DIY 1989 W124 Wide Body Build

[archiechiang]

nice skills mate, also I'm really liking where the new widebody look is going. keep the stock bumpers and run it with them maybe? will be watching this


p.s. you're interior is awesome.

Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm flattered. Haha anyways, yeah I'm using the oem bumpers for this lok, but I'll add a little something on the just to make the fenders flow better and look more natural (hahaha natural super wide fenders on a w124) but yeah, it's gonna be somewhat tapered to make it flow nicely. I've seen it done on a couple of cars
before so this shouldn't be any different. 😄

And thankyou! I'll post some update pictures on my interior once I finish the car. still got to get some parts like Sun visors , clips, and the side mirror cover thing that always breaks on w124s hah. I'll keep you posted!

[archiechiang]

You might be able to get away with fiberglass eyebrows on the facelift headlamps to make them fit a little better against the early hood and grille. MikeyRa ran a set of facelift crystal clear lamps on his old C124 and used eyebrows to cover the gap - as I recall, it didn't look half bad.

Hmmmm... Thats not a bad idea. . Maybe I should give it a try? Do you have pictures of that 124 with the fiberglass "eyelids"? Cant seem to find then on Google. Ill keep searching 😅

[archiechiang]

Man, I'm impressed by all the work on the bumpers(even though not my taste) and the fenders, once you get it a bit lower with the more oem style bumpers it should look awesome! Good work!

Hey I just saw this now! Hehe thank you for that! I appreciate it man. I'll post more pi s as the build progresses! It should look pretty good! 😁

[Mostwanted]

love the fact you build that by yourself, that is amazing.

Love your last photoshop more than how it was,


In for more!

[archiechiang]

love the fact you build that by yourself, that is amazing.

Love your last photoshop more than how it was,


In for more!

Thankyou man! Haha it took lots of time blood and seat to build this! Hahaha but the rebuild will be done a body shop since I don't have time anymore. It will look like something like what I photoshopped so I hope it comes out nice!

I'll keep you guys posted on this build! 👌

[theseeker411]

The fact that you're doing most of this work on your own, in the Philippines is just wild to me. Keep it up man, I think the new direction you're going with the widebody is gonna look good.

[archiechiang]

The fact that you're doing most of this work on your own, in the Philippines is just wild to me. Keep it up man, I think the new direction you're going with the widebody is gonna look good.

Thank you so much! I appreciate it. It's gonna look good for sure! I'll be posting some update pics in my next post!

[mikey G]

What are your plans for suspension/ wheel setup? Just curious since that was something you seemed to want sorted out from the beginning. Are you going to be running air?

[archiechiang]

Here is a picture without the fenders yet. That's how much the wheels stick out from the body of the benz. ��*




And here are some update pics for the fender work. What do you guys think?*


Here's the front: tried to copy the 500e a little. But not all the way haha*







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**brabus Badges and quad pipes will come off*** hahahahhaha ����*

Painting will start next week and maybe I can bring her home on the weekend! ��*

[archiechiang]

What are your plans for suspension/ wheel setup? Just curious since that was something you seemed to want sorted out from the beginning. Are you going to be running air?

For the suspension, I'm planning now running cut springs and bilstein shocks. I want to get air but it's too expensive and I can't afford it now. But that is my target. The cheapest here is around $2k sooo yeah. very expensive! Haha

The cut springs and bilstein shocks would do for now! ��

[mikey G]

Oh alright...as far as the fenders, I like the rear's but something (to me) is off with the fronts.

[OsckR]

For the suspension, I'm planning now running cut springs and bilstein shocks. I want to get air but it's too expensive and I can't afford it now. But that is my target. The cheapest here is around $200k sooo yeah. very expensive! Haha

The cut springs and bilstein shocks would do for now! 👍

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[archiechiang]

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Oops! Sorry sorry my bad, I meant $2k!! Two thousand dollars) my bad! Thank you for noticing that! I shall edit my post!😅

[OsckR]

Oops! Sorry sorry my bad, I meant $2k!! Two thousand dollars) my bad! Thank you for noticing that! I shall edit my post!😅

I jumped out of my seat when I saw 200k
PS: Like mikey said , the rears are on point but the fronts seem kinda off dunno tho.

[archiechiang]

I jumped out of my seat when I saw 200k
PS: Like mikey said , the rears are on point but the fronts seem kinda off dunno tho.

Maybe they're off because the bumper is missing something? I visited the shop below to adjust this problem. It will come off to be more like a 500e fender/bumper. It won't be exactly the same but quite similar ✌