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Old Dec 9, 2002 | 05:09 PM
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Stock suspension adjustible!!?!??
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?
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Old Dec 9, 2002 | 06:06 PM
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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.
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Old Dec 10, 2002 | 10:55 AM
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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..
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Old Dec 10, 2002 | 01:09 PM
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what is the stock thinkness from the factory? 40mm highest car height, 5mm lowest car height. rear end only
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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.
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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....
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Cut your front spring. I'm sure cutting one coil or less won't affect the ride that much
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Originally posted by W0n6_3d4n
Cut your front spring. I'm sure cutting one coil or less won't affect the ride that much
This is a very bad idea.
The are too many reasons to list why this should not be done, its redneck mechanics.
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