Lorinser Benz Wagon x Kinghorn

[DawsonLiri]

Safety third

Looks great, how it rides? Now need front rims repaired and it's perfect.

[Bullydawg]

This thread delivers! Nice ride man... Well built and a great read! Makes me want to go out and build a Mercedes Wagon and put my 18" Schmidt VN wheels to use!

[Kinghorn]

Update #2

just read the entire thread. good shit man

how does it ride on cut springs?

Ah thank you! hope it was a good read

I'm actually going to answer that question in this update, scroll lower! speaking of lower, the car receives more of it

Nice pictures and write up. It's looking really good. Love the benz wagons

Thank you! and something about benz and bimmer wagons man it has me hoooooked

Safety third

Looks great, how it rides? Now need front rims repaired and it's perfect.

safety third?

what is safety?

but it rode amazing on that setup! I went lower though hahaha check out this update! Ill make sure to mention how it rides

Damn! This thing is bad to the bone.

Not quite yet but its getting there lol thank you though!

This thread delivers! Nice ride man... Well built and a great read! Makes me want to go out and build a Mercedes Wagon and put my 18" Schmidt VN wheels to use!

Im a delivery specialist! All jokes aside, thank you haha

Its getting there, glad you enjoyed the read though we still have more coming so stay tuned!

As for wanting to go out and build a benzo wagon; DONT FUCKING HESITATE

one of the weirdest culture shocks for me making the switch from BMW to Mercedes was;

Reliability. I was just as anal with the BMW, all proper stuff, OEM parts not URO, the list goes on and yet still plastic cooling system and other issues...

My 320, albeit not as fun, not as hoonable, nor as fast, is a tank and just keeps going! I was expecting thousands in maintenance, this thing might even be just as cheap as an accord IMO

I'm having Benz buddies drive in AMG's to Seattle and back from Cali (3,000 miles) without a single issue, and I mean not even a CEL/hose/fuse. Its shocking. Highly recommend for a daily

As for the Schmidt's, use em!! I want me a pare of TH-Lines so badly! Whats your experience with Schmidt's?













without further ado, lets get this update underway

The Leavenworth Drive 2017 was legitimately awesome. Lets make a 3,000 mile trip a yearly thing?
The Leavenworth Drive Is Legit (2018)

And so it began! June 12th-24th were the dates spanning almost 3,000 miles in its entirety!

You could imagine broken necks everywhere on the freeway There was a total of 5 Mercedes AMG's in our convoy

An E63 AMG (W211), a E55 AMG (W211), and three E55 AMG's (W210) All introduced earlier in this Build Thread!

Unfortunately some personal stuff came up and couldn't take the Benzwgn, planning on it next year for sure!

All photos are shot by yours truly unless otherwise stated, some were edited for Instagram prior, so sorry for lack of quality on a few


Enjoy!


















One could imagine a lot was spent on gas my buddy kyle's expression in this photo says it all




Rollin' through the city of Portland, Oregon

scratch that *Benzo Mobbin would be a better term






We made it in to Puyallup, Washington where our buddy Christian (@328power.de) was generous enough to lend his home for a couple of nights!

The following day, we ventured to his fathers house who is a Master Mercedes Tech! (@bigbirdbenztech - owns the silver facelifted S210 in the corner)




Solid laughs were had and good time was spent by all.

Afterwards ventured out to Pikes market in Seattle cus why not when your 1,000 miles from home

Back to Benzo Mobbin and this photo describes that perfectly




Went back to my buddies house, woke up mid-afternoon and took off for Leavenworth which was about another 2 hour drive northeast. Our town house in Leavenworth was rented from Fri-Sun!

Our buddy Christians roommate cruised with in his late model E30 M3 Replica, powered by a single monstrous snail oozing with boost mated to a forced-induction craving m50!





While rolling in, we had a group of MK's join us right when the scenery hit interstellar, of course out popped abe from the passenger window!

One of the prettiest backgrounds I have ever shot with for rollers! Unfortunately my phone degraded the quality... of course



The event was both saturday and sunday, and having been last year, this year we decided townhouse was the way to go, so one was booked for friday through sunday!

Upon showing up friday afternoon, the place was already lit! Tons of cars and realistically almost no cops to be found (lol @ h2Oi)

Unfortunately got hit with some slight rain that Friday afternoon but it eventually cleared up making way for thousands of modified cars to hit the german accented town that weekend




This next shot was a check mark off my bucketlist...



