Back when Rusty was in the process of selling out and closing his business, I
ordered 2 Bilstein regular duty shocks. He send me 2 Bilstein HD shocks.
I installed them on the rear anyway and the ride was the same as yours.
Now I need 2 for the front and I'm wondering if the regulars on the front
People seem to get caught buying the HD Bilsteins from time to time. I got a
set for my former 300SD and hated them. They were so hard you could feel every
little bump/crack/rock in the road. In a car that was more of a high
performance sort of vehicle I could see it, but not in an S class.
K
Just to clarify, I wasn’t suggesting he put Monroes on it - GAAAK! Just
tossing them out as a price point reference.
Bilstein or Sachs. Nothing else. And avoid the HD Bilsteins unless you want
to feel every little pebble in the road.
-D
> On Apr 10, 2018, at 9:32 AM, Curley McLain via Merc
I put some KYB struts and shocks in SWMBO's Infiniti, and they ride almost
like rocks, WAY too stiff for me. Not bad for short trips around town and
on smooth highway drives, but not at all suitable for a long day in the
car. At the time it was hard to justify the $300 / strut cost from the
Steal
Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote:
Ugh, Monroe's ride like you welded the rod to the cylinder, avoid them at all
costs (and they are valved like American shocks, too). Had a pair on the rear
of my 280, replaced them with a set of Bilsteins from a '65 out of the junk
yard. Vastly better.
Ugh, Monroe's ride like you welded the rod to the cylinder, avoid them at all
costs (and they are valved like American shocks, too). Had a pair on the rear
of my 280, replaced them with a set of Bilsteins from a '65 out of the junk
yard. Vastly better.
Hold out for the real ones, aftermarket
Nice!
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Max
Charleston SC
On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 11:37 PM, clay monroe via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> The 450SL got new injectors this day.
>
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Glad you’re able to keep it from going up in flames. You can’t imagine the
number of 74 and 75 MY cars I saw down here that burst into flames because all
the rubber bits deteriorated from the under hood temperatures. It used to be
fairly common, even more so in this area because the climate ac
I had a friend in college who's father had a 450SL. About 12 mpg was usual,
the 450 sedan got 14 or so.
Big beautiful cars, but very gas hungry.
At least you are getting some use from the fuel!
They can be leaned out quite a bit, drops the performance but I go the 280 up
to 17 mpg on the high
One day I hope to get that high.
At least now I will not be spewing fuel out and getting no miles from it.
clay
1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green
1986 SDL - Polei
1982 300 SD - Allen
retired models-
2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored crap
1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silve
Yeah, that old D-Jet has amazing acceleration when set up right. Amazing fuel
consumption, too -- when my 280 drove like that I was getting 14 mpg.
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When you put new Bilsteins on it; That will make a HUGE difference in
handling.
clay monroe via Mercedes wrote:
The 450SL got new injectors this day. Well, installed, they had been living
in a box for the past week or so.
There were two OE injectors that had chosen to piddle upon the engine
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