VIP inspired w124 coupe

[Scape-Zs]

That center is awesome!

[Kris]

nice project

i also have ZW2's on my daily 605

[Mehowski]

The steelies with those center caps look real good. Might have to look into something similar myself

[koihoma]

hello guys,it's been a long time since i've posted anything,mostly driving a lot,an slowly collecting parts,and as worthersee is closer and closer,some things have to hurry a bit :
first alloys :
sanded:


primer:



and also got the one lip for 8,5j that i was missing and .......... 2 for 9,5(which are in rough shape)



comparisson



also manage to get same e36 front coiler struts,which are couple cm lower than stock



and for rear probably these Hyundai Terracan rear shocks(in pic are fully extended) too short maybe??



and packages arrived ,tho not everything



also got myself a bbs steering wheel



hope you like it

[scweet14]

not bad, please get rid of the steelies. not VIP at all but its getting there

[e30polak]

Love a lot of this build. Can't wait to see how it finishes up.

[190Evan]

In for multi-piece amg wheels.

[electricalbox]

Sweet DIY work!

[koihoma]

thank's guys on your support ,speeding things a little bit,started polishing lips,



i painted barrels in a weird color ,




but after 2 layers of clear coat i kinda dig it



in mean time,while waiting on other parts for airride ,i didn't like the design of controllers for managing car height,so went on scrapyard and bought additional 4 switches for windows



all labeld,after spending an hour trying figure out how they work, as they don let positive current out,but negative(ground)



i decided to put them above AC control with other switches(as i had room for 4 more)
,started drilling,everything looking good



and of course while drilling the last one,i decided its going well,an speed thing up and of fu...ing court this happened,i chipped the lacquer

http://giphy.com/gifs/IepbiTPt2dORa/html5

but then remembered ,hey wait , i'm doing DIY on wood and have to strip it down anyway

http://giphy.com/gifs/4PT6v3PQKG6Yg/html5

aaaand here we go again



see ya soon

[koihoma]

i forgot to post here,so here is a little update,nothing special,but hey...
coupleof interior shoots (don't mind the dirty workspace)





mounted tyres 205/45r17 ..litlle fat i know probably will be going 205/40 in fronts



test fitted only rears because i need 30mm spacer up front



omg they look so small



the valves for the airride arrived -hafner 5/3 1/4in



also got the 10l fire extinguisher for free ,and painted it ,it will be hidden so don't mind the color,had some paint leftover from previous car



and couple of shoots from our trip to worthersee on our way up it was 22C and



on our way back it was snowing ,it's 2 day apart

[JDMexican]

I like this. Can't wait to see once you start getting everything finalized on the interior. Once the exterior matches the interior it will really be something special!

[koihoma]

hay ,i am gonna cut the crap, and just rape with pics,enjoy!!

mounted 17x8 and 17x8,5 205/45 all around so i can get everything legal



then replaced 0.75 in lips with 2,75 in







then airride,tried to hide everything and leave spare tyre in place

via GIPHY

first : make a fiberglass tub for compressor,valves and electronics



gelcoat



paint



compressor under the shelf



and litlle wiring (aprox 200m of wires)

custom brackets for airbags





valves



also did get a used original grill(minwas ,well , in bad shape

so painted the used one



reassembled



comparisson of old rusty one(fake) and old original



to be continiued..soon

[koihoma]

so airride is kind of finished



finaly out of garage so can tidy up everything



this is all the way up




and down,.... all bumpstops out, front wouldnt go any lower



sad fu*k it and drove like that for couple of days,went to chek everything up and suprise

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so after you fu*t it up ,you try to fix it ,and bought SL top mounts and voila







now still needs shorter rear shocks and spacer in the back



almostt forgot, decided to make a small lip/rear aero add-on

bought some clay (3kg) and started modelling



then,i was missing about 1 kg of clay to finish it,went to the store and bought about



20 kg more

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after couple of hours







started to getting shape





made a fiberglass mold






puled the clay out



made a cast in FG



and now its sanding/fillinfg/sanding and repeat time




more to come ,stay tuned

[hkz286]

awesome build!

[z168]

Cant wait to see the finished interior. You do good work