TEDDY BEAR WHEELS!!! Marked off my bucketlist; seeing the Ronal Teddy Bear wheels in person and man did they look spectacular on this MK1, the thing was a four door too!

Now to just find a set hmmmmm............................................ ..... *checks pockets* straaaaaight haha could you imagine curbing those wheels it'd be considered murder

Also saw a crazy amount of District of Columbia plates and realized we were an hour or two from Canada. Apparently quite a few Canadians make the drive to the states for the event!

Coolest part of that meant they brought all of their Euro spec'd cars and other cars that weren't imported into the states! Got to see some quite extravagant whips


After a festive night, we woke up at a relatively decent time saturday afternoon (shouts out to Henny!!)

and all I can say is if you've never seen Leavenworth before;



WELCOME TO LEAVENWORTH








honestly, i suck at taking pictures at events. those are the only shots I got

I have a phobia of being that one guy with a stock kitted camera and lens with no gear at a huge event LMAO!

If you want to see the event in its entirety check out this video; my buddy shot this!

and like all good things; it came to an end

was an amazing event another year in a row!! glad that we live the lives we do where were able to drive a thousand miles for a car event! a very humbling and trip

So the drive hom began, but of course had to make the most of the trip so we as well met up with a fellow W210 AMG owner in Kent, Washington



^ all three shades of neutral W210's

Woke up the next morning and got started on taking out miles!







About 5 hours into the drive our buddy experienced stomach issues, so we pit-stopped into a rest area type of spot. He used the bathroom and we wandered

Little did we know we had wandered into Deception Falls and it led to a pretty cool experience!!







Now I was not a fan of this but Idiotically, we stopped in Saint Helens to visit a bigfoot museum and this was probably the fattest waste of time

I mean do people actually believe this? This spot was considered "bigfoots grave"...

They added a notebook inside posing the question "Write in your experience if you've ever encountered Big Foot"

Literally every response was a joke... The funniest was "I wake up next to him every day" and it had me dead hahaha!



and the rest was literally just smooth sailing the next couple hundred miles home!



For those questioning how the 5 AMG's handled on the trip, literally stunning!

Only issue out of all five cars - the E63 had a faulty tire that gave out which isn't even a major issue!

Definitely dont know If I'd have trusted my older BMW even after replacing literally everything, or a built BMW in general haha!











Side note, guaranteed Leavenworth 2019 is happening!

If you are along our route and would like to set up a meet up, let me know!

Alternatively, if you could provide a place to stay we can compensate with money, food, and beer! What more could one want? hehe

For those who have done this, if you have recommendations on places to stop at or sight see, were all ears! Lots of stuff to cover over 3,000 miles

Im only slightly biased, but here are;
My two Favorite Built not Bought S210's

Air Suspension Vs. Static?



This S210 happens to be owned by my good friend David (@SD_210) who is an amazing guy!

Car was built by him with the help of close friends, all equating to something of pure beauty.

A 2001 E320 Station Wagon, white with tan interior, considered the ultimate Granny spec but let me tell you... this is by no means at all that, and let me tell/show you why



This S210 is now equipped with an angry demon beneath the bonnet, a AMG 5.5litre V8 producing 340hp with the proper power and drive train to accomodate

A manual valve air suspension system, a set of Wald Duchatelet wheels cleaned up by the man himself, and crazy rare brabus/renntech goodies here and there




Did I mention David is a paraplegic? Unfortunate accident, but hasn't slowed him down one bit!

Yes albeit, working on his car is tougher than most, but it shows David's strength, effort, and willingness.

The product? Quite literally something to drool over







David's truly inspiration, if he can do it especially with an outcome as amazing as his 210, anyone can.

Make sure to follow him on Instagram @ sd_210, amazing content and an amazing wagon!

Two chapters ago was titled "Dropping the Rear" This one?
Maxing out the Rear

It started out with me needing new tires seeing as the last ones were the tires that came with the wheels date stamped 2006 they dont even make those tires anymore haha!

Anyways, got some used continentals sport contact 6's with about 70% tread, and man do conti's have a thick lip!

so I went for a more aggressive offset. Lifted the car by tossing a 3mm spring pad underneath the spring on both sides and a 5mm spacer which gave me;






Although it looked amazing and in fact for what it was rode purely amazing!!! I'm a man of lows.

