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Does anyone know a p/n for the "more tautly tuned dampers" of the W212 E-class with sport suspension? Actually I'm most interested in the S212 but they probably share the same for front struts.
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Agility Control Suspension ? Isn't that has something to do with Air Matic ?
With Air Matic, you can toggle in between Comfort and Sports modes.
In W212 E63 only has air suspension in the rears. I think its suspension has damper control. Suspension goes stiffer in sports or sports+ mode.
Or W212 with Air Matic, it will be front and rear all around. I don't feel it gets stiffer when i select Sport mode. Still very soft when cornering.
But, i am not sure about S212.
And you can unlock Agility (A mode) mode by altering variant coding.
This Agility mode might be just something to do with Transmission.
I have tried it. I don't feel any differences on my car...lol
But i also have M and AMG mode unlocked, this gives the car downshifts rev matching kind of feature.
Car goes very aggressive and pops in the unlocked M mode.
My understanding from the above is that having AGILITY CONTROL is not dependent on having AIRMATIC. It is mechanical suspension damping internal to the shocks/struts. On my wagon, I have both AGILITY CONTROL front and rear but AIRMATIC on the rear only. What I hadn't understood until finding this info were the actual differences between standard and sport suspension, ie, 15mm lower ride height and "more sporty setup" with "more tautly tuned dampers".
When you add the ADVANCED AGILITY package to your AGILITY CONTROL system, you get upgraded from mechanical to electronic damping control, with the ability to select between "comfort and sporty". This option also alters transmission shift points and accelerator response. So I believe the dampers with and without ADVANCED AGILITY are different and would like to confirm the part numbers.
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I'm taking a stab in the dark here because this is the first time I've heard of this feature label on the W212. However based on my experience tinkering with suspensions on other cars I have owned, shocks and struts are designed with different valving depending on their application. For example, whether it's an OEM, touring or sports application, they are designed as monotube or twin tube. From there, it is different valving in the internals that depending on the piston position, they allow low-resistance movement to provide comfort. As the piston travels higher or lower, the valving restricts the gas pressure to create more resistance which in turn makes the ride stiffer.
An ultimate example of this is coilovers which often have a knob on the top which allows you to adjust the dampening. Turning the knob will either open or restrict the valving to change the resistance of the piston travel. This results in either a softer or stiffer ride experience.
That said, the "agility control" is likely referring to the shock/strut valving design, at least as far as the mechanical, non-airmatic suspensions are concerned. Just my $0.02
First time for me as well, but to clear some wonder - diesels never come with Airmatic.
Fact is that MB does lot of technology improvements not even trying to inform potential owners about them.
Than who really read 3-400 pages of manual (I do ... occasionally).
When you read the forum, you will find that even W210 had "hidden treasures" like sensors reading on climatronic and W212 is way ahead in all the gadgets.
After combing the Daimler Worldwide site, I see where the terminology becomes confusing. They introduced AGILITY CONTROL in 2007 but if you search that term on google it comes up with responses from UK, Canada, etc. In 2009 they introduced DIRECT CONTROL in USA literature, which reads very much like the 2007 ROW product.
2009:
From 2009 the US market E-Class had available AVANTGARDE package with standard DIRECT CONTROL and optional "AMG Sports Package" which added larger wheels and brakes. Independent of the AVANTGARDE option was an AIRMATIC upgrade that included air suspension plus variable damping control between Comfort and Sport. Oddly, this selective damping wasn't given a snappy name like they did with ADVANCED AGILITY in ROW. All of this falls under the program "ACTIVE BODY CONTROL (ABC)" which they started in 1999 and continues to bring us new systems today.
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