C126 AKA Uncle Phil

[volkswagger84]

Congrats .now don't get this the wrong way. But this car will nickel and dime you to death, I have a 86 560sec. Took me a year to find one that is mechanicaly sound. body work is easy but parts are expensive and really hard to get.

Interior is doable . Unless u have power headrests if you do don't touch it. Wood is expensive to source or refinish. But I can help you out with it. I found new old stock wood for my car but my old one is decent can sell you cheap. Head lights I have a set of usdm .took them off my car you will need right bezel but they are cheap
Again if you want I'll sell it cheap.

where are you located?

[Sauberfan]

Congrats .now don't get this the wrong way. But this car will nickel and dime you to death, I have a 86 560sec. Took me a year to find one that is mechanicaly sound. body work is easy but parts are expensive and really hard to get.

Interior is doable . Unless u have power headrests if you do don't touch it. Wood is expensive to source or refinish. But I can help you out with it. I found new old stock wood for my car but my old one is decent can sell you cheap. Head lights I have a set of usdm .took them off my car you will need right bezel but they are cheap
Again if you want I'll sell it cheap.

[DUTCHswift]

This is the same car that the main character in A Most Violent Year drives.

[volkswagger84]

tomorrow i will be getting my wheels in and by the end of the weekend i will be cramming them underneath the car. cant wait to see how they fit. i really hope that they tuck

[volkswagger84]

are the wheels in yet!? haha come on Mr.UPS man

your telling me!!! should be here by thursday and i will be heading your way friday

[Jkerem]

are the wheels in yet!? haha come on Mr.UPS man

[volkswagger84]

cant wait to see where this goes!

just keep an eye out!!! love your whip by the way ive been following your builds for the longest time now. ever since you got the white one now even the silver one. you actual inspired me to get my w124 even though you drive w202

I don't know why but I enjoy this thread. Budget builds are the best IMO. Keep it up man, can't wait to see it on the wheels!

thanks man. alot of people **** fake wheels yada yada yada my opinion as long as it looks good im with it thanks for the support

Congrats on the sponsorship man! ESM doesn't exactly have the best reputation as far as wheel quality, but it's for sure better than nothing.

and yah ive never owned a set of these wheels i see alot of pictures where they come apart etc. yolo i guess?

[Robitussin]

Congrats on the sponsorship man! ESM doesn't exactly have the best reputation as far as wheel quality, but it's for sure better than nothing.

[Adrien_M5]

I don't know why but I enjoy this thread. Budget builds are the best IMO. Keep it up man, can't wait to see it on the wheels!

[SD202]

cant wait to see where this goes!

[volkswagger84]

Just got the wheels shipped out on friday. They should be here by Thursday. I am excited to see how they will fit!!!

Also i wanted to throw it back to my old w124 just to give yall some eye candy. This was when i was running a set of style 5's on it with 20mm adapters all around
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ALL PIC CREDS GO TO THE HOMIE KEVIN TROWER

[volkswagger84]

Its the pressure relief weep hole. Supposedly there is a two way valve in there that releases pressure / coolant and they get stuck . Had that happen twice to my car so far . i'd pick up a new one and call it a day.

As for the pulley with no belt , I'm positive that is for the A/C compressor.
Those wheels are going to look pretty good ! The best part is that its free!

yeah my friend told me the same thing ill probably take the waterpump off and look at it. where it seals to the block it looks to be leaking there too. maybe they didnt install it correctly because p/o claims it is still fairly new. and yeah they just shipped the wheels friday im so happy man. they should be here thursday haha.

[12vsex]

so i have ran out of money for the time being. waiting on these wheels to come in. i am trying to figure out why my car leaks coolant from the waterpump. there is a small hole in the top of the waterpump and the coolant is coming from there. ive looked online at new waterpumps and they all seem to have the same hole. im not sure what this is or why it does it. not like it leaks alot of coolant but after i drive it and it sits for a couple days there is a small puddle underneath the car. any suggestions?

Its the pressure relief weep hole. Supposedly there is a two way valve in there that releases pressure / coolant and they get stuck . Had that happen twice to my car so far . i'd pick up a new one and call it a day.

As for the pulley with no belt , I'm positive that is for the A/C compressor.
Those wheels are going to look pretty good ! The best part is that its free!

[volkswagger84]

so i have ran out of money for the time being. waiting on these wheels to come in. i am trying to figure out why my car leaks coolant from the waterpump. there is a small hole in the top of the waterpump and the coolant is coming from there. ive looked online at new waterpumps and they all seem to have the same hole. im not sure what this is or why it does it. not like it leaks alot of coolant but after i drive it and it sits for a couple days there is a small puddle underneath the car. any suggestions?

[volkswagger84]

Today i fixed the headlight issue. I cleaned all the connectors and got the fog lights working. I pulled the Headlight doors out of both buckets and cleaned the inside of the buckets out and also the headlight rings.





they were super dirty on both sides. I have to get new headlight doors for sure. I have been sourcing them out they seem to be pretty hard to find. I found a couple on amazon. Just waiting on some money to come around to buy em.



got the foglights working. the connectors were all gummed up from power steering fluid leaking on the driver side. i like the way it looks when all lights are on.



I got an email back today from ESM wheels. I emailed them about 2 weeks ago regarding to maybe a wheel sponsership. Since i dont have a job and much funds it was a long shot but they said they would do a sponsership for my car. So hopefully they will follow through and send me the wheels i was looking to get.



looking to get 17x8.5 et20 for the front and 17x10 et 15 in the rear going to run 195/40 tires in the front and 215/45 in the rear. I think its going to look good for the time being until i can afford some nice wheels.