I bet a full Brabus spring set from Smart will be cheaper than a set of Eibach springs.
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Smart Stuff sell the Brabus springs for £227.25: https://www.smart-stuff.parts/452-ro...-roadster-7518
A set of Brabus pattern springs made by Suplex can be sourced for £61.04 plus postage.
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Originally posted by Goran View PostBuying a set Brabus springs at the Smart dealer will cost me £262. Expensive, but I guess the quality will be satisfactory.
New to smarts?
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sm...hrome&ie=UTF-8
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Originally posted by Thrumbleux View Post
I've had a ForTwo Passion -03 for three years and the Roadster Coupe for 1,5 year. A friend of mine has had three ForTwo and one Roadster Coupe which he drove for many miles in his job, and we have never had a spring failure. But maybe we been lucky, it seems like it is a common failure, reading the url.
Does anyone know which manufactures the springs for Smart? Is the standard and Brabus springs from the same manufacturer?
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Maybe you were lucky or maybe at some point smart changed spring suppliers or the manufacturing method. Who knows?! And that's kind of my point. I don't think spring life or quality is an easy thing to predict. Were it not for your desire to lower your car, I'd say just stick with what you have - on the 'if it aint broke - basis.
Given the springs you have (both sets) have, as best as I remember, free tangs - have you considered just cutting them. Lowered and stiffened with one easy angle grinder cut.
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It seems like Eibach makes the Brabus springs, see https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...g-springs.html.
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That makes sense. Lowering springs are illegal in my country. Even if these eibach doesn't lower the car I think that identifying the eibach brand on the springs will be an issue because the company is stating a 25mm drop with them.
Specs of the eibach springs are listed in their TUV certificate : http://www.dvsegmbh.info/PDF/einbau/...-001-05-22.pdf
My understanding is they are not progressive springs and are close to Brabus specs.
Last edited by marcjero; 07-01-18, 04:46 PM.
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