Welcome to Stanceworks

So obviously, Spacers delete, fender roll and pull a bit more, remove pad and another 1/4 coil and here we are





#gaslikekrobath


also, heard you wanted some night time shots w flash











Had to test out the fitment and drive seeing as this thing is my daily, so I found some excuses, loaded up the wgn and headed up to Thousand Oaks, California (450 mile round trip)




Had a couple of my AMG friends mentioned earlier attend too! We grabbed Thai food and shot a bit





Now you might be wondering why my reverse lights are on while going 65mph on the freeway...

And I could try to explain, but showing you would probably be better; click this link!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ujxxubdusru9pye/Video%20Jul%2017%2C%206%2014%2031%20PM.mov?dl=0

So I decided, hmmm might be funny to wire it up to a switch! So I did, and now while im driving I can be in Drive and have that go off

The looks on peoples faces leaves you dying of laughter for minutes after!!! Or even just showing up to a car meet is hysterical











That wraps it up for Update #2! Hopefully you thoroughly enjoyed. I look forward to comments and feedback!

You know they say third times the charm, maybe we might have front Lorinser wheels on by the third update?

there was a question mark on that cus shit i dont know either! hahaha guess we'll find out






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[MikeyRa]

Hey, so um, our cars should hang out...

[Porterhousestk]

Very cool thread I enjoyed reading it! The LM1's are totally baller and the Excursion is too!! but I have one question... were there really PUBES in the car when you bought it???? lmao

[SD202]

I feel honored to have made it into your build thread! Keep up the good work dude can’t wait to see the next phase

[Kinghorn]

Hey, so um, our cars should hang out...

so um, agreed... only issues what almost 2,000 miles? our whips would make for a killer shoot though!!!

Very cool thread I enjoyed reading it! The LM1's are totally baller and the Excursion is too!! but I have one question... were there really PUBES in the car when you bought it???? lmao

Thank you! Glad you did - more to come!

You'd be surprised at what I found in there man... Wish I would have took more pictures but It was so foul, I just remember dying hysterically with friends trying to clean it up.

As for the pubes, there was definitely some nabby ass hairs in there and a used condom in the spare tire well so i'd be willing to bet a serious penny haha!

Glad that car was sold. Could not have daily'd it knowing what she's been through lmao

I feel honored to have made it into your build thread! Keep up the good work dude can’t wait to see the next phase

The pleasure was all mine, once again, thanks for letting me share David! Cant wait for to see what we both come up with in the near future and the photos that will come of it > : )






No update but things are getting worked on

[Kinghorn]

Update #3 coming in REAL SOON and REAL HOT

should be ready to drop by Friday September 7th but for now ill provide a teaser shot

for some actual behind the scenes content click this link @ kinghorn.x and check the most recent video, while your their hit that follow button!

[xxcody2130xx]

I saw the video on insta and the car looks great, love the most recent changes

[Kinghorn]

Update #3

Promised this friday, its now sunday. Sorry for the lag. Been crazy busy lately.
15 units of full time School started two weeks ago, got an internship acceptance a month ago, have two jobs now, and my last apartment lease ended Aug 27th and was forced to find a new place and move into.
It's been quite the hectic past month one could say.



But without further ado here is Build Thread Update #3
Play some good tunes grab your popcorn and Enjoy










Excited to show you all...
Its been a Long Time Coming

Lets ease our way into things?

Pretty ecstatic, got an internship as an engineers apprentice for a company that makes neuroscience lab equipment

They had a huge array of machines in their shop and I was lucky enough to have our lead engineer guide me in using the shop drill press to fix some things on my car



Remember how the double din center wooden pieces didn't have the full amount of cut-outs (options)? Lets fix it






before; a two piece, half ass jb welded together, vinyl'd piece



after; a somewhat OEM looking piece that was home-made



With that, the interior's going to get a lot of needed attention relatively soon.
Mobbed it to a local junkyard and saw these two




The S-class was a low end Lorinser spec and it hurt to see - sad day. The W210 had fake mono's I could've copped for $200 but opted not to

Afterwards, got back home and started to make moves





Rear tires were shot. At about this time, we were coming upon a huge Southern California meet called, Big Socal Euro, which is all European cars.
I've been attending for the past 5 years, and this years no different; Show up and show out
This finally prompted me to make some serious moves with the car

and oh some serious moves were made



Front lips were horrible (you can see the bends in the photo above) so they were finally taken to a professional and straightened as much as possible and finally able to be rolled on.
While I had them all off, they received new tires all around!
Up front Delante's in a 215/35 & in the rear Liolions in a 235/35
(side not, it was the first time in my life I've ever purchased brand new tires... woah)




