CarlssonPower

My friend told me that in all Mercedez cars you can manually adjust (or cut?) a rubber part near the shock to adjust a little bit of the ride height. Do you guys ever heard about this?

KWiK

that's true on many models but for the W203 it only applies to the rear. do a search on "spring pad" for plenty of info.

mdp c230k

There is a spring pad under the rear spring that can be changed from 5 to 20mm in steps of 5mm to adjust the rear height. There are different pads for each height that are noted by the number of dots on the pad, one dot=5mm two=10mm etc..

jscavo

what is the stock thinkness from the factory? 40mm highest car height, 5mm lowest car height. rear end only

eason

I think the rear height good enough, if you lower the rear more and the front stays the same, it will look more ugly then stock.

CarlssonPower

That is my problem now.. I lowered my car with H&R cup kit, the rear is okay, but I would like the front to be lowered more.... but according to the infos only the rear have spring pad....

W0n6_3d4n

Cut your front spring. I'm sure cutting one coil or less won't affect the ride that much

steve s

that's still the last thing u'd wanna do...

mdp c230k

This is a very bad idea.
The are too many reasons to list why this should not be done, its redneck mechanics.