[W126 Coupe] Will wheels from w140 s500 work on 560sec?

[Steve Nervig]

On Apr 1, 2007, at 5:09 AM, Divov wrote:


> Try them!

> Beware wheel bolt lengths! There seem to be so many different wheel  

> (nut) bolt lengths for different wheels.

> If you have to get after-market wheel bolts, make double sure that  

> the taper on the wheel bolt matches your wheel's taper. Use a bit  

> of Prussian Blue dye.

> When you fit the wheels, spin them to make sure your bolts are not  

> too long and fouling. Conversely, make sure there is enough tread  

> going in.

> I 'think' you require 8 full revolutions of tread but check that  

> figure. 8???

> Regards

> Alec Divov

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> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 7:34 PM

> Subject: [W126 Coupe] Will wheels from w140 s500 work on 560sec?

>

>

>> subj.

>>

>> someone in my town has a decent set of oem wheels from

>> a '98 s500 for sale, anyone know off the top of their

>> head if offset, etc, are ok for my '87 sec?

>>

>> many thanks,

>> alex


As Satish has said, W140 wheels will not work on a W126. Besides the  
offset being off, it's the bolt diameter that is different. W140s use  
a 14mm diameter bolt. W126s use a 12mm.

Steve