Originally Posted by
M60A3Driver
A good news/bad news type of day today.
I've been waiting on new body braces/struts for under my roadster. There are 4, as opposed to the coupe that has only 2.
Well the good news is that the parts finally arrived today. The bad news is both rear struts look nothing like my originals.
I guess the SLK 320 has a different setup underneath. Even though we use the same platform.
I'm going to keep the 2 front struts. The company was very understanding and is going to issue a refund for the rear struts.
Good thing I went ahead and refurbished the old ones!
Looks like the SLK320 PS Rear brace would work if the mounting hole used by the OEM strut was the outward one where 2 mounting holes exist. SLK320 DS Rear definitely doesn't fit - too short. If the SLK320 PS Rear brace would work, looks like it also works for the DS Brace on the Crossfire. Crossfire Rear Braces seem to be the same length. Worth checking.
And if the Crossfire used the Inner Mounting Hole on the end with 2 holes, might be easy to drill a similar mounting hole on the SLK320 brace (but that would negate a return for refund). More to think about.