W124 Thingymajigger

[Loch Ness Dongster]

So uhhh... Finally got tires on the AMGs that I had

205/40/17, 17x7.5 fronts, 215/40/17, 17x8.5 rears


Front has no more wheel gap, but the rear had about 1.1 inch wheel gap.

And then I look. Oh hey, I have these old H&Rs. I have a hacksaw. I also have hands. And then this happened.

Minus one coil

That then dropped it to about 1.25 initially and settled to about .75 inch wheel gap after a while.



So another half coil has been chopped w/ a VBS so now I am just awaiting to get my jacks, jackstands to remount them. Will be needing to invest Ford Ranger front shocks for the rear as it constantly bottoms out. Cutting the bump stops will also be necessary. Spacers will need to be added to fronts and rears also.

Oh, and a flush mount trim piece also happened.




#WEEBSHIT

[adjustedposture]

Loving the build! keep it coming.

[Loch Ness Dongster]

I didn't keep my word on not cutting springs and lobbed off 1.5 coils of H&R rear springs and put them in the back of the car. Paired that with ford ranger shocks for the rear and now it's sittin pretty.



I am a heathen and now must commit sudoku.

[Mike36]

Any updates?

[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

[P78]

i'm liking what i c

but i skipped the last pic haah

[loekaaz]

stickers. meh.

[3CVariant]

Very nice W124

[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.

[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!

[Respect Till Death]

fuck yeah dude this is tight!!

[DownhillA4]

Looking forward to more of this with the bags!

[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.

[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]

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.