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98 R129 SL500


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  • 3 months later...

Me , the Mrs and my quality socks took the SL to Deal in Kent for a long weekend with friends in a great great rental house on the beach road last month , the drive there and back was so comfy  , I really don't understand what car manufacturers are doing at the moment with their Nurbugring suspension setups.. , drove my mates Polestar2 with Ohlins the other day.. way too firm..mental quick though..

 any way..nice sky this time of year..

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You're quite right about modern car suspensions, they are awful.

They set up oscillations in my belly fat that don't stop until long after I have gotten out of the car and sat down in JJ's.  

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16 minutes ago, Ian Comerford said:

Hmm...... I think its orrible... 

The R129 is a far more sophisticated beast .. , like myself obvs..

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1 hour ago, longman said:

Hmm...... I think its orrible... 

The R129 is a far more sophisticated beast .. , like myself obvs..

 

I have to agree with this, all of it...  :D

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Still got it.. 3 years and 10k miles later.. I think I kinda like it.. 

The R129 (and other MB's) have rubber shims on top of the springs , they start at 1  (8mm) and go up in 8mm increments ,  mine had 4's on the front and 2's on the rear , replaced the front with a set of 1's , instant 24mm ride height adjustment , stuck the 18" AMG's on it as well and hey presto..

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 Still love the look with the hard top on , its bloody heavy taking it off though .. its off now for the summer..

 Went for a beer with Lesmonde the other week , his 924T looks really nice in the flesh

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and this weekend I replaced the sun visor covers again..


I replaced the broken ones with genuine MB ones 2 years ago , these have now split and look tatty , decided to try the Octoclassic ones , they arrived promptly from Poland and look good , had to do a small bit of fettling to align the screw holes but it all looks original , hope they last longer than the MB ones…

   

 

 

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peak mercedes this. love 129s, and the facelifts are the best.

id like a 600, but a 500 would do nicely as well..

I think these will appreciate in time

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Thread hijack!

1 year into my relationship with a very late model (2012 registered) R230 SL350 - no ABC trickery to bust the wallet, but every other modern car essential (except DAB).

So much car for relatively little money - effortless.

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