den_driver

so I have this w124 from '94, it's an E200 sedan with an m111 petrol engine (4-cylinder)
it already has H&R springs -3.mm
I have ordered Bilstein shocks and recently bought sportline swaybars at MB.
Now that i have the swaybars, they don't really fit my requirements.
front swaybar stock is: A1243235765
it's about 24mm in the centre and 18mm at the ends.
the 'sportline bar' I bought from the dealer is about 25mm and 22mm at the ends.
A1243236065

I even believe the rear is the same altough sportline should be 1mm thicker than stock, so I read. I already measured the swaybars, but will do that again.
the part number of the rear bar I bought is
A124-326-18-65 wich is, if I'm correct the stock size for 6 cilinder models.
I can find rear swaybars that are appearantly stock for my car with part number: A1243261565
discription there says: Oddball rear bar (for CE)

I probably should verify the part numbers of the bars that are currently installed on my car. btw; I get most of my info here:http://w124performance.com/docs/mb/W...4_swaybars.pdf

this might be the sportline mercedes has for the 4-cylinder models, but that's not what I was looking for. I don't know if these bars will make a whole lot of difference

I was wondering wether the Sportline swaybars off a 6-cylinder would fit my car.
because if they do, i could order the A124-323-68-65 Front(27.5mm) and A124-326-19-65 Rear(16.5mm).
don't know if I should/could go stronger (limo / 500E)

another tricky part is that I also ordered a Wiechers strut brace, so I was wondering if i shouldn't get a thicker rear swaybar to compensate the stiffness of the front because now I fear I will get tons of understeer...

some pics of my car,
running 225/35 ZR18 Continental SportContact3










Thanks in advance guys, I really hope you can help me because I'm struggling

Saijin_Naib

I find the limo/500e setup on my 300ce to be nearly ideal. I hear tell that the strut braces add little to no stiffness to the chassis OR less than or equivalent to going one size up on the swaybars, so opinions seem to be mixed.

I'd venture that with most of the weight up front and a fairly weak swaybar in the rear (if you look at width ratio front/rear) you'd probably be okay even with the weichers bar up front.

Also, since you've the m111, I have to ask, why have you not stolen the supercharger off a 2002 C230k Coupe yet? They also have the m111

den_driver

that's a fair question with a fairly easy answer. I live in Belgium and we have a yearly technical inspection on our cars. So my car would just be banned from traffic for illigal modifications.
off course, there is more to it than just installing the supercharger... injection, ignition...

Shoomakan

Very true. That's why you steal the entire engine of a C230K and drop it all in. :P

WITH the 6 speed manual.

Shoomakan

Oh, and very sweet ride, by the way. I think that is the perfect ride height for our cars, with the perfect suspension setup.

Great tires, too. Although a bit overkill on an N/A M111.

den_driver

they might be a bit overkill for putting the power down, but they certainly aren't for cornering...

I'm just getting to know the car and platform, so the chassis will have a great setup. the lack of power I will solve by buying a m104 w124 and creating one hell of a project... that's for the future. so now it's all about cornering and handling

still haven't got an answer to wether or not the bigger bars will fit my 4-cylinder car...

I measured the current bars today.
front: 24mm in the middle, 18mm at the ends.
rear: 13mm

new front: 25mm in the middle, 22mm at the ends
new rear: 14.65mm (guessing this is a '15'mm bar)

even tho my car is lighter, these 'sportline's' are probably just the standard bars for 6-cylinder models.

btw: pretty sure they will notice a new engine with supercharger... they're just too damn hard on us.

Saijin_Naib

I don't see why they wouldn't fit. You're going to need the new bushings but yeah, AFAIK they'll work across all the w124s (sans the V8s) and even on the w201s.

den_driver

I was thinking exactly that, but I'm hoping someone has done it before me..
to get insurance they will fit.