178k, new steering damper 10k ago, my indie who charges the highest prices and does the most comprehensive repairs of any shop around, including the dealer, says the shocks are fine, bushings are fine, and control arms are fine. In spec. He is the one who recommended doing the steering damper when it was done.

The problem was not noticeable until driving with the 17" wheels for some period of time. Perhaps the extra weight and drag wore something out.

This is an avg-cond car cosmetically, VGC condition mechanically, but it's also 17 years old. So, you can appreciate my desire to fix this issue, but also to not start replacing expensive items by the gross, for process of elimination

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former: 83 300D, 97 C230, 93 400E

current: 08 C300 Luxury , 92 500SL