[W126 Coupe] Handling - the Opposite Approach

Mister McGoo eelploot at hotmail.com
Sat Aug 13 15:07:25 EDT 2005


Many people are using larger wider wheels, spacers, and lowering their 
SEC's.  Here is an opposite approach:

I have just discovered an easy way to downgrade the handling characteristics 
of your SEC so that it not only handles like a pig on stilts, but at the 
same time looks exceptionally stupid.

The standard 15" wheels from a 124 fit on the 126 models except the offset 
is about two inches less.  As a result, your wheels LOOK stock but are 
tucked away inside the wheel arches like woodland creatures peeking from 
their burrows.

Think of it as the opposite of spacers... anti-spacers, maybe.

You heard it here at MB Coupes first!

(By the way, if you are serious about trying this, first, you need another 
set of shorter wheel bolts; second, try to not ever have to turn corners... 
f'instance, move to Arizona; and third, get some professional help for your 
chronic substance-abuse problem.)

-Bellamy




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