Converting a E500 4matic to steel suspension
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Converting a E500 4matic to steel suspension
I have a 2006 E500 4matic with airmatic and I'm tired of wasting money on the air suspension . Has anyone converted to regular steel suspension on one of these with out the $1,700 kit?
i was a MB tech from 2001 until 2014 and i believe that the front coilovers from a E350 will fit right in only issue is 6 cylinder springs might lower the front a little bit which won't be a deal breaker. The rear i can either go with the $200 conversion kit or change the spring perch / lower control arm to non airmatic ones and use factory springs? or voght springs all around I don't recall ever seeing a 500 4matic without airmatic. Version code airmatic out and hope for the best... thanks
i was a MB tech from 2001 until 2014 and i believe that the front coilovers from a E350 will fit right in only issue is 6 cylinder springs might lower the front a little bit which won't be a deal breaker. The rear i can either go with the $200 conversion kit or change the spring perch / lower control arm to non airmatic ones and use factory springs? or voght springs all around I don't recall ever seeing a 500 4matic without airmatic. Version code airmatic out and hope for the best... thanks
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Unfortunately I don’t have access to epc anymore. I left Mercedes-Benz about 6 years ago. The problem I’m running into is the e500 4matic only came through the factory with airmatic. Is there something I don’t know?
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Or buy the knock off DVD on eBay for around $10. Be careful of which one you get though, sometimes they have malware. But then you'd have WIS and EPC. Got a copy a while ago, but I just poke around with it and can barely use it for my own purposes.
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2001 E320 Wagon, 2006 LBZ Silverado, 2007 E63 (sold), 2001 E55 (sold)
Personally, I'd avoid the Ebay ones.
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I bought one of those and it almost bricked my computer due to some issue with the remote desktop interface. My housemate is much more computer savvy than I am and it took him about 3 hours to get it working again. I was ready to just reinstall Windows and call it a day.
Personally, I'd avoid the Ebay ones.
Personally, I'd avoid the Ebay ones.
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I bought one of those and it almost bricked my computer due to some issue with the remote desktop interface. My housemate is much more computer savvy than I am and it took him about 3 hours to get it working again. I was ready to just reinstall Windows and call it a day.
Personally, I'd avoid the Ebay ones.
Personally, I'd avoid the Ebay ones.
Now I’m worry, I just purchased DVD version and should be coming next week. I may need to install on pc that has nothing other than OS only. Just in case i need to re-image the pc back.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-2017-Me...IAAOSwnNBXUAEF
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I had very bad experience with download version from ebay 3 weeks ago. Took me 3 hours to get my pc back to normal. The seller refunded money.
Now I’m worry, I just purchased DVD version and should be coming next week. I may need to install on pc that has nothing other than OS only. Just in case i need to re-image the pc back.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-2017-Me...IAAOSwnNBXUAEF
Now I’m worry, I just purchased DVD version and should be coming next week. I may need to install on pc that has nothing other than OS only. Just in case i need to re-image the pc back.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-2017-Me...IAAOSwnNBXUAEF
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Just completed the installation of WIS ASRA & EPC.
It took about 30 minutes to copy 30G of data file from 4 DVD to laptop hard drive prior the installation.
The installation took another 40 minutes on my old Dell laptop D620 (Win7) and everything is working so far.
It took about 30 minutes to copy 30G of data file from 4 DVD to laptop hard drive prior the installation.
The installation took another 40 minutes on my old Dell laptop D620 (Win7) and everything is working so far.