I should also say that I have 5 original forged 14" bundt fuchs wheels that I am having redone, if anyone wants that shiny new look. All the aftermarket bundts are cast rather than forged and none of them have steel bolt inserts like the fuchs. These are in good shape just need blasting and paint. I will ebay them otherwise.
Wheel guy told me they used to punch the steel inserts out before sending them to have the chrome stripped off, as the chrome is forever corroding and needs to be removed by acid which will eat the steel. Costs 75 a wheel in california now just to have the chrome stripped. Apparently the electroplaters are taxed on usage of the acid hot tank somehow, so they only do batched runs. Fun trivia: He also told me the early dinner plate wheels were forged, but the later ones were not. Later cast ones have square corners in the holes. Forged hole corners are more rounded. On Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 8:07 PM Karl Wittnebel <atypical...@gmail.com wrote: > Will take some in the daylight tomorrow. > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2018, 7:54 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: > >> Pics? >> >> --FT >> Sent from iPhone >> >> > On Dec 28, 2018, at 10:51 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> > >> > 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 >> > >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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
