If you sit by the river long enough you'll see the body of your enemy float by.
If you sit behind your computer for long enough you might stumble on a bargain or two.
Last week I bought two W126 aluminium trailing arms for a very reasonable price. They took ages to get here - so long that I thought I'd have to go and fill out a form at the police station - but they got here in the end. If only people would be honest and say that they hadn't gotten to the post office just yet... oh well...
Just after ordering them I found a link (that I can't post here because it will only end up with the *****.com effect) where this guy called Kent says they don't fit! Apparently it is a case of close but no cigar - we'll have to see. At the price I paid I'm quite sure I can get my money back in the worse case scenario otherwise I'm still hopeful at this stage that I can come up with a solution.
They look almost the same from this view - except for the chunky circular casting "blobs"
Extra stuff on the back though
Notable important for fitting them differences so far
1) Caliper is in a different place - I don't know if the W123 caliper will fit yet
2) Shock mounting point is different from the steel trailing arms
Expect an update next week sometime when I make some measurements.
I'm so excited! Something new to play with!