I don't know if this is SLK55 specific or general R171.
A previous owner lowered my 2005 SLK55, and it's a little too low for my tastes - it bottoms out / scrapes the road on occasion over bumps with my 19" wheels.
The garage I went to said it was lowered about 2 1/4" front and 2" rear (not sure how exact). I don't know much about lowering cars, but I think it needs raised about an inch to help with the issues I'm having. Is there a 1 inch lowering kit that I can replace with?
Does however it was lowered previously (cut springs / lowering kit) affect what I have to do now, or would a kit include everything needed for replacement?
The garage (not a suspension specialist, but a German car jack-of-all-trades shop) said it would be $3k parts and labor to go back to stock replacing springs, struts, and something else (mounting bar?). I'm hoping a kit would be much less.
A previous owner lowered my 2005 SLK55, and it's a little too low for my tastes - it bottoms out / scrapes the road on occasion over bumps with my 19" wheels.
The garage I went to said it was lowered about 2 1/4" front and 2" rear (not sure how exact). I don't know much about lowering cars, but I think it needs raised about an inch to help with the issues I'm having. Is there a 1 inch lowering kit that I can replace with?
Does however it was lowered previously (cut springs / lowering kit) affect what I have to do now, or would a kit include everything needed for replacement?
The garage (not a suspension specialist, but a German car jack-of-all-trades shop) said it would be $3k parts and labor to go back to stock replacing springs, struts, and something else (mounting bar?). I'm hoping a kit would be much less.