mattvk

I am looking to install eibach springs and bilstien shocks on my 99 ML430 but its almost not even worth it considering every place is saying it is gonna take like 6-8 hrs to do. Whats the deal and why is it so time consuming?

eclass

6-8 hours?? on a bad day a tech can have them done them in under 2. But your always going to get charged the 6-8 hours.

mattvk

So you think it is just finding the right tech that won't screw you? They said something about the rear springs needing a compressor or something but i still doubt it takes that long. I want to get rims but I think it looks horrible if your car isn't lowered too. Thanks for the help though

fkong777

my mechanic installed my rear bilstein for $65 a piece.

sgtpepperaut

F = -kx

in this case k is just ridiculously large hehe

anyways without having read the rest of the postings... the rear springs have to be compressed (preferably by a pneumatic mounted spring compressor) to get out the shocks.

the springs having quite a lethal force in them when compressed would suggest leaving this job to someone with the right equipment.

good luck.

found a shop that had no idea how complicated the ml suspension is and talked them down to 50usd per spring. (took them about 1.5-2 hours) so it really was a fair deal anyways.

compressing the spring and changing the shocks was the easy part. they had more trouble getting out the spring/shock assembly itself.

lupers3

I am just going to do it myself. I just have to find a good deal on them