falls profet

Yes, I know what you're saying, "Not this damm question again!!"

Well, I got my Eibachs in last week, but I'm undecided on which shocks to buy. I've heard everything from people using they're stock shocks for a long period of time, to the Bilstein Sports are great/suck, to Koni's are great, KYB....

Someone sell me on which one to get. Through my own searching I've found that A LOT of people with different Mercs. hate the Bilsteins. I've found that some like the Koni's & KYB's????

Any help?

deyainrdy4ds

what were ppl saying about the bilsteins?

i have the bilstein sports and i dont really have ne complaints

falls profet

That the ride is ****ty and too stiff. How is the comfort compared to stock with you, Hersh?

deyainrdy4ds

ya well i guess the ride is sh*tiER...but i mean thats wut i expected after gettin a drop

Silverbillet

I have koni and I bought them because they are adjustable. I would recommend koni.

sfclk

I have recently installed bilstein sports(autozone $80/ea) on the front of my car with stock springs. I'm waiting on the rear shocks from tirerack.com($80/ea).

The ride is more comfortable to me. I say comfortable because I feel more attached to the road instead of floating over road imperfections. I don't think I would use bilstein sports with lowering springs because I don't think they would be stiff enough with lowering springs. I would go with Koni's, they seem like the stiffest shocks on the market for CLKs.

Now, I plan on lowering the car with the thinnest pads, I need to find out if #1s all around will make the rear even or higher than the front...hopefully not lower than the front. Later, thicker rear sway bar, and maybe a front if I feel the need.

OPALW208

i went with H&R sport springs, Bilstein HD shocks, and dot 1 pads all around.

the ride is GREAT!

Pre-emptive

I had both the Koni and the Bilstein sport. It depends on the spring you have. Koni is only rebound adjustable, so the stiffest setting is pretty much useless with some softer lowering springs. It is best when pair with Stiff springs like H&R. Bilstein sports has higher compression damping and is better for medium to lower spring rate. I would go for Bilstein sports with the Eibach if the road quality is not particularly bad. The ride quality would somewhat between a stock mercedes and a stock bimmer.

sfclk

Glad I went with the the bilsteins sports with higher damping.

How do you compare the lorinser springs with HRs or any other spring you tested? And where did you get them?


Are you running eibach sway bars front and rear? I plan on installing a ticker bar in the rear only before I consider a thicker front bar.

Pre-emptive

Lorinser springs is defintely softer than H&R. It didn't match well with Koni but was an excellent match with Bilstein. Enjoy the excellent steering response from the Bilstein Sports!

imphaded

air suspension

falls profet

I plan on getting sway bars shortly as well. Once again, thanks for all the imput fellas. I'll post some pics as soon as I can find someone around here to do it?

falls profet

That is EXACTLY what I want!

sfclk

front and rear? or are you going to get a feel for each bar first? let me know if you find adjustable bars or a brand other than HR and Eibach.

ZEEK

while we are on this topic. I want to drop my car one inch back and front as well. But i want to keep my stock shocks because i love how they feel and plus our roads in nyc are not normal roads. I dont know anything about lowering so what do i need to purchase? Thank you very much in advance guys

falls profet

Well, I'm going to do the drop first and drive it around for a few weeks to see what kind of body roll I'm going to get; especially around corners ofcourse.

After that I'll decide if I think it will be worth it to go ahead and get them. I'll probably do both front and back at the same time, but I don't know what brand I'll go with just yet. I haven't searched around at all.