Re: who has vented rear rotors on their 200 qw?

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <41DDAF6518E7D011A3F600805FE6BB9A12DFF9@shrcmsgb.tdh.qntm.com> Dave Michael writes:

> How many of you out there have vented rear rotors on you 200 qw?
>
> All of the app. books say that they SHOULD be vented, but on both my current
> and previous '90 200 qw, the rear rotor were solid. Which of course makes
> getting replacement parts confusing. And it is not possible that someone just
> replaced the vented w/ solid, since vented ones won't even fit my car - the
> dust shield is too small, caliper to disk clearance too small and caliper too
> narrow.

FWIW (not much, probably) vented rear rotors were one of the many detail
changes made from the MB to the RR ur-quattro for the 1990 model year.

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