Factory towbar question

[Zanimat]

In the case of a car with a factory fitted towbar, would the springs/dampers be standard or were uprated versions fitted?

 

[Hmac]

I think not (but I may be wrong). However, with a factory-fitted towbar ('trailer coupling' is the terminology used by MB) you do have a frame built into the floor to absorb the tractive forces exerted by the trailer. You might have self-levelling suspension, which I think is shown as code 480 on the data sheet, certainly for a C-class. I don't have the codes for other classes.

 

[Zanimat]

Thanks Hmac. It's an E-class and I'm sure it doesn't have self-levelling suspension - and the towball unit is detachable.

 

[maddog]

what year, model and is it an estate ???

 

[Zanimat]

It's a 1995 W124 E300D......

 

[carabind]

In the case of a car with a factory fitted towbar, would the springs/dampers be standard or were uprated versions fitted?

why do you ask? Do they need replacing?

 

[Zanimat]

No; it's just that I wondered whether to expect a stiffer ride than my previous 300D which was an '88 model. This example has done fewer miles, so I would expect some difference, but I just wondered whether stiffer dampers/springs were likely to have ben fitted. The VIN listing gives no clues - in fact it doesn't mention the towbar (sorry! trailer coupling! ) at all.

 

[carabind]

probably unlikely to be different then, if today is anything to go by.

What you need is a price & options list from that time. someone might have one knockimg about and prove me wrong!

 

[Bolide]

It's a 1995 W124 E300D......

If it's a saloon it's unlikely to have self-levelling. If it's an estate it will have

I am not aware of W124s having harder suspension as standard on cars with tow bars. I think everything was an option

Nick Froome
www.w124.co.uk