Third Bagged Benz. 2001 E320 wagon.

[SD202]

Sorry for the lack of updates over the last year. It would appear photobucket has decided to suspend 3rd party hosting as well. I won't be paying their $400 a year ransom either.
In other news. The wagon has a new brabus front lip. And some WALD Duchatelet wheels you can follow my Instagram for more frequent updates @SD_210
Quick burnout video to let those who don't already follow me on IG know that the V8 swap is still alive and kickin

[Burner]

Haha Thanks man! I believe explained that in the beginning of my build thread. But here are the cliff notes of the thread. so that you dont gotta read thru all the garbage.
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-Previous owner was static
-Fenders were fucked (bacon + tons of body filler)
- Buddy had ZG flares laying around so I installed them, problem solved on to the next.
-Car needed new engine bcus blown head gasket on v6
- Rather than spend thousands $$$ on cool looking metal wide body fender work I bought an E55 AMG sedan to use as a donor car.
-Swapped the AMG V8 engine, trans, and other parts ( the entire car basically) over to my wagon.
- Have still spent less on the entire build than some shops were quoting me for all metal wide body.
- I am much happier now.
- THE END

Joking aside. Maybe metal fenders will be in store for the wagon later down the road. I do prefer the look of metal fender fabrication over the rivet on flares. Its just hard to shell out that kind of money on something solely cosmetic when there are so many other things i can think to buy

Thank you for your summary explanation! I appreciate.
I feel like an ass now for not paying attention at the beginning of your thread Sorry for that.

I completely understand now and 100% agree with you man. Keep up the good work.
You have the best s210 on the planet

[SD202]

You did an amazing job with this car. Loving it man
The only thing I am not a huge fan of are the over fenders - why do you have them?

Haha Thanks man! I believe explained that in the beginning of my build thread. But here are the cliff notes of the thread. so that you dont gotta read thru all the garbage.
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-Previous owner was static
-Fenders were fucked (bacon + tons of body filler)
- Buddy had ZG flares laying around so I installed them, problem solved on to the next.
-Car needed new engine bcus blown head gasket on v6
- Rather than spend thousands $$$ on cool looking metal wide body fender work I bought an E55 AMG sedan to use as a donor car.
-Swapped the AMG V8 engine, trans, and other parts ( the entire car basically) over to my wagon.
- Have still spent less on the entire build than some shops were quoting me for all metal wide body.
- I am much happier now.
- THE END


Joking aside. Maybe metal fenders will be in store for the wagon later down the road. I do prefer the look of metal fender fabrication over the rivet on flares. Its just hard to shell out that kind of money on something solely cosmetic when there are so many other things i can think to buy

[Burner]

You did an amazing job with this car. Loving it man
The only thing I am not a huge fan of are the over fenders - why do you have them?

[SD202]

this thing keeps getting better and better

Thanks dude

[SD202]

As much as I'm not a camber guy, this wagon is badass!! Keep it coming. Loving the updates

Thanks man! I have not touched the camber at all though! So no worries there that is just natural camber when aired out in the pics that you're seeing . When I am up at my ride height it is very close to factory spec for camber, caster. and toe I actually removed the aftermarket adjustable camber arms that the previous owner had installed. I put back OEM camber arms. I like my tires too last!

[scweet14]

this thing keeps getting better and better

[tylerlb]

As much as I'm not a camber guy, this wagon is badass!! Keep it coming. Loving the updates

[SD202]

Whew, possibly my favorite W210 currently. I have a lovehate relationship with 210s, they are comfortable as hell, but the exterior is a bit dull and odd. But nothing a set of wide wheels, air and small bits can't fix.

thanks man! my thoughts exactly. The body is quite bulbous and round but i tend to like a little meat on the bones

Damn this thing is bad af

thanks man!

Damn, I never bet but the flares are looking good, and I love the swap, great work as always man

thank you sir

Dis a bad b*tch. Amazing work!

thanks

Hey buddy, I just came here to say hello.
Cars are looking amazing as usual.

Hey brotha! thanks!!! I obviously dont come on here enough. That and I sort of stopped coming on here all the time because of all the damn spam threads got a bit annoying.

Anyway. Here are a few small updates, Since the swap, the car has been running great. I did however go into limp mode a few times when trying to drive it hard, only to find out that the transmission conductor plate, filter, gasket, and connector bushings should have all been replaced while the donor engine and trans were out of the car. But I kind of got in a hurry towards the end and started rushing things. Life sort of caught up and I did not document the rest of the swap very well. I had a baby girl born in august and haven't really been spending much time wrenching these days. I really do regret not taking more pics of the swap process but honestly i was too busy working on the car getting my hands dirty trying to get it back on the road.


The night the engine was dropped in and cooling system put back. At his point the car still needed The ECU programmed and basically the entire drive-line and rear subframe put back in place.




Dropping old V6 subframe So that i can swap over bags & control arms, etc onto the AMG donor car subframe pictured in front of my car at the rear of the silver wagon ( also an E55 AMG swapped wagon )



so in order to have an AMG cluster because of the whole ECU and Transitional year M.E. versions between the two cars.I was unable to simply plug and play the AMG cluster into the wagon. So i had to open them both up and remove the gauge dials from the AMG cluster and place them into my wagons cluster, Then re-install. Also because of this the wagons mileage remained the same as before as the cluster itself is still from the v6, just with AMG dials now.









Trans was going into limp mode and stalling on me. Scanned the car with Mercedes star Xentry and it indicated failure of Y3 speed sensor. I knew this was located on the conductor plate, so it was time to change.






Yup That speed sensor is for sure bad

Old:



New:




The DEATH of an ///AMG





The old 3.2L V6 with blown Head Gasket







Also painted my airbox and engine cover white and Used some Gold DEI heat resistant wrap on the intake tubes



Added a front lip that i had to cut and heat to fit still fits funny in the center but I really dont care. i like how it looks. Also have AMG side skirts that i will be adding some time.

[Clun9]

Hey buddy, I just came here to say hello.
Cars are looking amazing as usual.

[lamsv]

Dis a bad b*tch. Amazing work!

[DawsonLiri]

Damn, I never bet but the flares are looking good, and I love the swap, great work as always man

[Greasy63]

Damn this thing is bad af

[Jorgen]

Whew, possibly my favorite W210 currently. I have a lovehate relationship with 210s, they are comfortable as hell, but the exterior is a bit dull and odd. But nothing a set of wide wheels, air and small bits can't fix.

[SD202]

Small update, A lot of you already know. The wagon is now a W210 Estate (S210) E55 AMG Wagon.