mmgrad

I'm a newbie to the forum and I've spent a lot of time reading through practically every thread in this CLK forum (and lots from the old forum too).

My question is: What type of suspension are all you folks out there running?

I'm looking to lower the car about 1". Just to make it look sportier and to get better handling.

But, at the same time, I don't want to lose too smooth ride the stock suspension offers.

I'm also thinking of swapping the stock 17s to 18s (lose some ride comfort) or maybe to 19s (forget ride comfort).

What do you all recommend?

Thanks in advance!

DMan

H&Rs give a nice drop...and with your stock shocks, the ride won't be that harsh. Switching to sport shocks is really what firms up the ride.

CLKfanatic

Forget about the ride, go for 19's and slam the thing down, you will have to if your putting 19's, man if i could put 20's on I would but its too much work, for me MIN 19's...and any springs you go with are great but stick only with Lorinser, BRabus, and H&R, or Kleemann

BlackC230Coupe

i have the stock suspension on my CLK but on my C230 i have H&R springs with RennTech Shocks and it drives great.

If i were to replace my suspension on my CLK i would definitly ONLY get H&R springs with any good brand shocks.

kineda

What made you choose the H&R's over Renntech springs since you have their shocks? Wouldn't they match up even better?

BlackC230Coupe

After i lowered my car with just the H&R springs and had stock shocks. My friends Brother got the Same car (C230k) and he loved the way it looked so he wanted to do the same thing so he got H&R springs and did not know where to have them installed so he went to renntech in florida. And they convinced him to buy the shocks. so he bought them and had them put on. 2 weeks later he was being relocated to washington because of his job so he sold his car and took off the springs and shocks and i bought the shocks from him for $200.00 and they were basicly brand new. So i had them put on and thats what made me get them.
And it is a great match, to me just as good as the Renntech springs and i always liked H&R springs so i would rarther have these. Also at that time i remember Renntech set up was not as low as the set up with H&R springs so i prefered the lower look. But i know RennTechs new setup for the C230 is changed and it does look good, but i love my setup. It preforms and looks great.

byip25

i recommend you get h&r springs with bilstein setup. or ask ben about the kleeman shocks. i have h&r w/ bilstein and i have 18inch wheels. my ride is definitely more stiff than stock, but it is definitely no where as stiff as M3.


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Kurt

I put Eibach's on my car and had to take them off. The lowered look was great (handling change was marginal), but despite extensive efforts by my dealer, they could not align it to keep from chewing up tires. Contacted Eibach about an alignment kit and they don't have one for the CLK430, so now, nearly $1K later I have the stock shocks back on and the Eibach's sitting in the box.

BlackC230Coupe

I noticed that my rear tires are getting worn out on the out sides. And it has been aligned 3 times. and i only have exatly 3000 miles on it today. i got to go see if i can have that fixed though again. They still should have been able to fix yours. You do need a camber kit u might just need the bushings replaced, they did that on my C230.

Ahmed

i have eibach springs installed along with my standard shocks.. and i'm not at all happy. Its comfy but tyres rub all the time on bumbps!