W201 v.2.0

[Exami]

Night shift on garage...

so i bought rear brake stuff today.. so i had to go and do some work and heres some photos.

W201 brake shield + W210 disc(290mm). wont clear..



But theres nothing that marker + angle grinder cant fix..



Oh yea i had to drill 1 hole for the allignment nibble or what ever but no pic of that..

So hand brake stuff in place.


And starting to put rear subframe togather.

[Exami]

SIDE PROJECT:

Coffee table.







And that way BBS RC end up as my coffee table, altho i ordered too small glass, so i need to order new one..

[nsogiba]

hell yeah. enjoying the finer things.

[Exami]

[Exami]

It's in Polish, but maybe something usefull:

http://allegro.pl/camber-plates-mercedes-w124-w190-w201-tuning-drift-i4687131876.html

I think i'm about to order a set of these with the help of a Polish friend for the translation

You can find those from Ebay aswell.(i found set year back.) i was thinking of that as well but on my eyes it wasnt that nice, too big etc. so i got hold of these custom ones. that i posted on last page.

For testing.. similar topmounts have been used on one rally W201 in finland.. that have raced like in 35 rallies.

anyway ive heard good things about those(or similar you linked) topmounts as well from finnish mercedes forums.

[loekaaz]

It's in Polish, but maybe something usefull:

http://allegro.pl/camber-plates-mercedes-w124-w190-w201-tuning-drift-i4687131876.html

I think i'm about to order a set of these with the help of a Polish friend for the translation

[Exami]

you could use R129 lower arms as they have a different shape around the balljoint:

Great project........

Yes, im aware of that. been thinking about buying the W129 ones, but its extra ~300€ altho i have good use for the current ones anyway so maybe after xmas

Cheers.

[ukmercman]

you could use R129 lower arms as they have a different shape around the balljoint:



Great project........

[Exami]

Soo. Things happen and parts fail.


Starting this update with this.

My black benz ignitionkey seized, pretty common problem on these old benzes, time just runs out of the part and out of nowhere one morning it wont work.

Well i found way to take it off.. altho these late models has shit ton on "anti theft" proofing. anyway the steeringlock + ignitionkey unit endup looking like the picture.

While on the work of changing that part, i did try to weld on the lock unit, on this point i fried my ECU <- yea dumfuk, anyway i had spare one. changed it car fired up. and again working.

After ecu change it had some missfiring issue, but that fixed by it self.(just by driving)

This was my past week on Car hobby. hell of a week.

[Exami]

Just grind the balljoint and add a dustshield?

Wont work, but that might work with the W124 E320 4pot brakes + disc's as i will show you why:



This setup is about 1mm from the balljoint.. this would be fixed with grinder.. and some paint to finish it off.. but the previous setup would have sat ~6mm more towards the balljoint.. so bit unreal to grind that much and get away with it..

anyways..



everything fits nicely.. altho i might need to change that LCA still, but no worries i got use for these ones for the other benz

[dj_batukaan]

wowww hayran kaldım gerçekten, muhteşem bir proje olmuş

şu an bende yeni bir w201 üstünde çalışıyorum LS3 swap

[herrakani]

Just grind the balljoint and add a dustshield?

[Exami]

Sorry for spamming, but i just realized that i have one set of W124 E320 brake calipers in storage, all i need is to glassblast them and paint them for mint finish. i have new pads on them and such. so change the discs to W124 E320 model and im pretty much set.

Altho they weight bit more than the Brembo ones.. and smaller pistons.. but its about 400€ cheaper to test them. than try to fit these brakes.. so dont be amazed if in next photos there is different brakes again

[P78]

bummer

[Exami]

Happy holidays for everyone.

Im trying out parts on trial and error.. and bustin my ball to get these front brakes and parts fitted.

not much luck has been on my side..



Seems nice eh? well yea, but the disc is too small and it wont clear the caliper or the balljoint... so im going to need to buy another set of discs and lowercontrolarms.