I was just wondering about this, if anyone has accurate info. The rear sway bar in my 190E Sportline is 13mm and the parts number is correct. I thought they were supposed to be bigger?

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Current: 1975 450SEL, 83 300D, 88 Yugo GVX, 90 300D OM603 swap, 91 F150 4.6 4v swap, 93 190E Sportline LE 3.0L M104 swap, 93 190E Sportline LE Megasquirt, 03 Sprinter, 06 E500 4Matic wagon.

I'll measure mine for you tomorrow. 13mm sounds about right though. Spindly little thing fitted to plastic joints...

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

I figured the Sportline bar should be thicker since the 16 valve bar is 16mm and I think the standard bar is 14mm. I can get a 19mm bar from Hedgehog Motorsports for $130 plus shipping from Thailand so I think I might go for that at some point.

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Current: 1975 450SEL, 83 300D, 88 Yugo GVX, 90 300D OM603 swap, 91 F150 4.6 4v swap, 93 190E Sportline LE 3.0L M104 swap, 93 190E Sportline LE Megasquirt, 03 Sprinter, 06 E500 4Matic wagon.

I also have a 13mm rear sway bar on my 1.8 litre W201

The dimensions for the front bar were dutifully recorded some time ago =>

Achtung - Das schweinhund baby benz thread

I forgot to do the back too

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Hedgehogs blog seems really outdated, I remember them from a couple years ago.

Where are you seeing current product and prices?

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68 280SL - 70 280SL - 70 300SEL 3.5 - 72 350SL - 72 280SEL 4.5 - 72 220 - 72 220D - 73 450SL - 84 230GE - 87 200TD - 90 190E 2.0 - 03 G500

Nissan GTR - Nissan Skyline GTS25T - Toyota GTFour - Rover Mini - Toyota Land Cruiser HJ60 - Cadillac Eldorado - BMW E30 - BMW 135i

As for your other thread, the Sportline has different steering wheel, seats, rims, springs, lower control arms, steering gear, different sway bars (front is definitely thicker than stock) and bushings for the sway bars. I did a thread on Benzworld with all of the different parts numbers. Just funny that the rear bar is smaller than the normal one.

As for Hedgehog's current pricing, they have a Facebook page which you can message. Fairly responsive and reasonable pricing.

Other options for a slight increase in stiffness would be to double up on the rear sway bars. I know it's been done on a w126, same idea for the w201.

Also if you have any leftover bits on that LE to sell, I am looking for a few parts such as rims (if in decent shape) and a seat bottom where the leather isn't torn.

Thanks for the info, those parts I am keeping for another 190. I'll check with hedgehog, if the front bar is bigger on the sportline, I'll want to up-size the rear at the same time.

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68 280SL - 70 280SL - 70 300SEL 3.5 - 72 350SL - 72 280SEL 4.5 - 72 220 - 72 220D - 73 450SL - 84 230GE - 87 200TD - 90 190E 2.0 - 03 G500

Nissan GTR - Nissan Skyline GTS25T - Toyota GTFour - Rover Mini - Toyota Land Cruiser HJ60 - Cadillac Eldorado - BMW E30 - BMW 135i