Mercedes-Benz 260E, '89

[loekaaz]

Off to a good start!

It kinda looks like Evan's old blue 400 with the sagging headlights

[Jorgen]

Fitment is pretty much settled for now, need to paint rear and front fenders and some other things to do as well.

[Jorgen]

The battery tray is shot as well, but it's not that important right now.
I'm aware of the front fenders mod, but I'm going a slightly different route.

[loekaaz]

Rear of the side sills are THE weak point of the w124...




...besides the front fenders, rear light surroundings, rear subframe mountings, battery tray, front of the side sills, jack-up points, ......, .......



OT: If you want a "cheap" way of fitting wide fenders in the rear, you can weld in the arches of a front fender

[Jorgen]

Not much has happened, testfit the wheels, got springs & shocks for the rear. But stumbled upon some rust on the passenger rear side, but nothing that major and already collecting the needed parts that needs to be welded and taken care of.

First the bad news:


Then better news:

[Jorgen]

Wheels mounted. Final specs 17x9 ET3 and 17x11 ET15. New bolts, Almandine Black colored centers and 3.5" lips to rear. Not sure how I'm gonna get the rear ones fit, but I'll find a solution.

[190Evan]

Oh boy those specs on a w124 ))))))))))))

[Jorgen]

[Jorgen]

Aaaaaand there goes another w124 with more progress...

This is obviously a passive aggressive way of telling you, that you should start working on yours

[loekaaz]

Aaaaaand there goes another w124 with more progress...

[Jorgen]

[190Evan]

Oh how weird I always assumed it was on air, nevermind that comment then haha.

[Jorgen]

Iamnicpro's car also was on air and when you body these cars they obtain a solid amount of camber, when he was aired up to driving height it looked like it poked in my opinion. So unless youre planning on going to air suspension i wouldn't try for as drastic of numbers.

I'm pretty sure iamnicpro's W124 has always been static, he first ran cut springs and then swapped to YSR coilovers.
I'll get my coilover kit and then see how much it'll camber in. There's a possibility to widen the rear fenders, but would like to run this setup with stock fenders.

[190Evan]

Iamnicpro's car also was on air and when you body these cars they obtain a solid amount of camber, when he was aired up to driving height it looked like it poked in my opinion. So unless youre planning on going to air suspension i wouldn't try for as drastic of numbers.

[190Evan]

You can make those fit easily, remember how much these cars camber naturally in the back when you lower them a good amount. I ran 17X9.5 ET-10 up front with fender spacers and a light pull and never rubbed, in the back I had 17X10 ET-12 and I tucked them with no issues but I did had a significant amount of camber, even without the camber I could have fit them so you should be solid. I think you will be fine if you don't plan on tucking them.