[W126 Coupe] How wide tires are you running?

[Shayegan, Richard]

Is there any reason (I would have said any good reason, but I'm guessing
it's not a good reason) that when a distributor who has Aero II's in
stock called AMG they told him the Aero II will not work on a W126?
According to AMG though the 5-spoke 129 will fit...true?
Thanks,
Richard

________________________________

From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com
[mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Hodgman
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 2:14 PM
To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] How wide tires are you running?


Yup..they work:)

Jonathan


On 9/5/06, Bruce Mendel <brucem105 at comcast.net> wrote: 

	I have pentas (ronal branded) and 3-piece amg's I am selling.
	
	Had two sets of aero i's but both are spoken for.
	
	Might have one more set of aeeo i's inbound in a few weeks.
	
	--- Original Message ---
	From: "Shayegan, Richard" <rishayegan at davidson.edu>
	Sent: Tue 9/5/06 1:18 pm
	To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists < mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
<mailto:mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com> >
	Subject: RE: [W126 Coupe] How wide tires are you running?
	
	I called them, they don't have the Aero II's any more Jonathan.
I'm
	going to call around a few other places, I really want to get a
weight 
	spec on the Aero II.
	Also, they say for those BBS's they include 12mm Mercedes spacer
and no
	hubcentric ring...should I be worried?
	Thanks,
	Richard
	
	________________________________
	
	From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com
	[mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan
Hodgman
	Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:07 AM
	To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists 
	Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] How wide tires are you running?
	
	
	Yup...I run 5mm spacers in the rear..gets the ET of 30 down to
25..not
	so much for rubbing but looks..  the rears sit a little further
in then
	I like w/o them.
	
	You can buy the Aero II's from the tire rack right now..  But I
would do
	it sooner rather then later as they will be discontinuing that
model..
	They car they were originally designed for was a 95 C36. 
	
	Not exactly sure what factory is...if I had to guess I'd say
even lower
	then 2K...
	
	Jonathan
	
	
	On 9/5/06, Shayegan, Richard <rishayegan at davidson.edu > wrote:
	
	        I remember you said you ran spacers on the back...would
245's
	rub without them, or is it just a looks thing (I read one
instance of
	245's rubbing on an SE, but it didn't mention offset)? Also, you
run 17" 
	Aero II's right? Do you know what they weigh? I might be able to
find a
	set of those new still somewhere, and I think they look better
enough
	than the BBS RG-R's I'm considering (I'm starting to think that
they
	might look silly on 11" rotors) that if they are within 2lbs
(the BBS
	are 18.5lbs) I might go with them.
	
	        Hmmmm....high stall torque convertor...what's factory,
2000rpm?
	But it still wouldn't be a lockup TC, so I guess I probably
shouldn't go 
	higher than that for the sake of highway efficiency/heat
reduction.
	        Thanks,
	        Richard
	
	________________________________
	
	        From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com 
	[mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan
Hodgman
	        Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 10:12 AM
	
	
	        To: Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists 
	
	        Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] How wide tires are you
running?
	
	
	
	        I run 245/45 17.  Works great for me...80 plus in HEAVY
Florida
	rain w/o issue:):)  New tyres do a superb job of ferrying water
away 
	from your contact patch these days.
	
	        Not sure what we'll have on torque below 2K, this is
going to be
	a custom grind so we'll do our best in the computer modeling but
only
	time will tell.
	
	        We're not tweaking the TC unless that's something you
would like 
	done for a higher stall.
	
	        The change in gearing will be so slight I'd be surprised
if it
	were @ all noticeable.
	
	
	        Jonathan
	        --
	        Blue Ridge Mercedes
	        Offering Enthusiast Service and Restoration. 
	        Providing quality parts to discriminating customers in
all parts
	of the world.
	        Located in the Greater Atlanta area
	        www.blueridgemb.com
	        1996 S600 Euro "Scharnhorst" 
	        1991 560 SEC Full Euro ECE
	        1991 560 SEC 226Hp/271ft/lbs:)
	        1989 560 SEC AMG (N.America Conver
	
	The MB Coupes Website!
	W126 SEC Mailing List
	Postings remain property of MB Coupes, L.L.C.
	




-- 
Blue Ridge Mercedes
Offering Enthusiast Service and Restoration.
Providing quality parts to discriminating customers in all parts of the
world.
Located in the Greater Atlanta area 
www.blueridgemb.com
1996 S600 Euro "Scharnhorst"
1991 560 SEC Full Euro ECE
1991 560 SEC 226Hp/271ft/lbs:)
1989 560 SEC AMG (N.America Conversion)
1986 560 SEC Currently being Parted (check my page) 
1986 560 SL  White on Burgundy
1985 500 SEL Euro (Parts Car)
1985 300 CD Blue on Blue
1980 280 SE Euro
1978 300D TMU
1987 560 SEL 162K Midnight Blue on Gray RIP:(
1992 E300D 140K Champagne on Parchment tex (Sold) 
1990 560 SEC 154K Anthracite on Gray (Sold)
1988 300 TE 160K Burgundy on Palomino (Sold)
1980 280 SE US 185K (Sold)
2006 Z4 3.0Si M spec 6sp 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.pairlist.net/pipermail/mbcoupes/attachments/20060905/b4957473/attachment.html