[W126 Coupe] lowering

[Mucteba fatih]

ok. Thank you.

On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Attila <attila13 at bellsouth.net> wrote:


>                  OK.  No, I am not Turkish.  My heritage is

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>                 Austrian.

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> *From:* mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:

> mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] *On Behalf Of *Mucteba fatih

> *Sent:* Thursday, April 29, 2010 2:35 AM

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> attila is a Turkish name so I ask you are you Turkish

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> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 5:45 AM, Attila <attila13 at bellsouth.net> wrote:

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>         Sorry, don’t know what that means.

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> *From:* mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:

> mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] *On Behalf Of *Mucteba fatih

> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 28, 2010 6:52 AM

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> attila sen turk musun?

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> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 7:03 AM, Attila <attila13 at bellsouth.net> wrote:

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>         Hello Ramon.    I run 18’s all the way around.  8” in front,

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>         9” rears.  Koni adjustables, H&R’s.  The car rides way

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> better than stock.  (Less harsh than the ’94 E500).  Better

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> center of gravity, better cornering, no adverse affect or

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> wear on the tires.  No rubbing, no rolling the fenders.  I

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> didn’t even do the 4 wheel alignment.  Looks better too.

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> These cars were not engineered ‘perfectly’, especially

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> performance-wise, otherwise there would never have been

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> an AMG, or the countless other tuning shops in Germany.

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> *From:* mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:

> mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] *On Behalf Of *Dick Spellman

> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 27, 2010 10:37 PM

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> On 4/27/2010 2:30 PM, m0nm0n at aol.com wrote:

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> Whats the best way to lower my 1982 380 sec? I know you buy the lowering

> springs and new shocks but, do you still have to take the rubber shims

> located on top of the springs out? if so How many? I'm putting 18 inch rims

> on my vehicle.

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> Thanks

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> Ramon

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> Hi Ramon,

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> You indicate you will install new shocks.  This is a good decision if they

> have been on there a long while.  Even if they do not leak at present, once

> you lower you will force the piston to a new depth.  If there is a ridge or

> dirt embedded in the piston it will eat the shock piston seal causing it to

> leak.  The Bilstein Comfort shocks give you the performance without the

> harsh/hard ride once the H&R springs are installed.

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> The MB rubber spacers or nibs (available from MB directly) need to be

> selected to give the sec the correct 'rake' or slope from rear to front.  I

> no longer have the notes I wrote up when doing the lowering but, you will

> need to change these up to get the right ride height and look when going to

> 18's.

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> I am running factory bolt on (no spacers for the offset or tracking)

> Lorinser 18's all around and have the same early front fender style (not

> flared) that you have.  The clearance to the inside of the metal lips on all

> 4 wheels is scant and the distance from the top of the Pirelli's to the

> fender edge is maybe 1/2 inch.  There is no rub and no connection between

> tire or chassis at any time.  You may need to roll the rear fender lip some

> depending on the wheel offset and tire width you install.  My tire set up on

> the Lorinser rims is 275 35 zr 18 rear and 235 40 zr18 front.  Running 18's

> requires grater precision in the set-up.  I was lucky as the alignment shop

> at the time I did my work, let me fuss for several hours to get the 4-wheel

> alignment within factory spec's.  From what I have read on others efforts to

> align after lowering, I got lucky.  The Pirelli's have been great, no noise,

> no vibration smooth even wear.  They are about do for renewal in 5-10k

> however.

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> I love the ride by the way and see no serious side effects.  The ride was

> engineered by BergWerks (Carl and Steve) in Van Nuys, CA and then put

> together here in Boston over a period of months/years. I tried posting this

> earlier with an image that proved to be too big.  Maybe this cropped version

> will make it.

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> Regards,

> Dick

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