WTB oem W203 rear suspension
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THATS WHAT I NEED SHOCKS AND SPRINGS, I installed a h&r sports suspension last month and when I have two passengers in the back seat I get rubbing. Like a dumb *** I trashed the old suspension. You will take 200 shipped to St. Petersburg Fl yes? Let me check to see if it will fit a 2002 C240 FIRST OKAY.
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Are you using the #4 pads? When my H&R install left the rear too low, some calls to their US tech department netted a gratis pair of taller rear springs.
PM me, if interested, for contact details etc...
Are you using the #4 pads? When my H&R install left the rear too low, some calls to their US tech department netted a gratis pair of taller rear springs.
PM me, if interested, for contact details etc...
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yes, #4 and it seems to be to low I have 9" 19 rears. When I go over a bumb I get a very short rub. Not on the metal however on the inner wheel well, the felt linning. I'm considering flaring out the fender well 3/8 of an inch but I think it will be cheeper to install the OEM suspension on the rear. I wonder if there is a larger aftermarket pad? What would be ideal is to raise the rear up 3/8 of an inch. The width is fine. This way when the suspension travels it will have room to work. You gave me an idea, I may call H&R Monday and see if I can purchase a pair of rear springs that are 3/8 of an inch taller that will work with the sport suspension shock.
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Let me know what you find out either way. The rears are ready to go and only have about 13,000 miles as I went to C/Os. If you need/want the fronts, I'd let them go for real cheap and just put them in the box. Let me check on shipping to St. Pete tonight.
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H&R was no help at all, bacically said thats the springs for your car. So what I think will work is OEM rear springs and shocks with a #1 pad.
So if anyone has C240 rear springs I'll buy them.
So if anyone has C240 rear springs I'll buy them.
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I just purchased a set of rear springs from Ryan317. I'm hoping the C230 spring will raise the rear of my car 1/4 " but more importantly be stiffer. The h&r springs are to soft when I have passengers in the back seat.
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Try putting a spring pad on the bottom too. That will raise the back enuf,depending on pad you use. I put Eibachs on my 230 & was getting a squeaking sound. Put pads on the bottom and it solved problem. Also raised rear a bit
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#1 pad 8mm = 5/16 inch
#2 pad 13mm = 1/2 inch
#3 pad 18mm = 3/4 inch
#4 pad 23mm= 1 inch
I'll just put a #1 pad on the botton and this just could be a fix.
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08 Silver Lexus IS250 (manual),73 air cooled super beetle-- black 2004 230 ss is gone
I put #2 pads at the bottom and they werent modified at all. Just slipped rite in. Monday, I'm taking them out and putting #1's cause the rear is still too high. The parts guy at my dealer didnt say I couldnt do this when I explained what I was doing.
