Don't mess with the front springs or it will look like its on stilts, just try thin pads in the rear, assuming the springs they sold you are correct.

I still think some stuffing concrete bags in the trunk would be quicker

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'95 E320 Wagon my favorite road car. '99 E300D wolf in sheeps body, '87 300D Sportline suspension, '79 300TD w/ 617.952 engine at 367,750 and counting!

Do you want to sell the springs?

My car rides low and mushy.

When i have four people in the car it sags bad and wanders on the highway.

I put those rubber spacers from autozone and it did help alot with the wandering and ride quality.

Steve

Carrameow,

I just looked at your website. My son just finished painting his RX-7 with 7 coats of wetsanded white enamal. Cost him $28.

Looks pretty good too. It's a 5 footer. Needs more wetsanding though.

I also need to replace my rear springs. My '85 SD doesn't look too bad without rear weight, but yesterday I picked up a load of heavy electronic equipment in the trunk and rear seat. The back end was so low that I thought the rear tires were going to bottom out. I have new Lumforder (sp?) springs and a couple sets of shims.

It's not at the top of my list of things to do, but it's up there. I noticed yesterday that the right rear of the car is slightly lower than the left also.

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)

I replaced my mutant SPRINGs I got from Worldpac with the original models (from a younger Mercedes with 200K on it.They may have been new because the shims were fresh clean rubber!)BOY it was the best thing I did. My car looks normal now and not like some wierd street racer. The tires in the rear no longer have reverse camber from the force of the Lesforjours Springs I got from Worldpac. I even used the 19mm shim. I must have had the wrong springs, if you want them they are in my trash.

I had a similar (too tall) experience with front springs from Worldpac, also Lesfjord (swedish) springs. I ended up going back to the originals. Beware!

Rick

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

There are specs for the spring height both new and acceptable. The shim is based on the spring, which is identified by a color pattern brushed on.

Being that they are out, you can check your old springs height.

Someone that I think would know, once said in a posting, that he has never seen the springs on a Mercedes need replacing. There are however body to sub-frame bushings and shims that do wear out overtime. In most cases these are the parts that effect ride height.

Don

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1980 300TD-T (82 Turbo and Trans) 159,000 Miles "Jackie-O"
1983 300SD 272,000 Miles "Aristotle"
1987 Jeep Wagoneer Limited - keeps the MB's off the ice and out of the snow
1994 BMW 530it

Thanks for all the info. (knock kneed and pidgon toed) I think I'll try the 19mm spacers on my 1983 240D. My wheels are in at the top.
Gary