is it possible to lower the ride hieght of my 190e as it is sitting quite hiegh or is the only option to remove the self leveling shocks

Based on what I've read here, your car doesn't have the self-levelling shocks. I could be wrong, but thought I'd throw it out to you. There are many "kits" available to lower vehicles.
Search function will probably turn up many hits.

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