Thank you so much for your help so far Wbain, ive got a list together so far of all the parts I am going to need for this suspension refresh. one thing I am going to drop money on though is the mercedes spring compressor. one question i have though is do you think that spring compressor is strong enough to work with the upgraded H&R springs that are in the car now. i used an Autozone one before and ended up having to buy it from them because the spring actually broke the fork like holders that made up the autozone compressor. luckily for us it broke when we were loosening it and had the spring in place already. scared the hell out of me and made a huge spark when the broken metal hit the concrete under the car. luckily the spring uncompressed in place so all was good.