I've been told, but have never tried to verify, that a Mercedes has more suspension travel than most cars, and is designed to use that range of travel. That's why you can drive your Merecedes over railroad tracks and speed bumps at speeds that would throw the passengers of a Japanese car through the roof, and not be bothered by them. This range of travel is not accounted for in the cheaper shocks.
On 10/18/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Shocks" aren't really shocks. They are motion dampers that absorb the up & > down motion of the car body & they convert 100% of the motion they dampen into > heat. Just drive your car a few miles then pull over & carefully touch one of > your shocks. > > All shocks that I know of are dampened in both directions but the cheap shocks > have smaller tubes, cheaper seals and cheaper valving. All of this adds up to > a shock that will not dampen as well, will run hotter & will wear out faster. > > Thanks, > Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC The FSM created the Diesel Benz http://www.venganza.org/
