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Originally Posted by JimFreeh
On another note, it appears that springs in a W211 CDI are another maintenance item. Whilst ours are still original, my cousin TimFreeh recently replaced (@ 280K) all four on his CDI and reports a noticeable improvement. Another cousin, with the 160K CDI, told me he just had a broken spring in the rear replaced this week.
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At 140k the alignment shop told me there was negative camber they couldn't get rid of they attributed to tired springs. I replaced them and all was well. I want to say my cost from the dealer was only like $56 for the springs each. So I can attest to 211s needing springs.
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