Doing the second gen w126 front brake upgrade on the 123. Ordered all the stuff today. New backing plates was the most expensive item. More than rebuilt calipers. It needed new rotors anyway and I am very tired of the rotors warping after stopping fast at lights.
126 calipers require 15" wheels, so now I have nothing stopping me, pardon the pun. Anyway I am now running 225/60 r15s on the 85td. That is what the wheels came with. Kumho Ecstar. Definitely notice the slight decrease in get up and go, but the ride is tons better. Havent done sunset at speed yet, so will see about cornering. But the car looks really pretty with this setup, rides better and can still cruise up the sepulveda pass at 80, so overall a success. Might do 225/50 next time just to compare. On Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 11:43 AM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: > Today I had resolved to use the nice weather and time off from work to > address the water leaking into my '87 wagon. > > Dan had early offered that the nuts holding down the roof rails were not > too bad to get to, just pull back the headliner a bit by the doors and the > rear luggage compatment (no need to remove the headliner). But then Dan > mis-remembered (it turns out, luckily for me) that some of the hardware is > hidden under the sunroof pan, and I went back to Plan A which was to caulk > the edges of the roof rails down on the exterior of the car, which would > look rather tacky but might solve my leak. > > I decide to take a peak "just to make sure" and was very happy to find the > Dan was right the first time, removing the roof rails doesn't look too > terrible. According to the service manual, I will also need to remove the > rear hatch struts, but I've BTDT and have the tools. > > Now you know what and where I'll be for the next few hours.... > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
