Yeah, I think I will be going with the regular Deluxes b/c I obviously don't track my 126
and my driving is normal. Every once in a while I do a WHOA! stop, but not enough to warrant the Pluses.
As far as my front end, I'm doing the whole 9 pretty much. I'm replacing everything except the upper control arms. They are expensive and one ball joint boot is just fine and the other just just cracked but not split. So since I think I can get just the boots at the dealer, I will replace the boots and give the uppers a new lease on life. I will also replace the bushings. So at $100 each, I'll save a good little chunk and be just as well off. So I am replacing: sway bar bushings and the bushings where it mounts into the control arm, lower ball joints, lower control arm bushings, tie rod ends (not drag link since they are totally intact), idler arm bushing, brake bushings, guide rod mounts into lower control arm, subframe bushings, front brake pads, bearing repack w/ new seals, maybe brake lines, replace brake fluid, installing H&Rs, shocks are only about year old so I don't need to replace those. And since the entire front suspension and brakes will be out, I will be cleaning all the parts and painting them with rust encapsulator and black chassis paint. I will also detail the wheel wells. It should look sweet.
On the rear I will be putting on new sway bar bushings, sway bar links and trailing arm bushings. The subframe bushings are also only about year old so they are fine. Springs too of course. And if it doesn't look too difficult while unbolting everything to do the bushings, I may just take out the entire trailing arms and give them the chassis paint treatment too.
wbain-- I'll keep an eye on your post. I take it the large puller is for the bearings? Luckily I have a friend whose dad owns an automotive repair shop so I will have access to whatever special gizmos I need.
If I can borrow a digital and figure out how to put the pics on here, I'll post some pics. This is still about 3 weeks out though, so it won't be right away.
Now I just need to save up for my 18" AMGs