BobK, the car got new shocks at about 150K miles. The rust repair didn't involve full panel removal, as it was well confined to right around the jacking point--strip, small amount of metalwork, refinish, about $400 or so as I recall.

__________________
Craig Bethune

'97 SL500, 40th anniversary edition

'04 Olds Bravada (SWMBO's)
'06 Lexus ES330
'89 560SL (sold)


SL--Anything else is just a Mercedes.
(Kudos to whoever said it first)