just remember, if you use steel rims, you need shorter lug bolts...

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Good point. I hadn't thought of that

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1982 300d -Adolf- Got it for 500 bucks from a guy that thought he knew how to make biodiesel. Even the best diesels won't run on burnt french fry ends! 318,000 and counting
1982 300cd -Erwin- 107,000 miles! The most fun you can have in a diesel. Wrecked by an idiot, massive insurance payout for me. Tough to see you go, my friend.
1983 300d -Katrina- Another five hundred bucks. Straight outta New Orleans, by way of Maryland. Work in progress. 291,000 and counting

I went to the junkyard and got 4 steels (laying around), then got 20 bundt lugs and cut them down with an angle grinder, and filed the threads. took about 15 minutes, lugs are not cheap if you buy a cars worth new. Cost me 5 bucks for 20 used. I painted them so I wouldn't mix them up with the regular bundt lugs.

I also ordered a pair of blizzaks off tirerack and had them mounted to the steel rims for traction tires, was VERY pleased with that studless winter tire. Used what was decent of the 4 existing steel wheel tires for front tires.

Personally, ive never had huge problems with front wheel control in snow in a 123, mostly traction issues. Blizzaks did a good job on that end

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