C200T Rear springs

[marksman]

Hi, the rear springs on my 1999 C200T (Estate) seem to have lost their tone and the rear sits a little low. The rear springs in an estate should be stronger than the saloon I thought, and it's difficult to see why it sits down like that. The bottom of the wheel-arch is level with the top of the tyre, there should be clearance. Mileage is 148,000 by the way - barely run in.

Anyone know where I can get hold of a set of beefy springs please? Sensible price would be a big plus!

Cheers

Will C
C200T Sport
190E Sportline

 

[television]

Do you know if you have the hydropneumatic suspension, that could account for the rear being low and the adjustment arm has broken or a fault in the system

 

[marksman]

Hi Malcolm, definitely the plain vanilla coil spring, no fancy stuff.

Will

 

[television]

No such thing as beefy springs, fit the original and keep the car the same for all round good handling, they are easy to fit and not that expensive

 

[marksman]

Au contraire Malcolm, I see that GSF do "heavy duty" rear springs, part no. M45472 for example. You would expect HD springs as it's an estate, and stiffer springs would be expected for a "Sport" spec car also.

MB unfortunately seem to have a lamentable history when it comes to making coil springs for suspensions. I've never seen so many "coil spring snapped" posts as I do on this site - so "use standard parts" seems to be questionable advice. But if you work for MB, I could see where you're coming from.

Anyway thanks for the info that they aren't hard to fit.

Will C

 

[television]

Fair comment Will,,50% of our members use GSF so why not, you are right about the 203 that eats them for breakfast, the 202 though is not that heavy on springs.

I do not work for MB

 

[marksman]

Just to close this one out perhaps, I see that GSF do heavy duty springs for post-'95 W202's with part number 511ME0520 at £50.54 each.

Will C

 

[bigasotonuk]

Personally at that price of £50.54 for a non genuine spring, which are generic to the model rather than specific to the vehicle i think is expensive considering i have just ordered originol springs for my 202 AMG and they were £54 each for the rear and £51 each for the front.