[W126 Coupe] Handling - the Opposite Approach

[Bill P.]

Maybe you add 13"  wheels to that look also!

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From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com]On
Behalf Of Mister McGoo
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 15:07
To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
Subject: [W126 Coupe] Handling - the Opposite Approach

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