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No
teson thecoil-o versus pen sion
% Thissu pp lement replaces the"AMG adaptive
spor tsuspension system" topic intheve hi‐
cle Oper ator's Manual.
The vehicle iseq uipped withacoil-o versusp en‐
sion specia llydeveloped byAMG .
The basic fa ct or yse tting ofthesuspension pro‐
vides awe ll-balan cedcom promise between ride
comf ortand perform anc ein race trac kmod eand
ha sbee nop timi zed forth eNü rburgr ingnorth
loop race trac k.
Yo ucan adjustth ecoil-o versusp ension foruse
on thera ce trac kto suit your requ iremen tsor to
th ecor responding trac kpr ofile.
Yo ucan carryout thefo llo wing settings tothe
shoc kabsorber ssepar ately forth efront orrear
axle yourself :
R Rebound phase(/page8)
R Low-speed compression phase
(/ page9)
R High-speed compression phase
(/ page9) Yo
ucan also have thefo llo wing settings carried
out ataqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop:
R Wheel load(/page10 )
R Anti-r ollch aract eristic s(/ page10 ) Ad
jus tingthe shockabso rbers No
teson adjusting theshoc kabsor bers The
shoc kabsor bersar eadjus tedby turning the
cor responding controller ininc rements ofone
clic k. Dir
ect ion Effect
Coun ter-
cloc kwise R
Softerse tting
R Less contr olove rth ebody
R Great erride comf ort
Cloc kwise R
Har der setting
R Great ercon trol ove rth e
body
R Less grip, dependin gon
th etra ck condi tions %
Only thebasic setting oftheshoc kabsorb‐
er sma ybe used when driving onnor mal
ro ads (/page7). Amodi fied setting may
onl ybe used when youar eno tdr ivin gon
public roads. &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent dueto
modif iedshoc kabso rbersse ttings
Cha nging theshoc kabsorber settings
ch ang esthehandling charact eristic s. #
Adjus tth eshoc kabsorber sin small
incr ement s. #
Alw aysadjus tth elef tand right shoc k
absorber sso that they have ident ical
va lues. #
Test themodif ieddriving charact eristic s
and vehicle react ionsat are duced vehi‐
cle speed. Re
stor ing thebasic setting #
Turn there spectiv econt roller cloc kwise to
th estop and then turnit count er-cloc kwise
to thebasic setting. Coil-o
versusp ension 7
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Basi
cse tting ofthefront axle:
R Rebound phase: 6clic ksopen
R Low-speed compression phase: 6clic ksopen
R High-speed compression phase: 6clic ks
open
Basic setting ofthere ar axle :
R Rebound phase: 6clic ksopen
R Low-speed compression phase: 8clic ksopen
R High-speed compression phase: 8clic ks
open
% The number ofopen clicksdescr ibesthe
num berof notches counter-clo ckwise from
th estop. Ad
jus tingthe rebound phase Ad
jus ting there bound phasechang esthe
re bound charact eristic sof theshoc kabsorber s.*
NO
TEDama getotheshoc kabsorber s
when adjustingthere bound phase #
Donotexc eed thespecif iedadjus tment
ra ng e. Ad
jus tment rang eon thefront and rear axle
shoc kabsor bers:
R Rebound phase: 1-16 click s Fr
ont axle #
Turn contr oller 1 inthedesir eddirect ion. 8
Coil-oversusp ension
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Re
ar axle #
Turn contr oller 1 inthedesir eddirect ion. Ad
jus tingthe comp ression phase Ad
jus ting thecom pression phasechang esthe
com press ion charact eristic sof theshoc k
absorber s. Lo
w-speed compression phase:
R slowcom pression speed
R modif ieddam perresponse
High-speed compression phase:
R fast com press ion speed
R mod ifie d ha ndli ngcharact eristic swhen
cr oss ing large obs tacle s,su ch ascur bs
* NO
TEDama getotheshoc kabsorber s
when adjustingthecom pression phase #
Donotexc eed thespecif iedadjus tment
ra ng e. Ad
jus tment rang eon thefront and rear axle
shoc kabsor bers:
R Low-speed compression phase: 1-12 click s
R High -spee dcom pressi onpha se:1-15 click s #
Tosetth elo w- speed compression phase:
tur ncont roller 2inthedesir eddirect ion. #
Tosetth ehigh -speed com pression
ph ase: turncon troller 1inthedesir ed
dir ect ion. Coil-o
versusp ension 9
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No
teson adjusting thewheel load
Yo ucan have thewheel loaddistribution onthe
fr ont orrear axle adjus tedto suit your requ ire‐
men tsor tothecor responding trac kpr ofile ata
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
% Onlyth ebasic setting maybe used forth e
ve hicle leve land wheel loadwhen drivin gon
nor mal roads. Amodi fied setting mayonl y
be used when youar eno tdr ivin gon public
ro ads. &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent whenth e
ve hicle leve lis ch ang ed
Chan gingth eve hicle leve lch ang esthesus‐
pension geome try and ther efor eth ehandling
ch aract eristic s.
