Originally Posted by willlyons

...so, attacking the next issue on my lovely 300TD.
I whitewater kayak a lot, and if any of you are familier with this sport it isn't the most car friendly. I regularly have 2-3 35lb boats on my roof racks, sometimes up to 5 on shuttle runs. Then, if there are 5 boats, there's a good chance there's 4-5 people inside. Lots 'o weight. My rear end sags horribly. Now, when I fill the hyraulic fluid, it leaks out of the rear end about as fast as it goes in . The Mech. said just to let it run out, and he thought the struts would need to be replaced. I've looked at it, and it isn't the struts that's leaking at all, it's coming from somewhere near the accululator. Anyways, I could try and fix the SLS, or I could get some of those non-SLS HD Bilsteins I just saw on discountmbparts.com. Does anyone have any experience with these? I'm not concerned with my car riding like a truck, if that would solve the problem and support all the extra weight a little better. I know most people are going to be like, just stick with SLS, it's better. But I'd rather just ditch it and have a rougher riding car that can handle the weight. Any input?
Will