500E Duration of Shocks

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500E Duration of Shocks

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05-19-2005, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jcyuhn

Also note a 500E has conventional shocks (struts, really - it is a 124) up front but uses SLS in the rear.

Not quite right...the front struts of the 500E500 are unique because they have internal "helper" springs in addition to the main coils to handle the rebound caused by the increased weight out front.

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