W140 rear shocks...help!
I have an earlier post this week asking if $500 was a decent price to replace the rear shocks on a '92 500SEL. I am now told by the shop (an honest indy) that the car requires self-leveling shocks with a list price from MB of an astronomical $800 PER SHOCK! I have a query in the "Parts" portion of this wonderful forum looking for a decent used one and hopefully that will produce results. My question here though is this: Does this car absolutely NEED these self-leveling shocks, or can others such as Bilstin be fitted and not loose stability/performance? If so, which model numbers will work?
Help....I can't afford $1600 for two shocks!
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1996 SL320 97K miles
1996 C220 130k miles
1992 500SEL 170k miles <---sold
1986 300E 216k miles <---sold
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