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Old 04-17-2018, 03:20 PM
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Cl500 Strutmasters conversion not level

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I recently did a strutmasters conversion on my 01 cl500 and have driven the car about 700 miles since install. I noticed springs have settled and ride height isnt crazy high anymore. Just one thing i noticed tho is the car seems to have settled lower on the drivers side than the passengers side. Its not heavily noticable on the front but the rear i notice the car is leaning lower on the drivers side. Just wondering if anyone else has had these issues or if i just need to call strutmasters for replacements components. Not hard to swap out so not the worst situation i guess. The car does seem to be more level on different streets but even then it seems to lean alot to one side if im parked on a slight slope. I will try to add a pic later today with hand measurements.

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Also something else to mentoin is i noticed the wheel will rub on hard cornering on the drivers side but wont when i hard corner and weight shifts to passenger side. Thats kind of telling me something isnt right.... Should have bought yellow speed damn...

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I think that you should take them of and get the pressure mesured, sounds like defective

or directly ask for replacement

or did you forgot a dead body in the trunk driver side ?
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I think that you should take them of and get the pressure mesured, sounds like defective

or directly ask for replacement

or did you forgot a dead body in the trunk driver side ?
LOL! I’m already contacting them to ask for a front shock and spring assembly replacement. Just seems like defective spring is sagging compared to the others that have settled already. I do need to replace the front ball joint on the front drivers side tho. Could that affect ride height at all? I don’t think a lower ball joint affects ride height.
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LOL! I’m already contacting them to ask for a front shock and spring assembly replacement. Just seems like defective spring is sagging compared to the others that have settled already. I do need to replace the front ball joint on the front drivers side tho. Could that affect ride height at all? I don’t think a lower ball joint affects ride height.
great, also, when you got them, make sure that ok then cut what you need to lower
go little by little, a few cm's is enought
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Sadly the mechanic I go to refuses to cut springs. It’s ok tho I don’t mind the taller ride height as the streets in sf are pretty bad.
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Here is a pic from the rear. You can see the car is leaning to the drivers side more. I can get a front pic later which shows it even more.
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Even the back is showing uneven balance but i think its because the front is lower and causing the drivers side to dip.
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maybe your chassis bend.. sometimes that happens with some jump accidents
ABC would balance that I as invisible I guess
you know how many owners had this car and who ?
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maybe your chassis bend.. sometimes that happens with some jump accidents
ABC would balance that I as invisible I guess
you know how many owners had this car and who ?
car only had 2 previous owners and both took care of the car except maintaining the abc fluid and filters. Pretty common I guess. I did hit a pothole on the front drivers side that was pretty bad but didn’t notice any bent arms or bad bushings. Car still drives ok but needs alignment and a ball joint. Maybe alignment and ball joint might help?
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yea then probably not the frame

but the rear is very complicated, if you look in one of my posts, I swappet everything with rubber on the rear axe


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yea then probably not the frame

but the rear is very complicated, if you look in one of my posts, I swappet everything with rubber on the rear axe


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i will be sure to check that out. Yeah frame damage would be pretty apparent and when I check shock towers and the area around them there is no indication of frame or body damage. I’m gonna see if strutmasters will send me a replacement front assembly and then go from there. It’s just weird. Last time I was at the Mercedes dealer picking up a part I checked the clearance at each wheel and it was even. Then when I got home I checked again and the front left was much lower. About a fingers difference from left to right.
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Get a yard stick or tape measure , and while on perfectly level ground , measure the distance from the ground to center of fender lip at all 4 corners

the fronts should be close to equal , as should the rear two

also are all four of your tires a matched set ? Mismatched tires are common when someone in replaces just one flat

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Originally Posted by tusabes
Get a yard stick or tape measure , and while on perfectly level ground , measure the distance from the ground to center of fender lip at all 4 corners

the fronts should be close to equal , as should the rear two

also are all four of your tires a matched set ? Mismatched tires are common when someone in replaces just one flat
Im actually getting ready to measure the difference now. Front tires are same brand and size. Rear tires are same brand and size. On factory 18’s amg rims staggered.
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Strutmaster garbige turn my car to bike rolling on highway car ride make me feel tired and wanna go home

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Well to update people turns out my car was not as good as I thought. Found out at some point the odometer was rolled back and coded to look legit. Not sure how it was done but it was. So I got rid of the car and got a e55. Best decision ever.
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Originally Posted by Maclogos
Well to update people turns out my car was not as good as I thought. Found out at some point the odometer was rolled back and coded to look legit. Not sure how it was done but it was. So I got rid of the car and got a e55. Best decision ever.
rolling odometer back is easy with a blocker
these folks solder a module to the EIS (ignition key block)
once that is in place they hook up a odometer with desired mileage
the odometer tries to read from EIS and Trans selector but info is blocked by the blocker module
so odometer stays on what they set it to

other method is replacing all 3 devices from low mileage donor car
only VIN needs to be corrected then
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right name is CAN Blocker or Can filter
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Well now I know... either way the car started showing signs of multiple failures so it was just time to move on. Short lived but glad I got the e55 now. It’s just a overall better family cruiser. The CL still a great car tho. Just didn’t meet the requirements I needed.

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