Hello all, had new springs fitted to my C270cd!, specifically asked for new springs to be fitted same colour code as on car!!!!!!!!! Guess what I am now going to tell you, they didn't fit the same colour code of spring, well there's a surprise. They fitted (I say they because I cannot bring myself to mention the name as I have been caught before and now again) springs according to the calculation used which is supposed to depict the spec of spring fitted to the car and from my experience it doesn’t compute, I have been advised the calculation is only a guide. What can be simpler than to carry out a straightforward instruction? The original springs were conveniently discarded, well there's another surprise. My advice to anyone who has the misfortune to suffer broken springs is to have the colour coding checked before the work is undertaken and do not rely on the calculation, unfortunately I was not in a position to do this and thought after telling the garage to fit nothing else other than the same springs that were on the car this would have been carried out to the letter. Having a different specification of spring fitted to the car makes a noticeable difference to the way the car handles and responds. I am extremely angry and annoyed mainly with myself, can you tell!
Bryan
Bryan