H&R springs 4 formatics

Oct 22, 2008 | 11:57 PM

Derspeed

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H&R springs 4 formatics

I'm not sure if this info was posted yet. I came across this a couple of days ago:

http://www.h-r.com/index.php?inhalt=...532&sprache=en

Oct 23, 2008 | 03:39 AM

phranksmbz

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09 c300 4matic

Thats great news ... but i want coilovers. I guess they are making progress though. Good post, thanks.

Oct 23, 2008 | 03:44 AM

phranksmbz

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09 c300 4matic

noob question but can someone post springs vs. coilovers to me, i know

Oct 23, 2008 | 08:02 AM

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biggest difference is non-adjustable vs. adjustable.

Oct 23, 2008 | 08:44 AM

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i clicked the link, but when u click the american flag it pops up a different site and doesnt say anything about 4matic.. i think it just mite be in germany/?

Oct 23, 2008 | 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by bigigg

i clicked the link, but when u click the american flag it pops up a different site and doesnt say anything about 4matic.. i think it just mite be in germany/?

It's the same with W203. H&R only release the 4Matic springs in German and you basically just need to find a retailer in German that's willing to ship it to the US for you like I did with my W203. The shipping cost is almost another set of springs tho.

Oct 23, 2008 | 11:37 AM

white46

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Quote:

Originally Posted by phranksmbz

noob question but can someone post springs vs. coilovers to me, i know

spring is just spring
coilover is spring + shock which can adjust height and damping.

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Oct 23, 2008 | 04:36 PM

white46

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Quote:

Originally Posted by phranksmbz

does it affect comfort as far as smooth ride? or just hight level? is that what the shocks in the coilovers do is perserve the smoothness or does our stock shocks do that anyways?

it effects both.
on coilovers, spring adjusts height of the car and shock adjusts ride quality(damping).
usually for coilovers, there is little knob on top of the shock which is used for manually adjusting damping force. from soft setting to stiff.

from 09 w204 (for US and Canada), agility control is there (not sure whether it is std or opt) which adjusts damping of each shocks electronically depending on how it is driven.