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Old 01-22-2014, 11:40 AM
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rear springs on order, hopefully that will help level the car out. The ride has greatly improved though.
I see this thread you compared the height of the spring.
Front COIL Spring Snapped 1983 240D


Not seeing the final stance yet and just looking at your spring comparison, I imagined you were going to end up looking like that because the height is so different. Mercedes typically have 2 different heights on their springs, there is a possibility that you received the taller of the two.

Also, did you compare the wire diameter between the new and old springs? Are they the same thickness?

Hopefully, new rear springs will fix that issue. If not, I notice you have a 3 burl/nub spring pad in there.



Maybe a 1 burl spring pad will bring it down further.


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