this is pretty much just going to be a randomly updated progress thread on my new to me 300D

This is my first Mercedes, it is a 1983 300D in Orient Red that I purchased from the original family for cheap and with 225,000miles on the clock.

The day I brought her home, as you can see she had seen better days. My Subaru hiding in the garage



First order of business was to change out the blown motor mounts and motor shocks. As you can see not much left of the old ones.







Next was getting rid of the HORRIBLE US spec sealed beam headlights, picked up a set of Depo lights.



In which I very quickly frenched



Good friends 123 in the background



Much better




next came Euro bumpers front and rear



I am pretty sure even a legally blind person could tell the paint was trash!







So out came the buffer and rubbing compound



Thanks to my friend Mikey's hard work amazingly the paint came back to life



oh yeah and Brabus tipped straight pipe happened somewhere in time, all this so far is me only having the car for maybe 2 weeks



While Mikey was working his magic with the paint I decided to polish up all the badges and restore the sun faded gauge cluster









that water bead




this might upset some people but I decided to retrofit my headlights with a Morimoto Mini D2S 3.0 kit







Evening Mercedes hangs



Work



lowered the front, haven't gotten around to the rear yet hence the rake. Also mounted Enkei 92's for now, most likely won't be what I settle on.



Iphone roller






Decided to roll down to Portland for Red Door Meet with a couple of friends









rest stop picture









the drive home from Portland was a long and late one. The wagon's hydraulics for the clutch went out in Portland, getting moving was not easy but it made it home.







Well that is all I have for now, hope you enjoy my project.

Side note, if anyone has an original functioning Becker radio they want to sell please get ahold of me.

 

Nice set up. Me and my dad are about get into his 83 300D and I would like a little more info on how you did the headlights and the Frenchie? May try to incorporate that....if you wouldn't mind sharing. Thanks!

 

Confirmed. Lowered Mercedes look terrible.