DIY 1989 W124 Wide Body Build

[P78]

painting time, now we finally getting somewhere

[Luke Girard]

Looks awesome! Can't wait till its done!

[archiechiang]

very impressive in every way, keep up the good work Archie!!!

Holy shit!!!!, you've come such a long way. in the beginning i was like wtf, he's not even lowering it?!?!?!? AT ALL? but now im looking at it and im mad jealous. the new widebody looks really fucking awesome. cant wait to see it painted. very impressive work.

Thank you so much guys! It's gonna look sick for sure! Here are some updates:

It's painting time!!

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Wooo! So happy!




That's all for now! Tell me what you guys think!

[Marsss]

very impressive in every way, keep up the good work Archie!!!

[NeezeBeeze]

Holy shit!!!!, you've come such a long way. in the beginning i was like wtf, he's not even lowering it?!?!?!? AT ALL? but now im looking at it and im mad jealous. the new widebody looks really fucking awesome. cant wait to see it painted. very impressive work.

[archiechiang]

Wow. Total change! I like how the fenders are more subtle now!

Thanks man! I like them a lot too! More subtle and flows a bit better. Cant wait for paint!!

[archiechiang]

So a couple of parts arrived from the states!*



New pentiometer! This is the instrument cluster light dimmer, located behind the cluster gauge.*







And I finally got a new headlight switch (oem ones tend to beak inside after 20 years and the car is about 25 years old already)*








And I got the projectors I ordered that I will retrofit in the existing headlights that I have(much like what zorroamg did with his on his amazing w124). I will use them for a while then sell it afterwards and use the OEM ones I bought. 😄*









That's all for now!*


I should be able to get my car already by Monday nextweek. I can't wait to drive her home already!!*

[TruTaing]

Wow. Total change! I like how the fenders are more subtle now!

[archiechiang]

oh the new look will come out sooooooo much better mate! you are going the right route now!

Exactly! It will be better than ever! It's gonna look like a proper w124! Lol Hahaha I've done my homework this time!

+1. The changes look great thus far.

Thanks man! It will surely look much better with paint! I'm excited!

This is cool

Thanks man!

Keep it up! Glad the badge came off finally.

Yeah it finally came off!

[Creation]

Keep it up! Glad the badge came off finally.

[244Brick]

This is cool

[mikey G]

oh the new look will come out sooooooo much better mate! you are going the right route now!

+1. The changes look great thus far.

[loekaaz]

oh the new look will come out sooooooo much better mate! you are going the right route now!

[archiechiang]

I went to the shop earlier and here are the progress pics as of today:*

















Aaand the moment you've all been waiting for....*


Tadaaaa!!! Badges off!!*




Looks better already! ��*


Will update again soon!*

[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 ✌