My wagon is riding low on the passenger side after some bodywork and many alignments. I am trying to avoid dealing with spring shims and here is my idea.

I saw some kind of 'spike' wedged into the springs of another MB at the junkyard , that I have never seen before. They had barbs on the inside section that kept them from shifting out of the spring during oscillation.

anyone seen / heard of these?


I can't seem to find them, so I am going to make them... of course.

Thesis: Shimming the springs via wedges b/w the coils is an effective means of increasing the ride height on the respective side.

tell me I'm right.

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I've used "Spring Boosters" or "Spring Helpers" on w123 sedans to help in sagging before with good results. The caveat in using these is that you are effectively changing the spring rate and could effect the car's handling. The proper way would be to use a spring shim or pad with the correct thickness to fix the sag or replace the spring with a better unit.

I've used these boosters that are about 7 bucks and purchased it from Autozone.


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BWAP1G


Autozone has other also.

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/catalog/accessories/accessoriesShelf.jsp?itemId=222-10&parentId=1306-10&displayName=Coil+Spring+Booster&currentPage=1&navValue=100222&categoryDisplayName=&_requestid=27369

Like this rubber booster for 7 bucks also.





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