I am stumped on the Bilstein HD dilemma. I am speaking of W124 chassis. Many of you have posted that HD's will raise the vehicle. I have spoken with 2 different rep's from Bilstein, one an application expert, the other an installation expert, whatever those mean, and both have concurred that HD's should NOT raise a car. They would never design a strut to do that. They feel it is an installation error, and have never heard of such occurences. They also stated Comforts are 1-2% stiffer than stock, just because they are new, and HD's are 10% stiffer then stock. What do you all feel?

Also, theoretically these monotube gas struts should never wear out, so replacement of OE front struts(Sachs/Boge, MB) is very infrequent, compared to rears. I have 124 320 3230 on the front, and they seem fine with 145k, the rears I feel have lost damping, and affect overall vehicles handling. Would replacement of just the rears be a mistake? HD/Comfort?

I am now starting to think springs may be best bang for buck in handling category.

Thanks

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W124
Sportline Swaybars
Bilstein HD Struts
16" E420 wheels