68 Mercedes

[D&W]

what bags did you use in the front. I think i saw airhouse 2's in the thread but not sure. Let me know im gonna be buying some bags pretty soon.
And when looking at my suspension on my w108 i noticed that the front end sits on the bumpstops and thats just with my static drop. You definitly got to cut those down. The bag could be moving around from not getting any pressure from the weight of the car and its gonna sit lower without the bumpstops in there.
And for anyone who wants to know the size of the cup. I took a couple rough measurements last night and its about 4-4.5" cups on top and about 3-3.5" cups for the bottom. this isn't exact but the cup measurements are about close enough for you to get the idea. D&W should be able to give you exact measuremets of his cups if his installer hooks him up with the cup lengths.

hey man, yea i have the bumpstops out of the front now and its a little lower... I might cut em down in the rear also. I can take photo's now I finally have the car back in my hands but im out of town so might have to be next weekend sorry... feels like its been ages since ive had a weekend to be with the car.

I have airhouse 2 bags front and back... brackets appear to be same width as the end plate of the bags, I should be able to get rough measurements of cup lengths also.

rides SO much better with shocks in front so do not remove them. you can get brand new bilsteins for these cars for about $60 each corner - so worth it

rear brackets are welded to bottom spring perch now also, which simply unbolt if I ever want to go back to springs

will get some fresh pics and photo's of brackets by next weekend. cheers, ed

[softg]

this is so baller

I keep showing my wife pictures for approval, I want an old merc something fierce

[chandlerGTi]

I bought my 74 240 for 100$. I used it as a winter Chicago car, solid great driving car. I never lowered it since I only used it when I didn't want my E28 or MKI GTI getting trashed downtown by a snowplow. I loved that car, seeing yours makes me want another.

Keep it up!

[larsenf]

this car gets me so excited to finish my 1966 200. soon, still waiting on ebay parts to get it roadworthy. well have to meet up when it is.

[D&W]

this car gets me so excited to finish my 1966 200. soon, still waiting on ebay parts to get it roadworthy. well have to meet up when it is.

where u from man?

[D&W]

this is so baller

I keep showing my wife pictures for approval, I want an old merc something fierce

good strategy. tell her my girl loves driving this car... considering they are so old, they handle and drive much like a modern car. i've been made to promise i will never sell this car she likes it so much "even if we break up one day. pls promise me you wont sell that car" haha

[rson]

D&w let me know when you get those cup lengths. I should be starting my build pretty soon. I decided on going manual valves. Its basic, reliable, and seemed sorta era correct to me for the car. Im super excited to get this done!

[hinrichs]

cant get enough of this car, just oozes class

that hotrod is cool, ill never understand how things like that can be registered but then you cant import certain cars

[martinm13]

cant get enough of this car, just oozes class

that hotrod is cool, ill never understand how things like that can be registered but then you cant import certain cars

gotta know people who work at the dmv . seriously though, theres one ratrod forum i browse sometimes and it has an entire section dedicated to ways that you can get your car registered.

[Shawn W.]

Just went through the whole thread. Very Impressive

[D&W]

D&w let me know when you get those cup lengths. I should be starting my build pretty soon. I decided on going manual valves. Its basic, reliable, and seemed sorta era correct to me for the car. Im super excited to get this done!

this weekend should be fine, maybe we can meet up and you can see in person too?

I'm around on the weekend most likely let me know !

[foxtrot wagon]

sooo psyched man! so stoked on this car.
mine is still static, but Im in the process of piecing everything together for air as well!

may start a thread in here as the progress continues!

[D&W]

sooo psyched man! so stoked on this car.
mine is still static, but Im in the process of piecing everything together for air as well!

may start a thread in here as the progress continues!

thanks man i been driving it all weekend and its been going awesome with air. rides real nice with the front shocks back in. i love this car their the bomb

your car is lower static in the front than mine is on air! haha i dont know how you turn your front wheels. i have wider 205's on up front but even still. respect for driving that low all the time. i couldn't do it

[foxtrot wagon]

thanks man i been driving it all weekend and its been going awesome with air. rides real nice with the front shocks back in. i love this car their the bomb

your car is lower static in the front than mine is on air! haha i dont know how you turn your front wheels. i have wider 205's on up front but even still. respect for driving that low all the time. i couldn't do it

haha yea I have to make numerous point turns everywhere, and the engine cradle is just about on the ground. Im shooting for rockers on the ground when I dive into my air project, going to be cutting a lot out haha.

stoked yours came together well man! so into it!

[D&W]

haha yea I have to make numerous point turns everywhere, and the engine cradle is just about on the ground. Im shooting for rockers on the ground when I dive into my air project, going to be cutting a lot out haha.

stoked yours came together well man! so into it!

hah nice, yea i figured you would have a very very large turning circle. You will love air.

As far as I know a w108 has never been put onto rockers before so you would be the 1st.

I'm going to pull my bumpstops out or cut them in half in the next week or so too I think

I need to some good jack stands and a jack. Can't do anything with the widow maker jack it comes with haha