68 Mercedes

[Mushroom_Toy]

Damn glad I saw this thread. Benz looks slick as can be. Cant wait to see it on air.. I found my buddy a 69' 280s after I got my 74' 240, and hes been loving it ever since. Theyre awesome cars.

[Bystrov]

even without air, when i see this car or cars like it, in your photos, i smile... great stuff man. just keep posting pics of that car, i dont care if it has air or not, that car is Stance on its own....

[D&W]

Damn glad I saw this thread. Benz looks slick as can be. Cant wait to see it on air.. I found my buddy a 69' 280s after I got my 74' 240, and hes been loving it ever since. Theyre awesome cars.

amen. got any links to your rides?

[D&W]

Beautiful car and even cleaner in person! awesome build thread. you need to post this on MBjunkies!!

thanks rolnnn, good to see u here, yea i gotta get back on mbjunkies, havent made it over there much lately

[Bystrov]

nice. i was thinking the other day how similar our car colors are!

mine actually looks more like yours after it was repainted. the color was mismatched a little , when i look at it in the sun it looks almost with a hint of dark green rather than grey. and over all it came out a bit lighter than i expected. but looks good regardless.

[D&W]

Stopped down at socal suspension to go over the plans for tank mounting/hose running etc. and we have it mostly planned out. Jose and Alex down there seem legit and have installed a lot of accuair and e-level before. here is some shots of the shop car and Jose's pickup he is building.






So after that I drove back home and the next day gave the old girl a detail in my tiny garage

Paint Cleaner
Clay Bar
Rubbing Compound in required areas
Polish
Wax




Here you can see a rough patch in the clear-coat - this car has been re-painted original 172G Anthracite by the previous owner and it was a really nice job, but this area always bugged me.

Here you can see it with the light right on it



Using Meguires rubbing compound it started getting a lot better over about 5-10 minutes



You can see final result later down

There was another area on the drivers rear quarter, on the edge just next to the rear door - you can see it is a bit dull/orange peely. I decided to try the rubbing compound here as well..

This shot shows the dull area


And this is after


I also polished up the chrome and washed the tires

[Fastphil]

Fuckin' beauty! Can't wait to see more.

[D&W]

Dropped off @ Socal Suspension today.

Should be stopping down next weekend to see their progress.

Purple truck is the owners wife's car that has full accuair e-level

[godzillus]

Very cool. Are these independent rear suspension? I would love to see how you guys bag it. You have an excellent attention to detail!

[sawatsky]

I cannot believe how clean the car looks! Can't wait to see 'er bagged

[Chuckdee]

This car is just full of class! I'm lovin the progress you've made so far and I'm anxious to see this on AIR!!!

[D&W]

Very cool. Are these independent rear suspension? I would love to see how you guys bag it. You have an excellent attention to detail!

These have a swing axle in the rear, I will post up photos of the install once its complete for sure

[D&W]

I cannot believe how clean the car looks! Can't wait to see 'er bagged

Thanks. she aint perfect but i try to keep her clean

[D&W]

This car is just full of class! I'm lovin the progress you've made so far and I'm anxious to see this on AIR!!!

ive been wanting to put a car on air since i was 16 - back in the old 'fast and the furious' days when i had a 96 mitsubishi mirage hatch in australia....that ended up going down on D2 coilovers which i ***** (stiffest ride EVER) These shots were circa 2004



then i wanted to put my old C Class on air but ended up with koni lowered springs. This was around 2008

BEFORE



AFTER



then i got this '68 and figured it was the right car to do finally go air on so yea im kind of anxious too

[Bystrov]

Bro im exactly where u are at... with the anxiety ! i always wanted to bag my cars ever since my S10. but never got aorund to them, i wanna bag the w124 but i have a feeling i have to part with it cause i need the money, but i still got the air ride kit laying around and i got a w201 so Im pretty excited also! Tooo much stuff going on always getting in the way! Im glad your actually doing this to your benz its going to be Solid!