Wide body conversion
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Wide body conversion
I started to widen my C43/55 body to fit my new tires...
Some years ago I prepared my fenders to fit for the 245/35 and 285/30 tires. Now I was looking for new tires of same dimension but most of them were much wider. Now I decided to make the body fit for the wides (rear) tires available on that dimension. The 285/30 is 309mm wide! I put it on 11x18 wheels with offset 15 (minimum you will still get certificated on W202). Front is 245/35 on 8,5x18 with offset 25 but I am waiting for new adapters to go down to offset 15 too.
I will just post the pictures from last some weeks. When I have time or if you have some questions, I will insert some text later. The project costs a lot of time I don't have (job, family...)
Some years ago I prepared my fenders to fit for the 245/35 and 285/30 tires. Now I was looking for new tires of same dimension but most of them were much wider. Now I decided to make the body fit for the wides (rear) tires available on that dimension. The 285/30 is 309mm wide! I put it on 11x18 wheels with offset 15 (minimum you will still get certificated on W202). Front is 245/35 on 8,5x18 with offset 25 but I am waiting for new adapters to go down to offset 15 too.
I will just post the pictures from last some weeks. When I have time or if you have some questions, I will insert some text later. The project costs a lot of time I don't have (job, family...)
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rear door details
rear bumper mounted, ready to be transformed...
I thought rear bumper material is ABS but it is PUR and I don't have PUR welding material.
more coming soon
rear bumper mounted, ready to be transformed...
I thought rear bumper material is ABS but it is PUR and I don't have PUR welding material.
more coming soon
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Awesome, got some hours in that badboy. Looks great. Like that hood too. Will be interesting to see what you do with the bumper.
Last edited by Super B; Jun 12, 2013 at 02:17 PM. Reason: Freakin iphone loves to change words.
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Subscribed. Some serious work went into this, this is impressive! Damn the rears are meaty tires... They look huge on the W202. Keep it coming !
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Where did you get that hood with the vents???
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The hood air outlet is self made. There is a small gallery: http://s1122.photobucket.com/user/Po...49668427897467
Maybe I will also implement the SL65AMG hood outlets too.
Maybe I will also implement the SL65AMG hood outlets too.
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Spacers are adapter 5x112 to 5x130 (Porsche). I already have different sizes: 16/20/25mm to be flexible... Now I am waiting for 30 and 35 mm.
Rear is 11x18 offset 40 with 25mm adapters (total offset 15). Front now is 8,5x18 offset 52 with 25mm adapters, but I will swap to 35mm adapters (total offset 17).
I use spacers from Schippan (a small German manufacturer you can get also custom specified spacers, so I have better centering).
Rear is 11x18 offset 40 with 25mm adapters (total offset 15). Front now is 8,5x18 offset 52 with 25mm adapters, but I will swap to 35mm adapters (total offset 17).
I use spacers from Schippan (a small German manufacturer you can get also custom specified spacers, so I have better centering).
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Great work Popey! Do you work in the bodywork trade?
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No I am electrical engineer working in software development. But I am searching for new challenges always...
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