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Old 04-09-2006, 10:44 AM
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about air springs or air bags. use a spring spacer instead. cheaper and will work.

my dad did air bags in his volvo to assist with the weight of a small travel trailer. the mass of the bags in the spring bound them up and it rode like s__t even with no air in them.

my $.02.

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The trouble then is that the car will ride high in the rear when low on fuel.

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Old 04-09-2006, 10:49 AM
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Bilsteins are the only way to go, they let W126's almost hold a candle to the more modern S's ride wise.
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Old 04-09-2006, 10:49 AM
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Subframe refurb
Apologies for hijacking this thread... but I recently replaced my shocks with Bilsteins - on my '79 107 and '85 123 - and, as noted earlier, not a great improvement so I'm preparing to rehab my subframe mounts etc. Can anyone suggest a good (online) source to help me through the job? I've done a search on ShopForum, but most of the posts don't have the detail I'm looking for - if one exists, I'd appreciate directions to it.

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Old 04-09-2006, 01:32 PM
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i'll 2nd that request

are these the blisten's we are talking about?

http://www.performanceproducts4benz.com/productcatalog.aspx?f=brand&bid=1221&referer=2445&source=tm96m30
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Old 04-09-2006, 03:19 PM
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Bilsteins

I have the heavy duty units...
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Old 04-09-2006, 03:57 PM
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Sorry, I'm no help...all I know is what I wrote about above.
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Old 04-09-2006, 04:03 PM
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I have sports on my 123. I like them, but I do almost all my driving on highways. They are a little harsh on rough roads, so I think it depends on how/where you drive.
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Old 04-09-2006, 04:12 PM
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one of those performance vs. comfort questions huh.

I guess I'll have to sit and ponder that

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