Lowering w140.

cheapest way is cutting coils. Ask Socal_Dan my cousin's shop cut his coils and it felt great.

How safe is that tho?

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the safest thing to do is buy some springs and install it, but lots people cut one coil off, ex: borys and socal_dan and s666.

I cut off one coil. Perfect stance i dont feel a differance in ride quality.... so id do that... and then if you dont like it then you can get new springs.

Buying new springs tho will require new shocks correct? To avoid wheel hop?

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Unless youre cutting it with a torch or a plasma cutter i dont see any danger at all.

unbugai said:

Unless youre cutting it with a torch or a plasma cutter i dont see any danger at all.

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Do you have before and after pics?

What was it cut with?

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http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w140-s-class/1370970-diy-lowering-cut-springs.html

here is a thread about it

tackleberry said:

Do you have before and after pics?

What was it cut with?

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I cut it with a wheel grinder if you have some powerful spring compressors you could do it on the spot and do both in like a half hour.

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http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w140-s-class/1370970-diy-lowering-cut-springs.html

here is a thread about it

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I actually did it with the same compressors as this diy, except i didnt disconnect the control arms. I compressed the spring agains the top mount until it came off the lower control arm. Then cut away.

Kinda scary. May just get a pair of springs for the fronts then.

The tires are kinda tiny tho. 40 in front and 35 in rear. Thinking 45 all around will look better and then drop from that. These cars need wheels with a little bit of meat. either that or that's just what I'm used to seeing.

Recommended springs? Just fronts. 1.2-1.5 Max drop.

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Sure.... haha my tire set up is 245 45 18 front and 275 40 18 in the back.... they are a little taller than stock tire setup..... wouldn't advise anything smaller

Mine are 225 40 18 front and 255 35 18 rear.

Stock is 235 60 16. The closest tires I can find that match stock size are 225 45 18 and 255 45 18.
So for the fronts ill get .5 inch more sidewall meat, .5 inch more radius and 2.8 inches more circumference. and rears will see 1.0 inch sidewall and radius, 6.3 larger circumference.

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the front recommend sizes for 18" are 245/45zr18 and 255/45zr18 and as for the rear its 275/40zr18 and 285/40zr18.

I would never cut springs, I have seen too many bad things from it in the Import world. If your suspension is not done right then you will be wasting money on tires. Springs are cheap to buy & worth the investment to get it done right the first time...

Haha I will be getting new tires. Just drove on the freeway and with these tiny tires the car felt slow! Will get proper or damn close to stock size as possible tomorrow or Tuesday.

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cutting the springs is the cheapest alternative, i cut 1.5 coil on my H&R Springs and the car still rides great

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I would never cut springs, I have seen too many bad things from it in the Import world. If your suspension is not done right then you will be wasting money on tires. Springs are cheap to buy & worth the investment to get it done right the first time...

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I Would never do it on an jap import. Benz is completely different story. Our springs have 11 coils? While imports have 4? At most and theirs are usually struts.... and the way their suspension is set up their drop will affect the camber more than the benz.......

The way i see it is why not cut them first, you will loose only a little bit of time, and if you dont like them then get some lowering springs...