if anymore info on swaping out the ABC suspension cause mine went out...... I think it just the pump but I dunno...[/QUOTE]

im also interested to see if an alternative suspensio is available to delete abc.

[QUOTE=RITZY33;468125]I say do it however I agree with your statement that they would look to small...
I have a cls and was going to pick up a set of these steplipped to 20s but when I went to VR they were already sold.
Settled for some Monoblocks but still regret not having my Benz on Ordens :pat:

Looks nice as it is any more daytime shots?[/QUOTE]

thought you would like this, test fitted my boys wheels for fun haha.

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Dyam that looks good! I was thinking of those for my CLS

[QUOTE=OCVIPAristo;514961]Dyam that looks good! I was thinking of those for my CLS[/QUOTE]

yeah they coo man, my all time favorite wheels. Would look sick in 20" step lip.

Just picked these up, got them for a steal. Weak specs but thats nothing bigger lips can't fix(:  DPE ST7 19x8.5 all around. 

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Just got my new lips in, planning to disassemble my wheels in a week or two. Will update with new pics!

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