|
|
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Things I hate about my 124 300te
I have a beautifully maintained 1989 300te...It has been mine for about a year. Let's see if you all have solutions for the following:
1. I hate the seats...hard/ flat/ short (doesn't reach out to my knees)...but mostly hard and flat 2. The car leans/ rolls big time on turns...you had better hold on or you are going to fly across the car 3. Headlights suck...point blank! I am old...I need more light at night. 4. When I went to change a tire, I see that inside the jack hole...it is looking like rust...seems to be a whole cavity in there...I also see that OTHER 124's rust there... Well, go to work guys...give me some answers. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
the euro headlights are a great mod. vast improvement. do some searches. you can also get sportline seats or install some aftermarket seats, neither would be cheap. you can upgrade to larger sway bars which will greatly reduce body roll. or springs and shocks if you want to go all out. personally, I have another car for sporting driving (race seats & suspension) so I have left my 300E stock, plus the Benz requires so much $ for maint./repairs that I have no money to upgrade it (except for the euro lights which I got dirt cheap).
__________________
2005 Mercedes C230k sport sedan, 6 speed 1987 Porsche 924S - 968-engined track car |
#3
|
||||
|
||||
1) Upgrade to 124 leather seats (different design) or even sportline/500E seats.
2)Rebuild the suspension. Or get under it and find out what part is worn out. Try the search function. 3)Put Euros on her. Much improved visibility. H4s in the euros if they are not enough on there own. I also have additional Hellas installed. 4)Get someone to look at the jack hole asap. I suck at body work. All very expensive options. The Euros aren't too bad if you pick up some knock-offs on eBay, which would work. Cheapest thing to do is live w/ it, as always. -Matt-
__________________
Currently: 1972 350SL Euro 4spd 1973 BMW R75/5 1981 BMW R80GS 1995 FZJ80 with OM606 Conversion In Progress |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
|
#5
|
|||
|
|||
I have a 300TE from 92, and I agree with you, except the seats are fine for me. Regarding 2), you could install 500E or sportline sway bars and bushings, that seems to help a lot.
Bruno Last edited by Bruno_300TE; 01-10-2005 at 03:54 PM. Reason: typos |
#6
|
||||
|
||||
The rolling and pitching can be improved more than you'd think by refreshing your sway bar bushings (front & rear) as well as the links on the ends of the rear sway bar (that attach to the lower control arms). Further, if your shocks are older than 100k miles, they aren't what they used to be and you'd notice the difference (same thing as regards the rear air cells, which handle most of the rear dampening).
I've got an '88 TE with 242k (original engine & trans, though the trans is gona get rebuilt in the spring before it strands me) miles and I just renewed everything I've mentioned; the rear sway bar "links" made the biggest difference, since one was really shot in my case. Good luck!
__________________
"If God had meant for us to walk, why did he give us feet that fit car pedals?" Sir Sterling Moss Michael 2014 E63S Estate 2006 SLK55 1995 E500 1986 Porsche 944 turbo |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
__________________
08 W251 R350 97 W210 E320 91 W124 300E 86 W126 560SEL 85 W126 380SE Silver 85 W126 380SE Cranberry 79 W123 250 78 W123 280E 75 W114 280 |
#8
|
||||
|
||||
No you do not neead an alignment for end links or sway bars.
|
Bookmarks |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|