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Old 02-22-2002, 09:33 AM
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E55 suspension on E430

I have a chance to buy the complete suspension off a 2000 E55 (sway bars, shocks, springs) at a very good price. Will these components bolt right up to my 2000 E430 Sport? Can I use just the shocks and sway bars with my current Eibach springs? Thanks in advance for everyone's help.

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Old 02-22-2002, 04:11 PM
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Should be a direct bolt-on!
AMG starts with a E430 when they build the E55.
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Old 02-22-2002, 05:47 PM
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Thanks Doc, for your reply. I also wonder if those E55 Bilsteins will work OK with my Eibach springs? (Not too tall?) Somewhere I read that with a lowered car, the Sport Bilsteins were more appropriate. I am sure the E55's are valved/tuned to be like a "Sport"?

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2000 E430 Sport (European Delivery)
Brilliant Silver/Ash Leather
Brabus Leather/Wood Sport Steering Wheel
PowerChip
Euro Front Bumper Strips, Debadged
E55 "Carbon Fiber" Door Pillar Trim
E55 Tail lights
E55 AMG/Bilstein Shocks
Eibach Springs, #1 Pads
H & R Sway Bars
Speed Yellow Calipers
18" x 8" SSR Integral Wheels
245/40ZR 18 Bridgestone Potenza RE960AS Tires

1986 Porsche 944 Turbo
88K miles
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