This couldcaus eyo uto lose control of the
ve hicle. #
Have suspension tuningperform ed ata
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent dueto an
adjus tedlimitin gring
If yo uadj ustth elimiting ring, itcou ldcome
int ocont actwith adjac entcom ponent parts
or thetir e.
This could cause damag eto theadjacen t
com ponen tpar tsor thetir e. #
Neveradju stthelimiting ring. No
teson adjusting theant i-roll charact eris‐
tics
Yo ucan have theto rsion bar effect on thefront
or rear axle adjus tedto suit your requ iremen ts
or tothecor responding trac kpr ofile and
we ather condition sat aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop.
% The anti-r ollcharact eristic sma yon lybe
used intheposition setat thefa ct or ywhe n
dr ivi ng on nor mal roads. Amodi fied setting
ma yonl ybe used when youar eno tdr ivin g
on public roads. &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent dueto
modif iedanti-r ollcharact eristic s
Chan gingth econ nect ionoftheto rsion bars
ch ang estheanti- rollch aract eristic sand
th er efor eth ehandling charact eristic s.
This couldcaus eyo uto lose control of the
ve hicle. #
Have suspension tuningperform ed ata
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. #
Test themodif ieddriving charact eristic s
and vehicle react ionsat are duced vehi‐
cle speed. 10
Coil-oversusp ension
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No
teson washing theve hicl ein acar wash
* NO
TEDama getothedecor ativeele‐
ment son thebum persif acar wash is
used #
Donotuse acar wash towa sh theve hi‐
cle. #
Washtheve hicle byhand only. Obser
vetheno teson "Washing theve hicle by
hand" intheve hicle Operator's Manual. Clea
ning andcare 11
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A
Ad jus tingthe anti -rol lch aract eristics .....10
Ad jus tingthe comp ression phase.............9
Ad jus tingthe rebound phase..................... 8
Ad jus tingthe wheello ad .......... ................10
Au thorized Mercedes- BenzCenter
see Qualif iedspec ialistwo rkshop
Au thorized workshop
see Qualif iedspecialis two rkshop C
Car wash (car e)......... ................................. 11
Car e
Au tomatic carwash ...............................1 1
Coil-o versus pen sion ............ ....................... 7
Ad jus ting theanti- rollch aract eristic s.... 10
Ad jus ting thecom pression phase ............ 9
Ad jus ting there bound phase ...................8
Ad jus ting thewheel load....................... 10
No tes .......................................................7
Re stor ing thebasic setting (com‐
pr ession phaseandrebound phase) ........ 7 D
Dam pers
see Shoc kabsorber s
Dealer ship
see Qualif iedspecialis two rkshop F
Fa ctor yse tting
see Restor ing thebasic setting H
High-sp eed
see Adjus ting thecom pression phase L
Limit edWa rranty
Ve hicle ............................................. ........ 6
Lo w-speed
see Adjus ting thecom pression phase O
Oper ating safety
Inf ormation ..................................... .........4 Oper
ator's Manua l
Ve hicle equipment ................................... 4 Q
Qualif iedspecialis two rkshop .................... 5 R
Re stor ing thebasic setting ........................ 7
Com pressio nphase .................................7
Re bound phase ........................................ 7 S
Ser vice center
see Qualif iedspecialis two rkshop
Shoc kabsorber s......................................... 7
Ad jus ting thecom pression phase ............ 9
Ad jus ting there bound phase ...................8
No tes .......................................................7
Re stor ing thebasic setting ......................7
Specialis two rkshop .................................... 5
Suspension see Coil-o versusp ension 12
Index
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Limi tedWa rrant y.....................................6
Qua lified speci alistwo rkshop .................. 5 W
Wa rranty ...................................................... 6
Wo rkshop
see Qualif iedspecialis two rkshop Inde
x 13
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