Finally having it all thrown together, it prompted a quick impromptu photoshoot

Been a long time coming
Big Socal Euro '18

Cruised in a couple hours late with my buddy Samy and his beautiful E60 545/6



Our benz bois section was holding it down



Provided is some crappy media coverage of the show-cars that attended












You might remember my buddy Kyle from earlier

He traveled 1,000 miles north to drop off parts to a buddy in a sale, and while he was there he picked me up some authentic euro goodies to bring the 1,000 miles back home




Euro spec S210 AMG tail lights!

I originally wasn't a fan, but as soon as I mounted them I was sold

More on that later



Yes if you thought that white car looks familiar, @SD_210 making an appearance!











Got our group together for some lined up shots





Went super JDM and rocked the one sided AMG smoked tail for a couple days



this next shot makes me so happy, static almost tucking front and rears




and somehow cruising in the slow lane im still able to pull massive mpg's this was on level roads!



My last apartment lease was up August 27th, of last month and so I had to find a new place to live (and hopefully cheaper)

and one was found! complete frat house though. Hot tub on the front yard, dead grass, couch on the driveway... completely embarrassing but its hopefully going to become home

My current camera sucks at lowlight
Some low-light shots that suck

Always have been into photography, since I was a youngin'. Purchased my first Canon (a t2i) at 15 and used it for my first build thread. Fixed it when it broke, dumped money into mods, and the green lantern software, it was my baby. When I (insert unfortunately) sold my first BMW Wagon, I splurged on a basically brand new Canon 80D and bought it from a legend photographer. He cut me a huge deal and allowed me to afford it, we chatted for quite literally four hours and I just came to buy a camera



the jump from t2i to 80D was like a E320 to a E55 AMG. It was night and day... I shot the entirety of the earlier shot photos of this build thread with that camera. Had it for about a whole year, before one month's rent came. I got my car booted for parking tickets and the total was $650. Finally caught up to me (lol)... So I was forced to sell it, literally the worst decision I've made in a while. I sold it for a couple hundred more than I got it for (I got it for a steal) and payed off the tickets, helped out with rent, and purchased a canon t5i, a slight improvement from my t2i. It literally feels horrible to be back in an E320 camera... Which brings us to these shots, the low light quality is pure ass.

So without further ado, enjoy these E320 camera shots that came out like ass of a decent looking E320














Tis it for this build thread update! Hopefully you enjoyed, like I said, I'm excited to share this with you all, its been a long time coming

also, follow me on instagram @ kinghorn.x bcus no actual reason but you should anyways

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[Kinghorn]

shes come a long way

[19birel]

Looks good! What's up with the bumper fitment though?

[DawsonLiri]

Looks so good now, great job man!
And I love those tails.

Looks good! What's up with the bumper fitment though?

I was asking myself the same question.

[alantw-15]

Great update, love the car. (The front bumper fitment though..).
Do you have scrub issues on the front when turning?

What is the front splitter on the white s210?

Save the scrap yard S class next!:-)

[Kinghorn]

Looks good! What's up with the bumper fitment though?

Thank you! Busy life tbh. Was just the way I zip-tied the front bumper on haha! Has been fixed, got another update coming relatively soon

Looks so good now, great job man!
And I love those tails.



I was asking myself the same question.

Thanks duders! The before and after's side by sides are going to be crazy... need to find a stocker silver s210 for physical side by sides haha!

and I didn't like the tails before mounting, but once mounted they had me sold! Its the contrast on silver IMO. But thanks for the feedback! Bumpers been fixed too

Great update, love the car. (The front bumper fitment though..).
Do you have scrub issues on the front when turning?

What is the front splitter on the white s210?

Save the scrap yard S class next!:-)

Much appreciated, sincerely! Yeah the front bumper was an easy fix I was too lazy to actually fix. Tis fixed now though!

The lip on @SD_210's wagon is a Brabus lip! Things so beautiful

and the thought popped up, but then took off as quick as I looked into it more.

The thing needed some serious work and most of the lorinser stuff was garbage

RIP though haha!









Like prior mentioned, have gathered enough photos for another thread update which should be coming in the next coming days, I'll shoot for friday!

Thanks