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Old 11-19-2015, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by JHZR2 View Post
Anyone purchased one of these lately? I see lots of variants on Amazon indicating that it fits w123, but no indication of if/which have been "modified" to ensure that I don't need to grind my shock towers. My cars are pristine, and there's no way that I'm grinding my car...
To the best of my knowledge all of the sub 300 euro models need you to grind the hole bigger.

Only the 'king expensive Mercedes and Klan tools are "grinder free".

An alternative solution for people with big nuts is to get the tool turned down to size! (I wouldn't do that though)

If you measure the hole on your car and then ask the seller to measure the tool diameter you might get a better idea - though in my experience sellers (particularly of the cheaper items) are not interested in "customer service"...
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