Upon my various research and findings, I found out how difficult it was to lower a coil suspension Model S. NO ONE makes an aftermarket kit. Giving credit to lolachamp's findings, I discovered a guy on here who had lowered his S85 using parts that were sent to him by lolachamp. Basically, what is done is the stock S85/P85 (same shock/Tesla part number!) shocks are machine a new c-clip notch and moving the height c-clip down the amount you want to lower on the shock.
I went to a very skilled automotive technician here locally in SoCal and had him machine the stock Bilstein shock bodies I purchased from a forum member here locally. I went with 1" all around. If I could do it over again, I would go 1" in the front and 1.25" in the rear to level it out a bit, but overall I am happy!
The ride quality is BETTER in my opinion. Less bouncy/more refined and it is now perfect to me. The car handles much better with less body roll, and best of all- it looks WAY better than the stock height especially when running OEM 21" wheels or like me, after market 22's with low profile tires.
I have my stock suspension in my possession (only 5500 miles on them) so if you want to do what I am doing here, PM me and I can have them machined to whatever drop you want and ship em' out to you for a nominal price
BEFORE pics on top of course, sorry for bad pic quality, I adjusted best I could (also had him remove center caps in after pic as I am re-doing them)
Picture of machined shock, notice the new C-Clip position and the old notch where the factory C-Clip position was:
I went to a very skilled automotive technician here locally in SoCal and had him machine the stock Bilstein shock bodies I purchased from a forum member here locally. I went with 1" all around. If I could do it over again, I would go 1" in the front and 1.25" in the rear to level it out a bit, but overall I am happy!
The ride quality is BETTER in my opinion. Less bouncy/more refined and it is now perfect to me. The car handles much better with less body roll, and best of all- it looks WAY better than the stock height especially when running OEM 21" wheels or like me, after market 22's with low profile tires.
I have my stock suspension in my possession (only 5500 miles on them) so if you want to do what I am doing here, PM me and I can have them machined to whatever drop you want and ship em' out to you for a nominal price
BEFORE pics on top of course, sorry for bad pic quality, I adjusted best I could (also had him remove center caps in after pic as I am re-doing them)
Picture of machined shock, notice the new C-Clip position and the old notch where the factory C-Clip position was:
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