W212 E350 'Sport' Springs - MB or Bilstein?

[W1ghty]

Thank you - on the 'good' side I can peek in and see one green dot and one brown dot. I can't see anything on the 'bad' side or on my other W212.

'll see if that helps tracking things down. But yes, it might be best to just cough up for the MB ones if I'm unsure.

On AUTODOC the spring colours are mentioned but you have to open and read all the small print at the bottom of each spring listing .

 

[TeddyRuxpin]

On AUTODOC the spring colours are mentioned but you have to open and read all the small print at the bottom of each spring listing .

Thank you, I did see that, there's only one with green and brown but it says there are three brown dots and all I can see is one green dot and one brown dot. Research continues...

 

[markjay]

One potential issue, is that if you bought the car second hand, you cannot be certain that the springs fitted to it are the original ones.....

I seem to the remember that the Datacard used to show to MB part number for the springs, but I don't think that it still does that.

 

[TeddyRuxpin]

This car was second hand, but was purchased from MB dealer direct by my father. In theory it could have replaced springs, but it's very unlikely as it only had <20k miles on it when he purchased and is on 50k now and I know for sure that it hasn't had the springs replaced during his/our ownership.

 

[OneForTheRoad]

This car was second hand, but was purchased from MB dealer direct by my father. In theory it could have replaced springs, but it's very unlikely as it only had <20k miles on it when he purchased and is on 50k now and I know for sure that it hasn't had the springs replaced during his/our ownership.

What I did was a tad coy , but I rang a dealer and said my used Merc wasn't sitting quite right at the front ,and I think incorrect springs are fitted , I randomly told him 3 green 2 yellow , no no that's incorrect your vin is listing 2 green , 1 yellow .