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pawoSD · #61 05-20-2009, 01:31 AM

Is there an upset W123 in your driveway that had its wheels taken?

Or was that another set....?

TylerH860 · #62 05-20-2009, 01:54 AM

I don't think Ol' Turbo's 120 HP will miss it much.

He'll get freshly refinished bundts and new tires. It would be nice to find 15" bundts, but that's about as hard as finding Pentas.

mgburg · #63 05-20-2009, 02:10 AM

How many $$$$s did you drop on it?

I saw a 450SEL down the street from me today...the guy wants $14K - it has 117K on the meter...I'll see if I can get some pics of it and post...but I think that $14K is wayyyyyyy toooooo much!

I'll have to get a dropcloth to see what's underneath...in Wis., you can't be so cavalier about those locations...

tonkovich · #64 05-20-2009, 02:38 AM

whats with them thar funky wheels? whatcha call em and where didja gettem?

TylerH860 · #65 05-20-2009, 02:59 AM

Those are vintage AMG wheels, called Pentas from the 1980's. They came from a wrecked euro 500SEC, but I had them on my 300D for the past 6 months.

I won't be doing any more of those burnouts like the video without power braking now.

pawoSD · #66 05-20-2009, 08:05 AM

You'll have to update your sig picture.....to reflect the new bundts.

PaulC · #67 05-20-2009, 09:32 AM

Regarding the pics, the w116 just looks so much better in Euro/1973 American bumper trim.

colincoon · #68 05-20-2009, 11:13 AM

Wow, those pentas are car hoes! Just kidding, but they look really good on there (although I think they looked the best on Norm

)

This thing is awesome, I can't stop saying that!

Johnhef · #69 05-20-2009, 09:26 PM

a set of 8x16 and 10x16 pentas would spiff it up real nice

Palangi · #70 05-20-2009, 09:33 PM

A. Did it have 15 inch bundts on it before?

2. Do you realize what those are worth?? $$$$$

TylerH860 · #71 05-20-2009, 09:36 PM

No, just plain ol' 14s.

The Pentas look great on the car.

Hatterasguy · #72 05-20-2009, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnhef

a set of 8x16 and 10x16 pentas would spiff it up real nice

Needs some steam rollers on the rear.

Ara T. · #73 05-20-2009, 09:58 PM

And make burnouts harder to do? Heck no

t walgamuth · #74 11-15-2013, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by TylerH860

Oh, so the diff is special too, huh? This is a learning experience for me.

Seriously, you guys are acting like the diff is going to explode the next time I drive it. I seriously doubt that unless I do burnouts on a daily basis for a year am I going to have to think about it. I'm not going to rack up miles on a low mileage car, and the gas mileage makes it completely impractical for daily use as well.

The limited slip portion of it consists of discs which are pressed together to provide resistance to one wheel slipping by itself (if its the same design as my LS diff was). They are a fairly weak solution to the LSD idea and wear out. Them wearing out would not IMHO affect the life of the diff much if any....but if they're worn you could only lay one strip of rubber at a time.

panZZer · #75 11-15-2013, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TylerH860

Something like this:

I always though these would look cleaner without the upper corner over riders--but you got a few small holes to deal with that could be plugged with little round plugs painted body color.