Originally Posted by benzsu

thanks Rchase for you comment. I think typically the shocks will give a good ten years life before going bad. I will never sell this car or my E420, I don't mind putting more money in as long as it is not damage due to an accident.
I replaced the suspension on my 300E and it was fairly easy. The only thing I'm concern with the S500 is the steering/hydro pump. Now if I do as Ben12345 said, will that cause any ill affect on the entire s/leveling system. Plugging the leveling switch and disconnecting the link seems easy enough, but will it damage anyother parts on the car? I don't want to deal with fixing the steering pump as a result from changing from the OEM setup. Do you know what I mean. Anyways thanks to all that have commented on this thread. It has been very helpful to hear opinions from all sides. I find people on this forum to be generally more helpful or at least more knowledgable than other forums. thanks All.