I sense your frustration with this topic. Here' the problem: To my knowledge Mercedes has not made available a specific method to measure and adjust ride heights other than the measurement of suspension arm angles. A lot of us wish we knew an easier empirical way to do it.

That being said, I have adjusted and changed both springs and spring pads in Mercedes and this is what I would do if it were my car:

Get the thickest and second thickest pads. Try the thickest first. If they don't bring it up, you will need rear springs. I went through this with the 300E. Yes, I was told Mercedes springs never wear out etc, but this is untrue. Be there and done that on two cars.

If you do need to replace the springs, keep the original spring pads because they may be exactly what is needed to get it back to where you want it to be.

Hope this helps,

Haasman

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