Mercedes Benz W201, 190e for cheap

[steve0990]

this is looking real good ! i need to get mine on air .

[RENAUD]

yesterday and today searching air leaks on rear airbags

a floor jack, water with soap and go!


today I'm focuse on the one on the left (right one done yesterday)



nearer :


removed the airbag


dismantling the 2 aluminium parts of the brackets that press and enclose(?approximative english?) the rubber


mounting again but this time with a lot of WD40 between rubber lip and the 2 aluminium parts

when I mounted them 2 weeks ago that was without any grease or soap or WD40, sadly rubber was sticking to aluminium, so I can't make the 2 aluminium parts touch eachself and enclose correctly the rubber lip, don't wanted to torque the screws too much, thread is dirct in the aluminium...

but this time, it was very slippery and so... good!



re mount on car, put airline, give some pressure and re-test with water and soap... and alright! no more leak :




was rather happy and so just for fun, put the car on its wheels and made 2 pics of the airbag :

off-road mode


in-the-ground mode


that's it!

[Dano]

great works.
you lucky man, one day ill have bags.

[Junya]

damn yo! gorgeous!!!

[RENAUD]

arrive from the day :







just a little test for fun with a center not yet redone...

and I have big hands lol my size is near 1.90m tall

[RENAUD]

great works.
you lucky man, one day ill have bags.

damn yo! gorgeous!!!

thank's guys!

[skiierman]

God dam, put those wheels on! this thing is awesome

[SLC450]

I love where this is going!

[RENAUD]

[YUNOstance]

DAAANG...put the wheels on.

[loekaaz]

So.... do you now have 2-baloon bags in the front AND rear? Or just the rears only?

[RENAUD]

rear only

BUT I put them too on the front tomorrow... to see what it's like...

front shocks (from bmw e36coilovers) are hard, so the car is also harder to lift in the front, it seems that the front 3 balloons airbags are no longer enough efficient with this set up

the balloon from the middle tends to go sideways...


so I'll try with 2 balloons in the front tomorrow

[RENAUD]

little meeting last night :

[RENAUD]

So as I said yesterday, I swapped my front bags today : 3 balloons to 2 balloons airbags

taking off the 3 balloons airbag


dismantle


the stock


re mounting it with 2 balloons


re mount it on the car

a few bfore & after pics (you can clearly see that the 3 balloons bag goes sideways)

high




low




hope that everything is gonna be good and stay good now

[RENAUD]