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Wow. You did a beautiful job and the images are very helpful to me. I am getting close to doing a body kit on an SL63 to take it to "Black" trim. It looks like that body kit went on with only minimal fitting. Do the rear "flares" fit over the existing sheet metal, do you need to cut away the metal underneath? Hard to tell how that went together from the images. Are the materials robust, strong and well fitted? Do the stock wheel well liners still fit properly? And, do you mind telling us what the SR66.1 Kit costs. Suhorvsky is under the naive opinion that making people call for a price leads to more sales.
Wow. You did a beautiful job and the images are very helpful to me. I am getting close to doing a body kit on an SL63 to take it to "Black" trim. It looks like that body kit went on with only minimal fitting. Do the rear "flares" fit over the existing sheet metal, do you need to cut away the metal underneath? Hard to tell how that went together from the images. Are the materials robust, strong and well fitted? Do the stock wheel well liners still fit properly? And, do you mind telling us what the SR66.1 Kit costs. Suhorvsky is under the naive opinion that making people call for a price leads to more sales.
Thank you Doc! It was fairly simple other then the rear 1/4's! If you are interested in a kit from Suhorovsky Design, let me know I can get you a good deal on one of theirs! All the lines of the kit were straight forward and went right together but that what you get when you pay for it. I trimmed about 2 inches of the old 1/4 off so i can get maximum wheel tuck for car shows. Then for molding the 1/4 on I used stuff called Panel Bond from 3M and took a grinder to the spots that meet up with each other. I have more pictures of how I put the 1/4s on I can send you. Suhorovsky Design made the panels fit the stock liners perfectly which was a surprise, I'm use to cheap kits that didn't include that. The panels are defiantly strong I have bottomed out on them alot since its been lowered with the wheel setup. I know they have the kit listed on ebay for about 6500 but if you email them you can get a good deal where I emailed them and paid for sea shipping which is half the cost of air freight. After converted to usd I want to say it was about 5700 shipped
Beautiful work but why waste it on a slow 500? What's up with the badging?
Thank you BlownV8! I have engine swap plans I just needed any r230 as a Donor and this one was super clean! The SR66 badging represents the kit model so if anyone searches Mercedes SR66 they will find it and the Black Series Badge came with the Black series headlights. Figured it fits it well since the headlights are from a Black Series SL65 and the body kit is made after the SLS Black Series. No worries the AMG part will be changed to what represents the engine that will be going in and in the AMG font. =)
Thanks Bob! I was on and off working on the car on weekends and after work some weekday during the winter for about 3 months but i did some custom modifications while i had the car disassembled.
Looks familiar. Very nice job. You did a much better job on the panel gaps at the front compared to mine. The front was very difficult to deal with but maybe they have improved the fit over the last 18 months. It is a stunning kit and I think updates the R230 to a more modern look.
Can you please help a fellow SL enthusiast and forum member?
Originally Posted by 1siksl
Thank you Doc! It was fairly simple other then the rear 1/4's! If you are interested in a kit from Suhorovsky Design, let me know I can get you a good deal on one of theirs! All the lines of the kit were straight forward and went right together but that what you get when you pay for it. I trimmed about 2 inches of the old 1/4 off so i can get maximum wheel tuck for car shows. Then for molding the 1/4 on I used stuff called Panel Bond from 3M and took a grinder to the spots that meet up with each other. I have more pictures of how I put the 1/4s on I can send you. Suhorovsky Design made the panels fit the stock liners perfectly which was a surprise, I'm use to cheap kits that didn't include that. The panels are defiantly strong I have bottomed out on them alot since its been lowered with the wheel setup. I know they have the kit listed on ebay for about 6500 but if you email them you can get a good deal where I emailed them and paid for sea shipping which is half the cost of air freight. After converted to usd I want to say it was about 5700 shipped
Hi Chris, Nice build on your SL man! That's a good lookin SL. Love the widebody and the stance too. I sent you a PM earlier today to see if you can help me get a good deal like what you got on your Suhorovsky kit. I am a huge fan of the R230 SL as well. I have 2004 SL55 Mars Red with Piecha front bumper and Lorinser side skirts, with 20" HRE and full carbon interior. Check it out: https://mbworld.org/forums/mercedes-...ml#post7238342
I'd appreciate if you respond to my PM. Thanks much in advance!
1. Do all wide-body kits for R230 provide only flared fenders, and not full rear quarter panels?
2. Do all those kits require cutting OEM sheet metal?.....you can't undo that!!
3. Front and rear fender liners...some builds seem not to have them...and looks crappy with painted color on inside of wheel well........what is recommended?
4. The SR 66 on this thread looks great......but I'm going more for true BS look...........TC Concepts looks best to me, by far..........any comments?
1. Do all wide-body kits for R230 provide only flared fenders, and not full rear quarter panels?
2. Do all those kits require cutting OEM sheet metal?.....you can't undo that!! No need to undo that, need cut off some yes.
3. Front and rear fender liners...some builds seem not to have them...and looks crappy with painted color on inside of wheel well........what is recommended? Plastic panels ligh ones inside.
4. The SR 66 on this thread looks great......but I'm going more for true BS look...........TC Concepts looks best to me, by far..........any comments?
Misha Design is most agressive bodykit TC Concept , you have link or more info about that one ?
07-28-2016, 02:14 PM
I just needed any r230 as a Donor and this one was super clean! The SR66 badging represents the kit model so if anyone searches Mercedes SR66 they will find it and the Black Series Badge came with the Black series headlights. Figured it fits it well since the headlights are from a Black Series SL65 and the body kit is made after the SLS Black Series. No worries the AMG part will be changed to what represents the engine that will be going in and in the AMG font. =)
