Lift ?? Is it possible, what you think, to lift a little an R ??
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1998 ml320 with lift, dirt tires and rust !!!
Lift ?? Is it possible, what you think, to lift a little an R ??
What you think, lifting a little, like on inch ??? All four corner ! Os there a way you can think off that would do the trick ?
I do have the one r500 2006 with air struts only on the back. Thinking maybe some kind of plates under or over the coils and same, shims, plates under or over the air struts ?
I do have the one r500 2006 with air struts only on the back. Thinking maybe some kind of plates under or over the coils and same, shims, plates under or over the air struts ?
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From: montreal
R350 Bluetec 4matic 2011 and..........hyundai elantra 2016........
no, lol, trying to run bigger tires, agressive looking ones like general graber lt ones.....that car anyways is heavy, has the road handling off a super tanker, so, i was thinling, lift is the way to go, plus, i live p north off montreal, LOTS of snow......LOTS, my other car is a lifted ml320, with knee deep snow it's still driving.....MAD, wereas the r500 doesNt.....as soo there is a few inches snow, enought to touch the lower body, it's stops......
have no real money to invest in it for specially build things, but if someone knows about after maket things that can lift it a few inches.....GO.....
have no real money to invest in it for specially build things, but if someone knows about after maket things that can lift it a few inches.....GO.....
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R350 Bluetec 4matic 2011 and..........hyundai elantra 2016........
off roading i have my ml, witch is, insane.....it's lifted, but that's the only thing.....i once run all the way across a field, after heavy rain, that had been tillted ( labouré in french ) so, really ruff terrain, not once did the car semms to have to mutch.....
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2005 C240 2011 R350
send some pics of the ML!
Bonjour-Hi! btw!
enjoy the weekend snow? I was downtown on saturday night.. The R was an asset finding parking on the side of the road! Is yours gas or diesel/ If diesel I have some fuel and oil filters left over from my previous R.
Bonjour-Hi! btw!
enjoy the weekend snow? I was downtown on saturday night.. The R was an asset finding parking on the side of the road! Is yours gas or diesel/ If diesel I have some fuel and oil filters left over from my previous R.
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2005 C240 2011 R350
BTW the R and the ML share many suspension parts... and you do know that the Jeep Grand Cherokee is also the same? Using the Jeep rear springs to replace the airbag is not uncommon. All from the Daimler Chrysler days. The high end Dodge Chargers are AMG Eclass derivatives.. The PentaStar and the MB 276 V6 are similar too.
Do a cross check between them. You may be able to raise the R the same way you raised the ML.
On the R, the rear suspension is self leveling air bag. You may be able to jury rig them to pump them to the level you want. Or modify the sensor position to raise them.
Do a cross check between them. You may be able to raise the R the same way you raised the ML.
On the R, the rear suspension is self leveling air bag. You may be able to jury rig them to pump them to the level you want. Or modify the sensor position to raise them.
