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ksing44 · #15 06-09-2005, 07:23 PM

It really does start to feel like we are all friends and that we are in this together. I am glad you like reading my posts, but I only hope that I don't mislead you about anything. I am truly not an expert of any kind. I don't even do the work myself. I just love my car and I want to try to do things to make it even more special. What I have figured out so far has been by trial and error. It really is a bit difficult to figure it out and it really does seem to be true that any changes are a compromise of sorts. Suspension performance "upgrades" really do come with a cost of degraded ride comfort. Big swaybars may be the one exception and I still don't have them.

First it was my water pump and then my "Check Engine" light went on. It turned out to be the kickdown actuator in the transmission. I ended up with a new Bowden cable and they replaced quite a few seals as a preventative measure, since going into the transmission is a time consuming and therefore expensive activity. I also decided to get a new Mercedes battery, since mine was 6 years old. Anyway, my wife started giving me the business, so I decided that I was going to have to wait for my "Sportline Plus" swaybars. I sure hope next year is the finally my moment, or maybe for Christmas. I definitely won't be for Father's Day. I guess waiting will just make it that much sweeter.

Good luck with your car. I really do think the Eibachs are OK, in spite of some of the negative comments from others. I guess if you want to "slam" your car or if you want to race, then you would be disappointed with the Eibach springs. If you are more like me, and you use the car as your daily driver, then I think you may be satisfied with the Eibachs. There is still some degradation in the ride comfort, although I actually prefer the firmer ride now. There may also be issues with alignments and the camber, but I think it has to be less of a problem than with springs that lower the car even more.

As I said, good luck with your car.

Sincerely,

Ken