1972 280SEL 4.5 airbag time

[Alex@abrhouston]

I ran them inside the car. looking at it, I didnt want to run it under the vehicle due to the floor pan, and i didnt want to run them inside the driveshaft tube/near the exhaust. the right side one went out the radio rubber hole. the left side went out the hood pop cable.

right side was a pain- it couldnt go straight down like the left side to the top of the bag. the battery is in the way. sucks.

so i ended up drilling a hole like the drivers side to get it out of the spring cup, and grinding a notch for the hose to go around the vehicle body and not hit the steering/a-arm/get close to the exhaust/etc.

[Alex@abrhouston]

heres a pic of the rear bag mounts mocked up




front bags mocked up.



new polyurethane front bumpstops, since the factory stops were NLA

[Alex@abrhouston]

I took some little squares i had floating around, drilled/tapped them and welded them where the brackets were gonna sit- since the factory sheetmetal wasnt thick enough



This is full up





put some new KYB shocks on the ole'girl




These are the fronts at full up

[Alex@abrhouston]

This is how i routed the passenger front hose and level wiring




and this is getting an alignment on its "normal" level (2).
I had to mount the heads on sideways, cause they hit the body if you put them on normally

regardless, it sittin pretty right now, and rolls down the road nicely

[A4crn]

Great info...thanks for the pics. Car looks great

[andratch]

Taking it home in a few days after final mechanical touches are done...looking nice!

[Marsss]

looking awesome man!

[Keith602]

Goddamn thats gorgeous!

[lewda]

looks fresh man! did you weld the cups you did for the bags to the body, or are they just bolted to the bags and resting in the factory spring perches both top and bottom?

[lewda]

For the most part, the W108 has steelies with hub caps on it. So...no. But the 300SE used polished steelies with CENTER caps - and I've seen those banded out quite a bit. It's a good look!

I would never change the stock wheels. The idea is to ride down the street at about 85% of stock height, and then drop it low when I don't have any turning to do.

they did indeed make them





they do come with a hefty cost though from my last research about a month ago

[willis]

So many good things. It looks so good. One day I'd love to own one of these.

[Alex@abrhouston]

Thanks for the props, guys!

[lewda]

man, im just pulling your leg
I have no idea what its officially called, other than a single pivot swing axle- i just made it up lol

compensator spring, they are really annoying, but they let you have that rear camber

[schmittz]

Effing classy, love it +subbed

[Alex@abrhouston]

I would upload more pics, if this effing forum would not be so stupid


So im stealing them from my facebook page.