H&R Sport Cup Kit (31007-1) 60mm/40mm "Sportfahrwerk" Thread

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Thanks for sure the back of the wheel mounts flush against the vehicle and the center cap also has a rubber seal so inside seems to be pretty much sealed. Also I'm only going to summer drive this car so not much salt or snow is going to get in there. To clear that dust cap I'd need to run huge spacers and don't want to do that. Plus with a 10mm or higher spacer the rubber would stick out much further than I could pull the fender by myself.

For spring pads I asked about that but ended up using whatever the stock setup had? The mechanic who did the suspension job said we could just work with what was there. Not sure if those are needed as a part of a lower job or just to adjust the final height but I'm really happy with where the height ended up and don't want to raise or lower it.

To provide an update the rubber got put on and I fitted the wheels to the vehicle and it looked amazing. Needed to use a 5mm spacer to even clear the bearing hardware behind the dust cap so the centre cap could snap on. Even with just a 5mm spacer the front fender was overtop of the rubber and on the front corner of the fender where it meets the plastic bumper was rubbing the tire should the car hit a bump so had to roll and pull my fenders to clear the rubber. I was going to take it to a body shop and they advised that I first try myself to literally pull out the fender with my hands and work it outwards. Well I tried it that a couple days ago and it worked like a charm, came out bit by bit and in the end looked perfect and the fenders ended up clearing the rubber and you cannot tell at all they were pulled out it came out really well and even. Plus doing that I didn't have to roll my fenders inside as that would likely make the paint crack bending them that much. Test drove it after and purposely hit some pretty big bumps and no issues.

Using a 5mm spacer and the new alloy wheels the shop gave me longer 40mm 12x1.5 bolts. I'm going to take one out on the front and rear to double check they have enough turns and are long enough but I think they are ok.

I'm pretty excited about the new setup, was going to run 8" wheels all around and now instead accomplished an awesome staggered setup with the 9.5's in the rear, being concave you can really tell they are different wheels as the backs bowl in so much more. Front and back wheels are exactly flush with the body and it looks like a professional fitment job and is really tucked. Really glad I went with the 40mm lower in the front vs the H&R Sport Cup Kit I originally ordered that had 60mm in the front, I'm sure it would have looked awesome but would have been too aggressive for me or likely for these wider wheels. My front now has zero finger gap, I have to point my finger upwards so the tire is already up inside the fender a bit, another 1" lower I would have had to get a body shop to do some more serious work to fit these wheels I think.

I couldn't find many good pics of any w202's with WCI CC10 wheels so will post a couple here. In person they look even better, sort of keeping with the monoblock or bigger spoke style but having a bit of a unique edge to them. Didn't put the WCI center caps on and am going to source out a 62mm Mercedes center cap instead.

Thanks for all the help so far, pretty excited about where the car has ended up! It's now just such a clean and tight German sedan. Got a lot of looks already on the road It'll be winter parked now until May and I'll give it a final wash in the garage and baby it all winter and likely continue to mod it with a couple more things while its parked.