W124 Thingymajigger

[Loch Ness Dongster]

Had toe issues, corrected toe issues.

Made adjustable rear tie rods to fix the toe caused by the additional camber via camber arms.

[Loch Ness Dongster]

After swapping my OE axles for new ones as preventative maintenance, I have since snapped 3 sets of these axles, one having less than 500 miles, the second with less than 25 miles, and the third with less than 5 miles. Needless to say, 0/10 would not recommend FEQ. I have a set of GKNs on now and I am praying these will fare better than the FEQs.

Another thing to note is that FEQ axles are thicker at the shaft. This created a < 0.5cm clearance between the axle and SS-5 airbag. The Air House 2 is out of the question at this point.



I finally got my new OCD rear brackets mounted. I did not have any rivnuts so I had to do some drilling so mount the rear plates onto the LCA. Holes were drilled into the side of the LCA to provide a method of bolting the rear plate on. With that, though, is an assumption that the LCA's strength is reduced quite a bit. They will need to be reinforced somehow.

A total of 5 holes were drilled per LCA where 4 is for mounting and 1 is for the air line.







On the other hand, my air management system prototype is advancing. The boards came back from fab recently and measures about 4x5. This is not terribly big, but it is not small either. The boards will go out for assembly soon.

[Beef Dogg]

This looks great bagged! Very tempted to bag mine

Can i ask, whats the part number for the full umber plate blank? i have struggled to find one!

[SD202]

OCD kit is expensive as hell. Jay Marshall kit is much cheaper by like half. Both kits are very different in terms of design choice, and in my case the fronts of the Jay Marshall kit did not work for me which is why I went for the OCD kit. The rear of the Jay Marshall kit is much simpler than the ocd kit as it doesn't require a riveting press and the airline attaches to the top in the Jay Marshall kit as opposed to the upsidedown mounting of the ocd kit. So far the fronts are working well enough as are the rear. So currently no complaints as of now.

I got my front brackets from BCfab already I kind of liked the way the OCD was mounted upside down like that though. It allows for a shorter upper cup which means more lows That was my one issues with how i had the brackets fabricated for my W202 they were to tall in the rear becuase i needed clearance for the fittingon top of the bag. The guy i sold that car to had a bagged W203 merc wagon with the upside down mounted style brackets that bolt to the LCA the same way that OCD makes their kit and it was perfect!

[Loch Ness Dongster]

Looking real good! i love a bagged merc, Maybe im biased
if you dont mind me asking How much did you pay for the brackets? I was trying to get just the rear cup and plates for my wagon from them but the whole exchange rate + shipping killed the deal for me. It was going to cost almost more than my entire management. Wasnt worth it IMHO but i do like how they look. How are they working out for you so far? Was tempted to just pull the trigger on them. But ended up using front brackets from a W108 Got them from BCfab for like 100 shipped.

OCD kit is expensive as hell. Jay Marshall kit is much cheaper by like half. Both kits are very different in terms of design choice, and in my case the fronts of the Jay Marshall kit did not work for me which is why I went for the OCD kit. The rear of the Jay Marshall kit is much simpler than the ocd kit as it doesn't require a riveting press and the airline attaches to the top in the Jay Marshall kit as opposed to the upsidedown mounting of the ocd kit. So far the fronts are working well enough as are the rear. So currently no complaints as of now.

[SD202]

Looking real good! i love a bagged merc, Maybe im biased
if you dont mind me asking How much did you pay for the brackets? I was trying to get just the rear cup and plates for my wagon from them but the whole exchange rate + shipping killed the deal for me. It was going to cost almost more than my entire management. Wasnt worth it IMHO but i do like how they look. How are they working out for you so far? Was tempted to just pull the trigger on them. But ended up using front brackets from a W108 Got them from BCfab for like 100 shipped.

[Loch Ness Dongster]

Well I did a thing


No more bicycle rack until summer time!


Credit: Clint Bustamante

So far the air suspension is a mish-mash of Jay Marshall rear brackets on SS-5 bags and OnlyChargedDubs front LCA's on SS-6 bags. Sooner or later the rear will be converted to the OCD rear brackets.

The exhaust will be redone soon and I'll be throwing a Magnaflow back on. As well as an electric cutout for shits and giggles.

And now I want wider wheels.

[DownhillA4]

Looking forward to more of this with the bags!

[Respect Till Death]

fuck yeah dude this is tight!!

[Whiskerz]

What is happening here?

Obnoxious stickers? Cut springs? Noisy exhaust on a slow car?

I should **** this thing, but I cant. Looks pretty good man.

At least the cut springs are going bye bye for bags!

[rice4life]

What is happening here?

Obnoxious stickers? Cut springs? Noisy exhaust on a slow car?

I should **** this thing, but I cant. Looks pretty good man.

[3CVariant]

Very nice W124

[loekaaz]

stickers. meh.

[P78]

i'm liking what i c

but i skipped the last pic haah

[Loch Ness Dongster]

Any updates?

yes

Car is bagged in the rear. I am now working with BagRiders to get myself a set of front air brackets so I can finish the build. So I also did something that I thought I wouldn't do with this build

Plans now are to create a airbag management system for my CE capstone project. This will be a prototype project that will utilize a Cortex M4 4088 for its brains as well as multiple sensors to save, recall ride height settings. There will also be more features added on.

@lochnessdongster on Sep 17, 2015 at 7:49pm PDT

The elusive rear right; photo credit: @relltws

@lochnessdongster on Sep 28, 2015 at 11:31am PDT