big83bronco

THis weekend was quite an adventure! Installed the list below:

-Bilstein Sport struts and shocks
-18" Carlsson replica wheels ($150.00) Brand new from Ebay. BEST DEAL EVER!!!
-Wanli 225/40/ZR18 tires - ($205.00) Brand new from Ebay. Actually really nice tires.
-Vogtland Springs - the front actually settled out to the point where the front rim was tucking 1/16" into the fender, it would rub on teh top of the fender well on every little bump, so I had to rais it about 3/4", but damn it looked good that low!

Now all I need is my headlight, fender, grill, and some paint!!! Tell me what yalll think.

Suggestions on paint colors?

PDJ89C

I'd replace both headlights while I'm at it. Maybe some Euro's? or something. For paint I'd do black So black you can't see it at night , but that's just me, hehe. *loves really really dark/shiny black*

myfirstbenz

I'd stick with the original color, nothing wrong with it, respray is one thing, but color changes are a *****.

I LOVE those wheels!!!! Wanli tires, sounds like chineese, I try to limit chineese parts on my benz, actually the headlights are the only parts that are probably made in china, or asia. Hope those work out ok.

If you do a repaint, consider painting the lower body panels and bumpers to match, or paint the impact strips to match so they arent black. Little things make a big difference. I think the color you have now will look quite stunning when it is straight, and clean and if you get new tail lights(no yellow) and clear turn signals.

crr1612

before you see the pic, let me just say that im new to photoshop. its not what i had in my mind but i think you can figure it out...white on top black on the bottom. and it will be a lot more shiny

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big83bronco

I plan on doign teh euros in teh front adn doign teh ebay red and clear LED tails. Im going to re-spray it the original two tone colors and get new impact strips.

crr1612

just cause i felt like it, this is more like what i meant

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ZedStyle

i REALLY like your rims.... like a LOT

crr1612

mine?

Bigpete123

no offense crr, but I'm not digging the white/black theme.

Bigbronco, definitely focus your funds on getting your body damage issues sorted out first. I'm sure that's what you are thinking with the whole respray thing.

If you want to update the look of your car, definitely stick with the original color and color-match the lower panels and impact strips. It's not going to cost you any more money if you're already respraying the entire thing. Just a thought.

Your car will look cheap if you change the color, unless you pull the engine and strip the car down completely. That's nearly impossible.

The rims/suspension setup look dope. Did you roll the fenders? I can almost guarantee that will make a big difference. You might also consider installing smaller spring pads in the back, since it looks like your car sits higher in the rear. But I'd wait a few months before doing that because your springs will definitely settle. Great job!

big83bronco

Thanks pete! Yeah the body work will all get done when I respray teh car....just waiting for the temp and humidity to get right to spray it. I am going to be building a pretty stought sub enclosure, i am laminatting two 3/4" sheets of MDF together adn making a sub enclosure, so that will bring the rear of the car down some. If I dont do that im thingking about fiberglassing one of teh side panels in the trunk and making a custom enclosure there.

Pete, what size speakers go in the doors??? Mine dont have any installed, just a hole from the factory.

Bigpete123

you know, my car didn't come with door speakers. But word is that they can hold a 6.5" speaker. I'm not positive about that though. It's made for sub, but it's a crappy plastic enclosure. However, it might be there to protect the speaker from moisture in the door.

Good idea to wait on the rear suspension until you put the box in. IMO, when you do your system, you should take your rear speakers out of the deck and leave the grills. That will let the sound through better if you don't feel like doing a hack job like I did! lol. Even then, you might struggle to get enough sound into the cabin unless you do 2 subs. I'm all for the fiberglass enclosures behind the wheel wells- IMO wood boxes take up way too much trunk space. They're way easier to make, though.

CDP

wow ... white/black color combination will be the most hideous thing you can ever do to your car.

myfirstbenz

shadowgriffen

wow the ebay wheels really do look good! LOL if only those ****ers would accept my best offer of 74.99

OJ's DNA

Man those 18's look sharp, what's the rim width & offset? I mean those things look real good, but I never look for 18's only 17's, nice job!

shadowgriffen

18x8, ET35

big83bronco

18x8 with a 35 backspace. tires are 225/40ZR18. Thanks guys, I appreciate the compliments. I was skeptical on the wheels because the price, but when I got them I would have paid 3 times the price for another set!!! If anyone wants the link for the store on eBay let em know, they have a few different styles of wheels for our cars. I believe they have some BBS LM style wheels the other day in 18" and 19".

big83bronco

S600 grill anyone????

shadowgriffen

yea I saw those a while back...I posted a link to them.

I'm really a chapeskate and would not buy them for 150 LOL I liked the black ones (cheaper by 25 bux I believe...) but thought the ones you have looked 3x better

shadowgriffen

PS: they are Carlsson replicas, 1/12's I believe.

JrJammin

how much is the average respray? in the benz black (is it 040??) anyone know?

myfirstbenz

In the States paint is getting really expensive with rising petro chemical costs. A decent paint job will cost 3,000 USD and up, so in Jamaican Currency that is like 2-3lbs of Marijuana

shadowgriffen

LOL

ya mahn, me want to know how much green ye want for a paint job booyaka.

mgw_300e

go with the sand/buff option! $200.00

big83bronco

I wish I had some clearcoat left to buff and sand. This thing was parked under a pine tree for a few years adn the sap ate the clearcoat right off!

Let me tell everyone a little bit of background on the car. It is a 1990 with 200k+...odometer quit working the other day. The car was owned by a doctor in town, he died and it stayed parked under a pine tree for about 3 years until his widow decided to trade it in on a cadillac (what a mistake). Unbeknowing to her in those 3 years teh brake pads had rusted to teh calipers in the open position so as she was driving it to the "stealership" to trade it in she hit the brakes and they didint work sufficiently, so she rear ended a "truck". Thus giving it the damage you see on the headlight and fender. She made it to the dealer adn traded it, where I then bought it off the dealer b4 it got loaded onto teh auction truck for about $1000. I now have about $250 total in the brakes (work great) and $550 in the wheels and tires considering the old tires were shot from dry rot.

I think I got a fair deal.