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Post Vogtland rear tire toe-in...
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KTA-Cummins
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Location: Kentucky
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RE: Post Vogtland rear tire toe-in...
When you all say toed in or out on the rear do you actually mean camber? My Grey W123 sits low in the back and it is showing negative camber and eating the insides off the tires much faster than the outsides. My car is always hauling tools and parts and is fairly heavy in the back. I am trying to find info from Lesjofors on the spring rates of their HD spring for the W123. I am hopeing it would raise the back end to fix my camber problem and stiffen up the hadleing some for better handleing.
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| 02-01-2010 03:04 PM |
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SurfRodder
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RE: Post Vogtland rear tire toe-in...
yeah...that's what i meant... that's what happens when you're an insomniac and write posts in the wee hours...or at work after lunch the day after (as it were)... I had the same issue you describe (and same cause too) If you go with the S600 springs from this thread:
http://www.superturbodiesel.com/std/sls-...457-2.html
you wont be disappointed, especially with the increased trunk load. you can see a good pic of the ride height (with a shit-ton of tools and 'supplies/spares' in the trunk) in my car profile (post #24):
http://www.superturbodiesel.com/std/83-300d-t-366.html
and apparently (per a late note in the first thread linked above) there will soon be a stateside supplier for the springs which is good as a guy (FloridaCyclist) had trouble getting a hold of them from the UK supplier that GreasyBeast and I got them from.
one other note: I am currently running no spacers, but I think the 1 'nub' spacers would fit fairly well(I couldn't quite jam the 3 nubbers in there...at least w/o a compressor) and they should still settle out to a comparable height.
'83 300D **4 speed ** stainless flex oil cooler and brake lines ** powder coated valve cover, oil tower, and injection lines ** manual climate control ** better stereo ** homemade intake and monstercraftsman oil separator ** EGR Delete ** Euros headlights ** 4 brake light mod ** Vogtland 50mm drop front springs ** Lesjofors S600 drop rear springs ** 16" rims ** late model 126 brake spindles, rotors and calipers ** full suspension rehab ** Bilstein HDs ** AL129X alternator ** 1/0 starter and charging cables ** late W126 front seats and rear seat back ** 300GD Clutch and Flywheel **
In progress: ported head, VGT ,W115 intake and exhaust fueled by MW pump with Tomnik's 6.5mm elements ** projector HID retrofit into euro style H/L housings
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(This post was last modified: 02-03-2010 06:04 AM by SurfRodder.)
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