Thread: Are W126 rear control arms interchangeable?
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Old 03-10-2011, 09:12 AM
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I've been working on this interchangeability problem for my W123. I think you'll be more successful with a W126. The aluminum trailing arms all seem to come with an anti-dive (EDIT => sorry anti-squat) mechanism:-

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=289638
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Last edited by Stretch; 03-10-2011 at 09:13 AM. Reason: I made a change!
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