[MBZ] Wheel fitting Was re: OT the travails of a 2 ford family
Alex Chamberlin wrote: No, I am right. But I can clarify. Like OK Don said, bolting on and fitting are two different things. It's a simple matter of fact that the offsets are different enough to cause trouble. 124 wheels will NOT fit on a 126, 107, or 123 without spacers 15 mm thick or so on the hubs. Otherwise they will contact the brake discs and front suspension. Let me see if I can be more clear about this. My 126 had 124 wheels that came off a 1994 E320 Wagon. They did indeed fit! I drove 10,000 miles on the car with those wheels. I DID NOT have spacers on them and they DID NOT contact the discs or front suspension. Previously, I thought exactly as you did. At least until we put them on the car drove around the block looked then at them on a lift and they did not contact anything - no matter how hard I turned the wheel or what the angle of departure was or any other variable. The wheels worked perfectly. They were on the car for over a year. Alex also wrote Either way the result is not what Mercedes intended and the ride and handling characteristics of the car will be significantly worse. How do you know that the ride and handling will be WORSE rather different or *gasp* better? If you are saying that because of the different offset, the handling is somehow affected (in some way positive or negative), then you may be right. HOWEVER, I noticed NO difference in handling or performance. Perhaps it is not ideal to use 124 wheels on a 126, does not mean that a) they won't fit or b) it adversely affects the car. Donald H. Snook 2001 Ford Expedition ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Wheel fitting Was re: OT the travails of a 2 ford family
Alex Chamberlin wrote: No, I am right. But I can clarify. Like OK Don said, bolting on and fitting are two different things. It's a simple matter of fact that the offsets are different enough to cause trouble. 124 wheels will NOT fit on a 126, 107, or 123 without spacers 15 mm thick or so on the hubs. Otherwise they will contact the brake discs and front suspension. Let me see if I can be more clear about this. My 126 had 124 wheels that came off a 1994 E320 Wagon. They did indeed fit! I drove 10,000 miles on the car with those wheels. I DID NOT have spacers on them and they DID NOT contact the discs or front suspension. Previously, I thought exactly as you did. At least until we put them on the car drove around the block looked then at them on a lift and they did not contact anything - no matter how hard I turned the wheel or what the angle of departure was or any other variable. The wheels worked perfectly. They were on the car for over a year. Alex also wrote Either way the result is not what Mercedes intended and the ride and handling characteristics of the car will be significantly worse. How do you know that the ride and handling will be WORSE rather different or *gasp* better? If you are saying that because of the different offset, the handling is somehow affected (in some way positive or negative), then you may be right. HOWEVER, I noticed NO difference in handling or performance. Perhaps it is not ideal to use 124 wheels on a 126, does not mean that a) they won't fit or b) it adversely affects the car. Donald H. Snook 2001 Ford Expedition Could this and numerous other disagreements be due to the fact that Mercedes assumes their cars are going to be driven 100+ mph on the autobahn? At 100 mph there may be differences in handling with non-specified wheels. Gerry Archer '83 300D and 240D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
