Top 3-5 cost efficient ways to decrease body roll? - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

leathermang · #10 01-12-2011, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

If you still have a bug you can cut some spring off. this is inexpensive and will lower the car and make the springs stiffer.
Really for street driving it is hard to beat a stock benz with all the components up to snuff with stock sized tires.

Cutting off spring will not make the spring stiffer. It will only lower and give the suspension there less travel distance.
If you want stiffer proper springs you should buy new ones with ' a larger wire size' as MB refers to the various stiffness options.
There are posts I think where I posted the chart from the FSM on this subject.

I used to work at a spring and brake shop.. which did all the spring work for the City Of Austin... trucks regularly have to have new springs ... or reconditioned ones.. which involves some serious equipment and experience for heat treating in order to give the length of service you expect from them.
The FSM also gives full instructions having to do with car height off the road... and changing that changes the geometry of the steering.