Improving my W124's handling
Improving my W124's handling
12-19-2015, 11:46 AM
#14
Quote:Are you sure you don't want to lower? The early W124's look like rally cars next to later ones.
Did you by any chance measure your ride height before and after the spring swap? My car, measure from hub center to fender lip and with a nearly full tank of fuel, was 15" in the rear and 15.5" in the front. I guess I would not mind a little bit of lowering, but I will likely just live with whatever the cabrio springs give up front and try to get a .5" rake with an empty tank or level with a full tank by cutting the R129 springs.
Quote:The real difference in handling came from the Hedgehog Motorsports urethane bushings.
I would love to swap to poly bushings, but I do not think I can justify the cost. Poly bushings for my dad's whole car (69 Dodge Coronet R/T) are $150, where Hedgehog wants more than that just for the front lower control arm bushings. Maybe someday.
Thanks!
1987 300D pump turned up and advanced, CLK wheels
1985 190D manual trans. grey market car
DieselPower
12-19-2015, 11:46 AM #14Quote:Are you sure you don't want to lower? The early W124's look like rally cars next to later ones.
Did you by any chance measure your ride height before and after the spring swap? My car, measure from hub center to fender lip and with a nearly full tank of fuel, was 15" in the rear and 15.5" in the front. I guess I would not mind a little bit of lowering, but I will likely just live with whatever the cabrio springs give up front and try to get a .5" rake with an empty tank or level with a full tank by cutting the R129 springs.
Quote:The real difference in handling came from the Hedgehog Motorsports urethane bushings.
I would love to swap to poly bushings, but I do not think I can justify the cost. Poly bushings for my dad's whole car (69 Dodge Coronet R/T) are $150, where Hedgehog wants more than that just for the front lower control arm bushings. Maybe someday.
Thanks!
1987 300D pump turned up and advanced, CLK wheels
1985 190D manual trans. grey market car
Messages In This Thread
Improving my W124's handling - by raysorenson - 12-10-2012, 03:44 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by raysorenson - 12-17-2012, 07:03 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by raysorenson - 01-02-2013, 07:55 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by Simpler=Better - 01-03-2013, 09:31 AM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by raysorenson - 01-07-2013, 01:04 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by Simpler=Better - 01-07-2013, 01:42 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by raysorenson - 01-07-2013, 02:50 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by winmutt - 01-09-2013, 07:20 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by raysorenson - 01-10-2013, 12:29 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by winmutt - 01-15-2013, 11:40 AM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by Simpler=Better - 01-15-2013, 03:26 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by DieselPower - 12-18-2015, 09:26 AM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by raysorenson - 12-18-2015, 04:07 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by DieselPower - 12-19-2015, 11:46 AM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by raysorenson - 12-19-2015, 07:37 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by DieselPower - 02-25-2016, 12:37 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by raysorenson - 02-26-2016, 10:14 AM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by atypicalguy - 10-26-2017, 06:09 AM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by SurfRodder - 03-06-2018, 03:08 AM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by atypicalguy - 07-26-2018, 02:50 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by SurfRodder - 11-08-2018, 01:35 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by atypicalguy - 09-22-2019, 11:42 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by raysorenson - 10-26-2017, 08:20 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by Simpler=Better - 10-27-2017, 11:33 AM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by whipplem104 - 10-28-2017, 08:04 AM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by atypicalguy - 10-28-2017, 12:19 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by raysorenson - 10-28-2017, 02:05 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by whipplem104 - 10-28-2017, 05:13 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by raysorenson - 10-28-2017, 08:37 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by atypicalguy - 10-29-2017, 03:00 AM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by whipplem104 - 10-29-2017, 10:11 AM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by atypicalguy - 10-29-2017, 10:49 AM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by whipplem104 - 10-29-2017, 11:29 AM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by atypicalguy - 10-29-2017, 09:03 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by atypicalguy - 03-27-2018, 08:38 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by atypicalguy - 03-29-2018, 11:28 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by atypicalguy - 03-02-2019, 01:29 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by atypicalguy - 09-20-2019, 09:03 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by JoeB - 10-05-2019, 09:49 PM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by atypicalguy - 11-04-2019, 09:12 AM
RE: Improving my W124's handling - by JoeB - 10-05-2019, 10:57 PM
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