teamSPB's New Project...Mercedes CLS...iPad mini, hydraulics, 20's!
27-04-2013, 08:14 PM
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27-04-2013, 09:19 PM
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Sneaky pics of the wheels 9 x 20 and 10.5 x 20, 235/35 on the front and 255/35 on the rear...this is subject to change to 235/30 and 255/30 when they need changing...for a reason I shall disclose later 
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02-05-2013, 05:50 PM
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Some AMG 8pot brakes for the front, and 4pots for the rears!
These have been painted rather badly by the previous owner...for now ill be painting them silver...if they dont turn out so bad, ill keep them, otherwise ill powder coat them at some point...
I ordered some AMG decals from eBay in a carbon lettering...they turned up and looked great! A simple discrete mod!
The 8pots are off most of the AMG ranges and are interchangeable....these have come off an SL. 8 Pads in total for the front calipers! This should mean some AWESOME stopping power!
Some of you may remember my 6pot AMGs on the Focus...well they look tiny in comparison!
Heres the manky new brakes! They even came with OEM Mercedes pads, virtually brand new!
Stripping the paint
The discs are Pagid 360mm x 34mm drilled on the front, and 330mm x 26mm on the rear...the originals were 312mm x 28mm on the front and 300mm x 22mm on the rear! I swear by these discs and they seem to out perform the likes of EBC, Brembo, ATE etc that I have tried in the past!
These have been painted rather badly by the previous owner...for now ill be painting them silver...if they dont turn out so bad, ill keep them, otherwise ill powder coat them at some point...
I ordered some AMG decals from eBay in a carbon lettering...they turned up and looked great! A simple discrete mod!
The 8pots are off most of the AMG ranges and are interchangeable....these have come off an SL. 8 Pads in total for the front calipers! This should mean some AWESOME stopping power!
Some of you may remember my 6pot AMGs on the Focus...well they look tiny in comparison!
Heres the manky new brakes! They even came with OEM Mercedes pads, virtually brand new!
Stripping the paint
The discs are Pagid 360mm x 34mm drilled on the front, and 330mm x 26mm on the rear...the originals were 312mm x 28mm on the front and 300mm x 22mm on the rear! I swear by these discs and they seem to out perform the likes of EBC, Brembo, ATE etc that I have tried in the past!
05-05-2013, 10:29 PM
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Time to upgrade the brakes!!
The standard rear setup - 300mm x 22mm discs and single pot calipers, the new AMG setup - 330mm x 26mm discs and 4-pot calipers with OEM Merc pads!
Dirty rear arch lining
strut
Time for a clean!
Old vs New
Test fitting the rims...bit of a teaser!
The standard rear setup - 300mm x 22mm discs and single pot calipers, the new AMG setup - 330mm x 26mm discs and 4-pot calipers with OEM Merc pads!
Dirty rear arch lining
strut
Time for a clean!
Old vs New
Test fitting the rims...bit of a teaser!
06-05-2013, 09:44 PM
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Onto the fronts! Now these were not as straight forward as the rears! Alot of work involved! 1 thing I didnt mention is the brake fluid was changed as well to DOT 5.1 throughout the whole braking system!
14inch discs!
You can see the AMG Carbon decals properly
[imghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/bassboy/Merc%20CLS/Brakes/DSC06687_zpsdd9811df.jpg[/img]
Oh and yes, the hydros are now on!!!
Thats the lowest setting, and its now laying frame - the bottom of the chassis (the plastic covers), are touching the floor!
14inch discs!
You can see the AMG Carbon decals properly
[imghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/bassboy/Merc%20CLS/Brakes/DSC06687_zpsdd9811df.jpg[/img]
Oh and yes, the hydros are now on!!!
Thats the lowest setting, and its now laying frame - the bottom of the chassis (the plastic covers), are touching the floor!
06-05-2013, 09:55 PM
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Those disks and calipers are huge!
Top motor. What are the hydrolics like to live with. Hight adjustable but can you change how hard the ride is?
Top motor. What are the hydrolics like to live with. Hight adjustable but can you change how hard the ride is?
07-05-2013, 09:51 AM
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Looking good.
Im surprised you went juiced rather than air.
Im guessing your running accumulators so whats the ride like or have you not set the pressures yet?
Im surprised you went juiced rather than air.
Im guessing your running accumulators so whats the ride like or have you not set the pressures yet?
07-05-2013, 12:36 PM
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In the boot there are remote mounted springs. These are 2.25" by the look of it, as found on coilovers...if I want a smoother ride, I can simply swap these out for softer poundage springs
The lower you drive it, the smoother it is!
07-05-2013, 12:38 PM
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Yes mate it had air ride (Airmatic) as standard...so had all the self levelling etc on it...you need STAR diagnostics to change the settings in the ECU so the ECU thinks its on normal steel/coil suspension rather than airmatic
07-05-2013, 12:40 PM
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I have air on my Previa, I wanted something else on this...It runs HUGE pressures and twin pumps...but there are no guages in the system so you dont know exactly what pressures you run when pushing the fluid through...ill post up pics of the hydro install shortly
10-05-2013, 02:32 PM
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Pictures of the hydro setup in the boot...it all fits in the spare wheel area so no boot space whatsoever is lost...
High setting
Medium height
Low
Laying frame!!!
High setting
Medium height
Low
Laying frame!!!
12-05-2013, 03:12 PM
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When the wheels first went on...
Then we spaced the rears out as I wanted a wider stance...think we done well with the spacers! This is with HEAVY camber on the rear...
Just higher than normal driving height (I have it around 15mm lower all round)
Then we spaced the rears out as I wanted a wider stance...think we done well with the spacers! This is with HEAVY camber on the rear...
Just higher than normal driving height (I have it around 15mm lower all round)
