Mercedes Benz W201, 190e for cheap

[RENAUD]

today final re mounting of the interior of the car



























everything re mounted
the gauges...


and the gauges hidden!


and gauges with light


little extra "artistic" work


pieces of arlines and zip ties




what do you think guys?

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name of the wheels is OZ Futura...

can get some nuts here : http://www.ebay.de/itm/20-Edelstahl-...31136278336%26

[raLLe]

what is the name of your OZ rims? And where did you get new screws from? Because i need some new screws for my center on my OZ Saturn rims....

[RENAUD]

Maybe you could have some angled aluminium spacers made? but that will maybe limit the amuont of drop you get.

yeah I thought of it, it's an option...

but if I already go in the adventure of making myself spacers or bracket why not doing it seriously with serious bags... that's why I thought of the slam specialties ss5

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well well well

back to business lol

a few other pics of rim tests









this one is my favorite


and some comparative pics of before and after removal of rear shock bumpstops






that's it

[Xavi0n]

Maybe you could have some angled aluminium spacers made? but that will maybe limit the amuont of drop you get.

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well well well lol

It's the shock that prevent the car from going lower, not the bag,
I adjusted the coilover in the way that the car in its lower position is on internal bumpstop of shock so that the frame only lightly touch thr steering tie rod
in the lower position, all the wheight of the car is on internal bumpstop of the shock

the bag in the lower position is rather free, you can make the rubber part move by hand


...but I totally agree that the bag is not in an ideal position... you're right

it would be way better if it should work like it works in the rear.... at lower position the top and bottom of the bag is almost in the same axis:


and i could in fact modify the front control arms in a way that it could be almost the same at the front... wait and see how long it would go like that... maybe going with real airride bags would be a good idea... something like slam specialties ss5...

[P78]

those bags look sketchy mounted like that

[loekaaz]

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



hope that everything is gonna be good and stay good now

is it good for the bags that when aired out the top and bottom of the bag is not centered and the sharp lip of the aluminium corner of the bag holder looks like it`s rubbing on the bag?

I Think he has a point. Don't you think you should make the bottom bracket in an angle so it sits parallel to the upper bracket? I doubt the bags will last long enough when aired out on a regular basis

[Xavi0n]

is it good for the bags that when aired out the top and bottom of the bag is not centered and the sharp lip of the aluminium corner of the bag holder looks like it`s rubbing on the bag?

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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

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little meeting last night :

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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

[loekaaz]

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