I just picked up one of these but it is an 04 with around 88k miles. Did you look into doing a Coil-over strut swap? That is about $3k-ish installed and no more worries about the suspension. So if the that system fails I will do that swap. Yeah it is a very cool feature but the cost of maintanance is crazy unless you can do it yourself.
At this point, I've not considered a coil over conversion and to be honest I'd probably ditch the car before I did that. For now it's a whole bunch of fun to drive knowing that at anytime the thing could crap itself.
😮You have the same taste in cars as me. we love v8s. Good vids. I want a w140 400, 420 or 500 and c215 500. And you already have😊😊. I have a ML 500 w163. C180 w202 since jun 1996. E430 w210 but i need the w140 and c215😂😂
Hey Eric, enjoying your vids as I'm looking to purchase this model of car in the next 12-18 months! Are you able to elaborate more on what repairs were undertaken? Really interested is knowing how you achieved this in a more cost effective manner than 12k struts from Germany
The 3rd mechanic that I took the car to helped me register the car. Ultimately, there was nothing wrong with the struts or any other part of the ABC system. Yes there was a slight weep around one of the struts but certainly nothing that would warrant writing the car off.
Hey, yes still holding up. If not driven for a few days it obviously sags and I get the warning on the dash. I then raise it a few times which seems to fix the issue.
I just picked up one of these but it is an 04 with around 88k miles. Did you look into doing a Coil-over strut swap? That is about $3k-ish installed and no more worries about the suspension. So if the that system fails I will do that swap. Yeah it is a very cool feature but the cost of maintanance is crazy unless you can do it yourself.
At this point, I've not considered a coil over conversion and to be honest I'd probably ditch the car before I did that. For now it's a whole bunch of fun to drive knowing that at anytime the thing could crap itself.
😮You have the same taste in cars as me. we love v8s. Good vids.
I want a w140 400, 420 or 500 and c215 500. And you already have😊😊.
I have a ML 500 w163. C180 w202 since jun 1996. E430 w210 but i need the w140 and c215😂😂
How good are they!!! Nothing like an old skool Mercedes-Benz V8 in my opinion.
Hey Eric, enjoying your vids as I'm looking to purchase this model of car in the next 12-18 months! Are you able to elaborate more on what repairs were undertaken? Really interested is knowing how you achieved this in a more cost effective manner than 12k struts from Germany
The 3rd mechanic that I took the car to helped me register the car. Ultimately, there was nothing wrong with the struts or any other part of the ABC system. Yes there was a slight weep around one of the struts but certainly nothing that would warrant writing the car off.
Is the abc system still fine
Hey, yes still holding up. If not driven for a few days it obviously sags and I get the warning on the dash. I then raise it a few times which seems to fix the issue.