FYI, they were bad.
The driver side had next to no recoil left in it. The passenger side was not as bad but still pretty bad. From full compression to normal height it took them >10 seconds. LOL.
Here are some pics:
W124 Front Strut + Mount Replacement 11-16-2013 - Imgur
My front end picked up an inch or two as well. So I learned that the classic "bounce test" does not really work well on these cars. My 190E was the same way, drivers side horrible passenger side better but still overall bad.
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