Originally posted by Mehowski
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Understandable, it is one of my favorite W124's as well, it's even in the same color as mine. I did some research and if I pull and roll my fenders slightly and lower it properly, I should achieve the perfect fitment. If any W124 owners want a small database of agressive fitments, I can upload my collected pictures with specs added. -
iamnicpro's w124 is in my opinion perfect, thats why I asked earlier if you considered getting an estate hahaLeave a comment:
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Not much has happened, besides the fact the car was buried under snow for a week. Dug it out, drove it to my garage and it'll stay there until spring decides to start. Summer tires don't work at all on snow with a heavy RWD car.
Anyhow, since I'm after making this car slightly more US-spec I started welding and smoothing the front impact strip. There is an OEM piece for this, but 60€ seems slightly pointless and it would still leave small gaps, so I decided to do it by combining two strips to one and I already has some experience doing so with my W201. Here's where I've got so far:
I also swapped my RF centers, fronts to rear and rears to front. The front centers have a lot more backspacing, so with a 2.5" lip my final rear spec should be 17x10 ET4 & 17x9 ET28 front. Last season I had a lot of problems getting the 17x9 ET1 to fit on my W201 so I decided to make it more aggressive in the rear and easier in the front. But after seeing the testfit I'm not sure 17x10 ET4 will even fit to the rear. Yeah, camber is an option, but currently I'm hoping to fit with stock arches. Even though I jacked up the wheel to mock the lowering, it didn't seem to gain more natural camber.
Did some research, Iamnicpro with his S124 should be running 16x9.5 ET -31 in the rear so my setup seems to fit on paper.
Anyone knows any W124's running 9-10" and low ET's?Leave a comment:
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I decided to go after a W124 at the moment, the W126 I talked you about had some problems so it would have been a financial mistake.Originally posted by Laef View Post
Thanks, I thought of buying a S124, but a sedan is my favorite of all the body variants on a W124.Originally posted by Mehowski View Post
I hope I don't get the classical 260E owner problem, that the car will stay hibernatedOriginally posted by loekaaz View PostHey I also know a guy with a 260E or two.....
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absolutely love these in estate variant, but saloons are cool too
your w201 was wicked so I'll be keepin track of this one tooLeave a comment:
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You didn't bought the 126 afterall?
This is gonna be good tho!
More of this please.Leave a comment:
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Mercedes-Benz 260E, '89
After selling my W201 ( http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=68651 ) it seemed logical to go bigger and better, so I found this 260E W124, 1989 in Smoke Silver colour.
The body is in pretty good condition, needs some care to be better etc. I kept my BBS RF's from my W201 so no need to worry about the wheels. Current specs on the RF's are 17x9 ET2, 17x10 ET26. But I struggled with the 17x9 ET2 on my W201 front so after giving it some thought, I'm swapping my front and rear centres, the front centre has a lot thicker backspacing.
So far I've owned the car for 2 weeks, done some small details and testfit my wheels. Replaced my hood star, painted the grille, removed tow hook, painted wiper arms and swapped a nasty blue light in the gear selector for an OEM white one.
Like with the last car, I'm going slightly US spec on this car, first in order was US-sized plates, also DIY facelift markers for the front. Next up is the front bumper plastic, converting the plate size to US one. Going to do it on my own, even though there is an OEM part for this.
What I also slightly struggled with the last car was the suspension set up. Ground Control coils were a bit expensive, so was air and I really missed the chance to adjust the height. Now finally Ta-Technix in Europe provides shocks and springs with adjustability for this car for a good price, so this will be slightly easier.
And how the testfit went:
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