acb3nz

I just recently purchased my new suspension with 4 koni's adjustable shocks and a set of 4 H&R springs. Wondering what type of spring pads I should put on the car both in front and rear. Keeping in mind I have the Carlsson bumper installed I want to make sure that I do the installation right the first time so its neither to low or to high in either the front or rear. Input ASAP helps I want to do the install this weekend.

Martin

That depends on the drop you want. I just put new springs and shocks in my car, a 2001 CLK320 and I did not want much additional drop.

The story so far:
I bought Eibach springs (for lowest drop) and Koni shocks for their adjustability.
The springs are supposed to drop 1 – 1.2 inches (I wanted max one inch).
The spring pads in front were #5 and #4 in back. To find out what you have you have to reach under the car and feel the pads (in the top of the suspension assembly) run your fingers around and you will find some raised dimples, count them and that is the pad you have.
I decided to leave the pads alone (to increase drop put in a lower pad #, #5 is the thickest pad you can get). I hoped to get an even drop of say 1 inch by leaving in the original pads.
The actual drop was 0.6 inches in back (Great!) and 0.1 in front (not so good) I am going to drive it a while to make sure everything settles but I will probably swap out the pads in front for #3 to gain about 0.6 inches of drop in front. The fender gaps are uneven now and I want them to match.

I set the shocks at the softest setting and the car rides well, I might increase them one stop some day but that means taking everything apart again! Stiffness is on par with my 2004 325i BMW with the sports package so I am happy since the CLK320 is my daily driver, and I want a comfortable ride.

I did not do the install!

Here is some info on Spring Pads:
Pad sizes are: 5, 9, 13, 17, and 21 mm, designated by the part number #'s by numbering them 1 (thinnest), 2, 3, 4, and 5 (thickest) the third group of numbers 01, 02 etc.
Front:
210-321-01-84 5mm
210-321-02-84 9mm
210-321-03-84 13mm
210-321-04-84 17mm
210-321-05-84 21mm

Rear:
210-325-01-84 5mm
210-325-02-84 9mm
210-325-03-84 13mm
210-325-04-84 17mm
210-325-05-84 21mm

Remember the car will drop more than the difference in spring pad thickness (the pads are closer to the pivot than the wheel).

CH2iS*

Haven't done mines yet, just waiting to pick up a few more things before I get down and dirty with the suspension. For mines the front will get the #1 pads and the rear will have the #3 pads. I kinda like the nose down look versus the even drop all around. More aggresive looking (IMO).

blackbenzz

I agree, thats exactly how mine looks

acb3nz

This is what im trying to achive. But if i put #1 pads in front will my RS bumper be on the ground I really hope not i guess i will find out, also does any one knows wich pads size does our car comes with the stock suspension? Thanks for the help guys.

CH2iS*

https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...light=clk+pads

gate1way2

i had the #1 & #3 in the front with the RS & the cupkit for suspension. The bumper does not hit the floor when driving on flat roads with either. Even if you have a #3 or #1 your gonna scrape the bumper if you don't attack driveways at the right angle with the RS.

acb3nz

So i guess im gonna go with #1 in the front and #3 for the rears, I will also try to adjust the koni's for the rear in the middle setting and do a the soft setting in the front, Thanks for the help guys.