Something i notice with my 93 W124 is that it doesn't ride like it should. Low speed driving is ok, highway speeds are ok but the ride is harsh between let's say 50 and 100 kmh. The weird part is that it seems almost worse when the road is nice. The asphalt on half on the roads in my area is completely new and my car rides terrible bad on those. It's like there's a very slight bounce going all the time but in a harsh way. I've had cars with shot struts and usually it feels very vague and way too soft.
I put new struts in the back since i already bought them for another W124 and never installed them. I thought that the old ones would be very soft but it was the opposite, they were extra hard to compress by hand. In fact i almost had to cut to shaft to get them out, they were extremely stiff. I wonder if the front ones are like that. It's hard to notice, they seems fine when i push the front of the car but of course there's the weight of the car etc.
The front control arm bushings don't seem bad or collapsed but i also suspect i have one or more bad diff mounts or rear subframes bushings. I can't confirm that the rear end has nothing to do with the issue but the shocks are new, things are slightly better but it feels to me like it mostly have to do with the front suspension of the car. Of course i could (and should...) rebuild the whole front and rear suspension but the parts cannon approach is not what i like the most, neither does my wallet.
PS: I am positive that the full front suspension is original.
Tell me what you think!
I put new struts in the back since i already bought them for another W124 and never installed them. I thought that the old ones would be very soft but it was the opposite, they were extra hard to compress by hand. In fact i almost had to cut to shaft to get them out, they were extremely stiff. I wonder if the front ones are like that. It's hard to notice, they seems fine when i push the front of the car but of course there's the weight of the car etc.
The front control arm bushings don't seem bad or collapsed but i also suspect i have one or more bad diff mounts or rear subframes bushings. I can't confirm that the rear end has nothing to do with the issue but the shocks are new, things are slightly better but it feels to me like it mostly have to do with the front suspension of the car. Of course i could (and should...) rebuild the whole front and rear suspension but the parts cannon approach is not what i like the most, neither does my wallet.
PS: I am positive that the full front suspension is original.
Tell me what you think!