[W126 Coupe] 500SEC Lowering

[FPecar4525 at aol.com]

Why is it we search out one of the finest engineered cars ever made  and 
then proceed to alter the German engineering?  Reminds me of my high  school 
days...
 
Frank Pecarich
 
 
In a message dated 1/29/2011 10:57:48 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
stevetsg at msn.com writes:

I'm  waiting for a helper to join me to troubleshoot my horns and I''ll  of 
course let everyone know the results.

In the meantime, for the  benefit of  D. Miller or anyone else that might 
not already appreciate  what lowering a car of this type can involve, I have 
had to replace my  Eibach springs once; the first set failed but they were 
waranteed except  for the labor.  Total cost for my springs and installation, 
close to  $1000 back in the 90"s, bay area, CA.  I don't recall how many 
tires I  ended up replacing all of these years because of premature wear but 
back in  the early 90's I was paying in excess of $300 per 17" tire (they 
were a  novelty back then and were expensive).  It wasn't until a few months 
ago  that I finally bit the bullet and invested in a rear end alignment kit 
and had  an alignment professional modify the rear end so that the front end 
could  be properly aligned (everybody up to now had told me that their 
alignment work  was not perfect but it was as good as they could get it.  Soon I  
will have put 3000 miles on my perfect alignment and new tires (nearly $3000 
 including the new tires); I'll take the car back in to have the  wheels 
rotated, the alignment re-checked and tires inspected for  wear.  I hope that 
I will be able to report that my tires are  wearing evenly for the first 
time since the car was modified.  All that  said, I love the look, it is my 
pride and joy and I would do it again except  that this time I would do it 
right 100%.  

I am sure  that someone might think that taking a torch and heating the 
coils or a  hack saw would be good enough but I think that that kind of 
thinking  would only be fodder for jokes.  

Have fun and best  wishes.  

Ernie




> From:  48hp at earthlink.net

> To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com

> Date: Sat, 29 Jan  2011 10:14:42 -0800

> Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] 500SEC Lowering

>  

> Unfortunately the Eibach 500SEC specific non-self leveling springs  

> are no longer available from Eibach.

> 

> -h

>  

> On Jan 29, 2011, at 9:56 AM, Gerry Van Zandt wrote:

> 

>  > Your springs depend on what you want to do with the car.....

>  >

> > You have two choices with lowering springs for the C126:  Eibach or 

> > H&R springs.

> >

> > Eibach is  going to give you a bit more comfort (softer)

> >

> >  H&R is going to give you a bit better handling (harder)

>  >

> > I have been running an Eibach Pro-Kit (all four springs) on  my 

> > 560SEC since 2002, and have been happy with it. It lowers the  car 

> > about 1.5 inches (roughly the same as the H&R springs)  from the 

> > stock position. The ride could be firmed up a bit by  combining the 

> > Eibach springs with Bilstein HD dampers, which is  probably what I'll 

> > do when it comes time to replace the stock  shocks. But seeing as 

> > the SEC was originally intended as a  luxury-oriented touring car, 

> > not a balls-out sports car, I chose  to get the Eibachs to keep the 

> > car generally within  character.

> >

> > Both Eibach and H&R are well-made and  of good quality (made in 

> > Germany). BTW, DO NOT just lower the  front -- purchase a set of all 

> > four springs and lower the entire  car.

> >

> > Good luck.

> > Cheers,

> >  Gerry

> >

> >

> >

> > On Jan 29, 2011, at  11:15 AM, mbcoupes-request at mbcoupes.com wrote:

> >

> >> I  have a 1984 500 SEC Euro and would like to lower the front. Any 

>  >> sugesstions on

> >> springs I should use? Thanks D.  Miller

> >

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