Calirydin63

Hi I am new to this site and was wondering if anyone has ever installed coilovers on a W221 chassis? My struts are going out slowly and replacing them is going to cost me a good amount and it is bound to happen again. I am thinking of deleting the abc suspension and swapping out to coilovers. I haven’t seen or Hurd of anyone on doing this yet so just want some advice if it’s a good idea or not. Looking into the ceika coilovers as those are the only ones I can find throughout the Internet for this model s class.


Also i ride ride pretty low. 2 inches rear and 2.5 inches front.
22’s Vip modular vr15 so coilovers would be best for me riding with big wheels and lowered.

schwarz

I've installed a set of YouZealand coilovers on my 6 cyl S350 recently and hated it.

If you haven't heard of YouZealand before, here's a short article about it on SpeedHunters.
http://www.speedhunters.com/2017/04/...craft-saitama/

I had it installed for 1 month and hated the ride so much I took it off and installed back the stock Airmatic suspension.

Potential causes of the problems could be:
1. Improper installation (although I doubt that it was)
2. The suspension was designed for S550 or 8 cyl car, not 6 cyl.

I did try to adjust the height (stock and slightly lowered) and the damper settings but it didn't affect the ride quality much.

Although I have to say that the handling and cornering were much improved over a stock Airmatic even on Sport mode.

Calirydin63

thanks for the tip, but has anyone ever done a abc to coilover on a W221 chassis before? Iv been searching and haven’t yet seen or Hurd of anyone doing it.