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Old 11-04-2013, 10:27 AM
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coat hangers are just a city version of farm fence wire.
My trailer wheel hub castilated nuts have a piece of fence wire instead of a split pin. Its a Sunday repair thing.
Have towed many cars with a length of fence wire. Link a dozen coat hangers together & do the same.
A set of wire strainers & some fence wire ~ a poor mans winch. Have used them a couple of times to get the cars out when stuck in mud.
Every one knows a coat hanger is good for unlocking a locked car when the keys are in it.
Coat hanger wire is fine when you dont have hose clamps.
Good for when you dont have a safety chain for your trailer.
Their uses are endless !!
we call that bailing wire... farm fence wire down here means either chicken wire, or hog wire...

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Old 11-05-2013, 08:47 AM
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Here as well.

I'm too city to have heard of farm fence wire, but I do know what chicken coop fencing (wire) is.
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Old 11-05-2013, 08:52 AM
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Does that upgrade work for the sedans as well? I am looking at replacing my rear rotors and brakes and def have too much bias at the front.
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Old 11-05-2013, 08:57 AM
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I would assume so. subframes are the same...
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"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!

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1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

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Old 11-05-2013, 09:50 AM
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I am looking at replacing my rear rotors and brakes and def have too much bias at the front.
I'm guessing MB did this on purpose to help reduce nose dive, and relied on the ABS to do the proportioning.

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Old 11-05-2013, 10:07 AM
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Here as well.

I'm too city to have heard of farm fence wire, but I do know what chicken coop fencing (wire) is.
We just call it "chicken wire'
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Old 11-05-2013, 11:02 AM
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a nice long nail works too, and looks almost stock. Plus if you have the nail, you probably also have a hammer to bend it with on the back side



Im impressed vstech didn't scratch the finish on the wire, nice clean install
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Old 11-05-2013, 12:04 PM
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We just call it "chicken wire'
lol, I remember now...
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Old 11-07-2013, 12:34 AM
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Hey, Jack....What car are these rear vented rotors being swapped from and put on? W123 ?
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Old 11-07-2013, 07:32 AM
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95 E 320T has the vented rear rotors, will fit any W124

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"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!

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1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

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