[W126 Coupe] Handling - the Opposite Approach

[Mister McGoo]

By the way, I discovered this NOT because I wanted to uglify my SEC.  After 
a couple of years of ownership I had a flat and discovered that the "spare" 
was from a 124.

I subsequently never drove on it, but it certainly looks funny.  But it had 
an upside.  I have a 300TD and needed another wheel anyway.

-Bellamy

>From: "Mister McGoo" <eelploot at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
>To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
>Subject: [W126 Coupe] Handling - the Opposite Approach
>Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 19:07:25 +0000
>
>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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