Lou Santiago Narrates Mercedes E 350 Front Suspension Conversion Kit Installation By Strutmasters

Mechanic, hot rod builder and television personality Lou Santiago narrates these video highlights of a Strutmasters suspension conversion kit installation on the FRONT two wheels of a Mercedes E 350 vehicle. The product shown covers 2003 to 2006 model years of the E 350 vehicle series. Replacing the factory system will require that all four wheels be converted at once.

Important: There may have been updates to the installation process since this video was made. As Lou notes several times in the video, refer to the instructions that come with the kit for the most up to date installation method and follow those installation instructions completely.

One of our customer service team members arranged for this vehicle to be brought to the Strutmasters headquarters in North Carolina. The owner was fed up with the factory suspension system and ready for a permanent fix. Luckily, our Strutmasters team was able to help this customer by installing a suspension conversion kit on all four wheels. This video highlights the FRONT portion of the install only.

We hear from hundreds of Mercedes owners a month in our call center. As our suspension experts explain, with an older, high-mileage vehicle, your choices may be limited:

1) You Can Do Nothing -- Some vehicles, like the one in this video, are IMPOSSIBLE to drive when the computerized factory suspension goes bad. And if you DO keep driving the vehicle, it is DANGEROUS. Some suspension failures end very badly, even causing an accident. Lou says, FIX THE VEHICLE as soon as possible.

2) Fix It At The Dealer -- Perfect solution IF you are willing to spend potentially MORE than the vehicle is worth just to fix the factory suspension. Most customers don't have the money. The ones that do are too smart to sink five grand or more into just ONE repair on an older vehicle. Lou says, PASS ON SPENDING BIG BUCKS.

3) Trade It or Sell It -- Good luck with getting a fair price for an almost undriveable vehicle. Do you really want to get rock bottom value for a vehicle you loved and had so much invested in prior to the suspension failure? And can you take on ANOTHER luxury vehicle payment that can easily land in the $500 to $800 a month range for years to come? Plus your insurance will go way up. Lou says, DON'T GIVE AWAY A GOOD CAR!

4) Throw Parts At It -- The sooner you understand that NOT JUST ONE part is broken, but an entire system is going bad, the better. We have had thousands of customers go the route of replacement parts and regret it. Our video library is filled with customer vehicles that had hundreds, even thousands spent on them before a conversion kit was installed. ALL of these active factory suspensions are complicated and do you really want to work on the same issue over and over? A bunch of cheap parts still adds up to a huge investment. Lou says, DON'T GET ON THE PARTS MERRY GO ROUND!

5) Convert The Suspension With Strutmasters: A simple concept that works. We replace the complicated stuff with passive struts, shocks and coil springs that work great. We have helped tens of thousands of customers hang onto their vehicles for several more years with the least possible investment in the long run. Lou says, NOW YOU TALKING!

Strutmasters offers products for almost every brand of vehicle equipped with a computerized active factory suspension. The majority of our kits come fully assembled and ALL of them offer detailed instructions so you can install it yourself or speed up the process for a professional mechanic.

Lou says: Don't learn the hard way like so many others! Fix It Once, Fix It Right with the original -- Strutmasters! Because Mercedes can be tricky, we recommend you obtain the full vehicle ID number (VIN) and call our team at 866-597-2397 BEFORE you order. They will make sure you get the correct application for your specific vehicle.

And be sure to say Hi to Lou when you call... he loves that!