When my car goes over a speed bump it bounces alot. I priced the shocks....they were 900.00 for each. The guy told me that that year had two types of shocks ...one set was with the ride control, these shocks had a large block att. to them. The other type was for the cars with no automatic ride control. These he said would bolt up fine, i would just have to bypass the wires/hoses going to the stock shocks......I know ...I know...you guys are gonna freek out that i am actually thinking about altering my S600. I recently had a death in my family and am in no position to spend 3000 to 3500 for schoks. I have the new ones without the "block" on them. They look identical except for that block....PLEASE help you MB GURU'S..........