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Originally Posted by MBNRA
I lived close to Ol,Brenner and after taking a ride in his car, I can say I'm glad I didn't do this to mine! The ride kinda sucked and the wheels rubbed the inner fenders and if you were making a hard turn over bumps, your tires would grind away at your whell well outer ridge as well. I'm sorry, but there is a reason that lowered cars look ghetto! Go do that to a Honda and put a loud muffler on it. No one will car when it gets crashed or crushed. Hell, you might even make neighborhood hero!
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Don't ask how I came back to this long dead thread, but I felt it necessary to respond for an archival obligation.
I did know this...ahem...gentleman for a few months. He did ride in my car once or twice. At that time the front was at it's lowest (as noted I raised it back up a bit), and with his "excessive girth" in the passenger seat and a fairly spirited turn there was a hint of rub. That along with the fairly substandard spring rate (also mentioned) I decided to go for a less extreme drop.
I will also state that he is the type of guy that will spout off random facts (or proclaimed to be) with little instigation. Borderline Rain Man if you can imagine. I believe his actions on this forum have indicated a far worse condition than I have pro-claimed here, so I'll leave it at that...
Anyway, the W123 is long sold to a very nice man in WA and I'm sure is living a happy life at the farm playing with all the other MB's.
Take care all, hope I haven't inconvenienced anyone with this resurrection.