Hi All,
Just a note on Neil's message regarding the suitability of 500E springs in a 300TE wagon.
In my experience they would work if one was not to exceed the load rating of the 500E. I believe the 300TE is rated to carry several hundred pounds more than its sedan counterpart.
I do not see the need to offer an engineering explaination for this since I believe the intuition is enough.
As an indication of the viability of this hypothesis, consider the following. As you know, Eibach offers a prokit for 300E, 400E and 300TE. In each case the spring rates for front springs are linear and constant (300E~346Fr 348Rr). In the sedans, the rear springs are also linear and constant. In the wagon the rear spring starts at 34x and increases to 5xx. Eibach claims that their springs are 20% stiffer than OEM. Hence reducing the Eibach rates by 20% would offer a good approximation for OEM specs.
Regards
farrukh

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