[W126 Coupe] Spring nibs (lowering question)

[Brent von Behrens]

Hi Ramon,

I wish I could remember all of this, it's been over eleven years now. I do know I used 1 nib front and three nib rear and have quite the rack. I'm not even sure where I got the spring nibs, dealer most likely. I just followed what everyone else was doing at the time. Try the archives back in '99.

Regards,

Brent


To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 13:39:58 -0400
From: m0nm0n at aol.com
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Spring nibs (lowering question)


Hey Brent,
I'm planning on installing H&R sport springs on my 380 sec, so was wondering which spring nibs size I should use. I'll be using 18" rims wrapped in 225/45/18.I have called the dealership and they said that rears spring nibs were: 9.5mm, 14mm, 19mm and were not supposed to be interchangeable with the front. The front spring nibs were 8mm and 13mm. Which spring nibs would you recommend? Also, what is the rack effect? 


Thanks

Ramon









-----Original Message-----
From: Brent von Behrens <fdvb at msn.com>
To: MB Coupes <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Thu, Apr 29, 2010 4:47 am
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Spring nibs (lowering question)




  1 nib = 9.5mm 2 nib = 14mm 3 nib = 19mm The nibs are little tabs that can be seen at the bottom of the spring rubber. All alignment specs are a function of ride height. If you set up a race car, you set the weights side to side, corner to corner and then set the ride heights to fine tune the weights and then and only then do you align. Alignment always changes with ride height changes.
 
This is from Stu Ritter back in the day. I went with 1 nib front and 3 nib rear. More of a rack effect. That's way I was able to pass Markus. ;-}
 
Regards,
Brent




Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:44:15 -0400
From: markusfmeyer at gmail.com
To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Spring nibs (lowering question)


Tire size depends on the rim width.  On my 18X8's, I run 245/40, on my 18X9's, I run 275/35.
 
As to nibs, depends what you are going for.  The less the rake, make them both similar or the same.  The more the rake desired, the higher the difference.  I think I have 2 nib fron, 3 nib rear for a slight rake effect.
 
Markus


On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 5:33 AM, <m0nm0n at aol.com> wrote:




Thanks for all your comments and tips, I will place 18's on mines cause it really looks good, but I was wondering which nib sizes (rubber spacers above the spring) would be suitable for an 18inch rim with what tire size? 


thanks 


Ramon
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