I'm digging up this old thread!
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Originally Posted by md21722
The best that you or I can easily do is measure from the center of the star on the wheel to the underside of the fender lip. Many 124 cars are about 15-15.5" (front-rear). Lowering would get close to 14" in most cases. Early model 124s were about 10-12 mm higher than later models such as yours. So I would estimate that 14.5-15" front and 15-15.5" rear is about right. A fuel tank of fuel vs. empty is about 0.5" difference. Ride height from side to side may be ~0.25".
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I saw a MB fly by that had a lot of space between the center line of the wheel and the fender. Made me think he was going to put a set of big chrome rims on it.
Then I got to thinking if my W124 was sitting too squat.
I measured from the center of the star to the fender and got:
Front: 14.25" (equal both sides)
Rear: 14.75" (equal both sides and little more than half a tan of fuel in it)
I've always thought cars that sit a little high look nice, but mine doesn't appear to be too far off the statement:
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So I would estimate that 14.5-15" front and 15-15.5" rear is about right.
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Is the .25" to .5" that my car is sitting lower than normal indicative of any problems?
Thanks!