[khaki8]

I have a 1998 S500 with 62,000 miles and have recently done the arms in the front and the struts and accumulator in the rear. The ride is much better but I still get thumps over bumps and I feel the suspension can be better. I'm sure the car was better when new.
The springs have been holding the car up for 10 years...will replacing them help? Anyone done this?
My reapair guy who is a Mercedes specialist originally said the the struts were dry and looked good. When I complained he put in new ones with the accululator. Rode much better after doing this. I'm very picky and live in New York where bumps are a problem.

 

[porky500]

Why dont you start with replacing the front shocks? really easy diy job, 2 hrs. (or maybe you did this??).You dont have unmount the springs.
Before I changed my rear accumulators I asked tech:s about the springs because the ride was stiff, but always got the answer that if the springs werent
broken, dont change. And my 140:s have twice your mileage.

 

[tirona]

i agree with porky500, doesn;t make sense to change the springs. i would look the control arm bushings and the lower ball joints first, then next would be shocks.

 

[sheffmb]

I had a really bad thump noise coming out of the back of my car on short bumps finally when I switched everything to H&R springs and Bilstein shocks it went away. If you want to keep your factory ride you will have to replace the rear factory hyd. assist shocks. Which cost more then all new stuff with H&R and Bilstein.

 

[S320_on_18s]

I had a really bad thump noise coming out of the back of my car on short bumps finally when I switched everything to H&R springs and Bilstein shocks it went away. If you want to keep your factory ride you will have to replace the rear factory hyd. assist shocks. Which cost more then all new stuff with H&R and Bilstein.

did you use bilstein sport shocks? or heavy duty? and your H&Rs are about a 1.3" drop? you had no problem switching from the stock set up to the aftermarket?

 

[NZ Benz]

did you use bilstein sport shocks? or heavy duty? and your H&Rs are about a 1.3" drop? you had no problem switching from the stock set up to the aftermarket?

In cars without SLS Blisten is OEM anyway.

 

[snik]

in cars with SLS, you can still remove the SLS crap and install bilstein rears + oem springs from the MB dealer (look for my FAQ post under the database section). Rides just as nice as SLS, afterall, it's all OEM MB stuff

I am gonna do the H&R route this summer though.. I could use that 1.3" drop.. car looks too jacked up in the front