Oooohhh. Thanks for pointing that out!

The front suspension is adjustable torsion bars instead of coilovers like the rear has. A couple years ago I went ahead and tightened the bars so they gave me about 1 inch lift. You can get more lift out of them, but that requires taking the bars apart instead of just adjusting the bolt under the ML.

Thanks! I bought the spacers from another ML guy who decided he wasn't going to use them. Think there's a few online shops where you can buy them still. I mostly learned everything by seeing what others had done and then doing it myself. Although there's a healthy dose of "doing it myself" since with these older ML's there are a lot of 20 year old dead forums online lol.

Just under 34 inches, after letting the springs settle and after towing for awhile.

The front suspension is torsion bars, and can be adjusted up/down with I think like a 19mm socket wrench.

Thanks! Yeah I have some negative camber (was going to get an alignment but never got the chance), but my spacers are only like 20mm. Eventually I'll get that sorted, but at this rate it'll be whenever I get new tires too. I saw a video series (Legitstreetcars) where they lifted an amg version with like, 4 inch spacers, and had to do that to solve the camber issue.

@@jaskolp Good luck man! I'm curious to hear how that goes. I might do 15mm down the line. I'm realizing these things are not the easiest to modify without some fab work. I actually called the shop @Legitstreetcars used, and it wasn't included in the video but they had to weld on additional material to the rear upper A arm mounts to get it aligned.

It might be a few mm taller than 38. My spacers were 20mm and I think I got a little more than that in lift after everything settled. The hardest part was getting the lower control arm back into place. With 38mm plates be prepared to use a couple of jacks or something to get the lower control arm back into position.

@@jaskolp thanks a lot. And about spacers, if it viev like a quad, it haven't problem with installation? On you videos spacers like a circle

@@user-uc5jy2et1v As long as the spacer sits snug on the plate on top of the coilover assembly, has bolt holes, and has a hole in the center for the top of the shock to clear it should work.

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Hello! I'm currently working on a couple more videos, one on the ML so I'll be sure to mention the roof rack. In short though; It is secured on bars for the ML that are mounted on the roof rails. The rack and bars were bought online for around $200 total, so they aren't the highest quality but they're good for light use.

It's a hitch mounted carrier from Wilco Off-road. Worked great when I had it.

Just a cheap one off of Amazon. The specific brand is 'Leader Accessories'

I'm honestly not sure, but I know people who have put 2 inch spacers on and as far as I know haven't reported any problems beyond needing an alignment (and having difficulties getting it set right). There's one guy on KZfaq (LegitStreetCars with an AMG ML) who I think put 4 inch spacers on, which might have been a bit overkill. But on the trip he filmed the axles didn't break, so that's good for you, lol. Also be prepared for pain getting the control arms back in; with mine I had to use a jack (wish I had 2) in order to get the bolt holes to line up, and with a taller spacer it'll be even more difficult. Since yours are only 1/2 inch taller you shouldn't have much more trouble than I did, but it was something I wasn't expecting.

Here's LegitStreetCars' video where they work on the ML. I think there's 3-4 videos in the series. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r710aZqi2sDdlKc.html

@@jaskolp Thanks so much for your honest opinion, I appreciated. I have not seen off road videos of your rig after you upgraded, looking forward

@@jaskolp Yes I did see this videos, they really did some work on that ML and it did well off road

@@RichardVac No problem! Yeah I haven't had many opportunities to take it off roading lol. I'm also really bad about setting up my camera, but I'm getting kinda better at it..

Nope, the original springs were sagging a lot so while I gained about 2in from where I was at I probably only gained closer to about 1.25in from factory.

I painted it with the help of one of my friends! I think paint supplies cost around $500-700.

Excellent work.