Kudos first to "Rudolph Green" for the huge job of getting us the springs.
-and also esp. to "Winmutt" for the guidance as what spring pads were working for him. I am very happy with my results, but would have had to do it a number of times before I got the pads right if I hadn't been able to follow in his footsteps.
I am very happy with the springs! the whole car used to do this squat thing if you stepped on the accelerator hard, at or nearly stopped, the front end would rise and the back would drop (my daughter called it 'boating up', which is about as good a description as any). the handling is much better waaaay less body roll. The pads that I took out were 4 pips front and 1 pip back. I put in new pads, 1 pip front and 3 pips back, and Bilstein comfort shocks.
Hoping these pix load right...

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Thanx,
Alberta Luthier
1983 300CD ('Stinky')155k miles, 2.47 diff, EGR removed, AAZ injectors with 265 nozzles from Sean,and vogtland lowering springs.
1984 300SD ('Old Blue')150k Klicks from Japan originally, came with rear head rests, no sunroof and never had an EGR