New Suspension 2012-ML350, non airmatic
08-15-2018, 08:44 PM
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New Suspension 2012-ML350, non airmatic
So the ML’s suspension is feeling some serious wear of city driving... (84k mi) and I want to replace things thoroughly, slightly stiffen and lower the suspension (about 1 inch), all urenthane bushings, best possible upper and lower ball joints. Has anyone done this all and is there a parts list?
08-16-2018, 01:05 PM
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2012 X6 35i Sport, 2013 ML 350 BT, 2019 4Runner TRD Pro, 2020 CRV-AWD
I lowered the rear of ours and it looks so much better. The ride is definitely stiffer but we come from Grand Cherokee SRT's and X6's so the cloud-like ride was driving us nuts anyways.
Picked them up from Essex Distributors 'cause they're in Canada and I didn't want to deal with the customs broker fees etc. About $450 plus shipping for a set of front/back springs, but I only dropped the rear.
H&R, part # is 29147-6. Truck has only 20k miles, so wasn't worried about bushings etc.
Btw, no one has a spring kit for Bluetecs. I took a gamble because I was fairly confident that the rear of a gas ML350 is about the same as a diesel. But I'm sure that the H&R fronts would lower my front end way more than an 1" or so, pretty sure the diesel engine is much heavier. I think I'd even researched it....
Picked them up from Essex Distributors 'cause they're in Canada and I didn't want to deal with the customs broker fees etc. About $450 plus shipping for a set of front/back springs, but I only dropped the rear.
H&R, part # is 29147-6. Truck has only 20k miles, so wasn't worried about bushings etc.
Btw, no one has a spring kit for Bluetecs. I took a gamble because I was fairly confident that the rear of a gas ML350 is about the same as a diesel. But I'm sure that the H&R fronts would lower my front end way more than an 1" or so, pretty sure the diesel engine is much heavier. I think I'd even researched it....
10-25-2018, 11:02 PM
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I lowered the rear of ours and it looks so much better. The ride is definitely stiffer but we come from Grand Cherokee SRT's and X6's so the cloud-like ride was driving us nuts anyways.
Picked them up from Essex Distributors 'cause they're in Canada and I didn't want to deal with the customs broker fees etc. About $450 plus shipping for a set of front/back springs, but I only dropped the rear.
H&R, part # is 29147-6. Truck has only 20k miles, so wasn't worried about bushings etc.
Btw, no one has a spring kit for Bluetecs. I took a gamble because I was fairly confident that the rear of a gas ML350 is about the same as a diesel. But I'm sure that the H&R fronts would lower my front end way more than an 1" or so, pretty sure the diesel engine is much heavier. I think I'd even researched it....
Picked them up from Essex Distributors 'cause they're in Canada and I didn't want to deal with the customs broker fees etc. About $450 plus shipping for a set of front/back springs, but I only dropped the rear.
H&R, part # is 29147-6. Truck has only 20k miles, so wasn't worried about bushings etc.
Btw, no one has a spring kit for Bluetecs. I took a gamble because I was fairly confident that the rear of a gas ML350 is about the same as a diesel. But I'm sure that the H&R fronts would lower my front end way more than an 1" or so, pretty sure the diesel engine is much heavier. I think I'd even researched it....
