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300sd rear bottoms out and hits pavement
I did an earlier post on the rear ride height of my 300sd and have searched about this. All I come up with is the subframe bushings on earlier posts. I inspected my subframe bushings and they are original wiht 255.000miles. The did not look bad, but again it is hard to tell.
My car is bottoming out when I go from the level road into a person's driveway that is higher than the road. The spare tire well is scraping the pavement. When loaded with passengers in the back, it scraped when I went down a steep hill across a storm drain and started back up a steep hill. I am beginning to think I need rear springs. But again - should I go with the original or the heavy duty? The heavy duty are cheaper! Not sure why. I plan to do the shocks at the same time as the springs. To do this - do I need special tools other than a floor jack? I have never done this before. I don't want a spring flying out at me. I may replace the differential mount while I am doing this and hold off on the subframe bushings. There are three coil spring shims - 9,5mm, 14mm or 19mm. Which one??
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1982 300SD Light Blue 2002 Honda Accord SE 1974 Toro Wheel Horse Tractor 2000 Toyota Tundra Pickup Last edited by willrev; 01-11-2005 at 01:56 PM. Reason: add question |
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