E-Class (W124) 1984-1995: E 260, E 300, E 320, E 420, E 500 (Includes CE, T, TD models)

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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 03:53 PM
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Sneak Interior Pics & New Project

Here's some sneak interior pics of the my W124, not all complete yet. I'm also attaching pics of what I've been working on for the past several months, enjoy

Updated black leather 95 interior.
Suede door panels
Suede A/B/ & C pillars
Suede Roof liner
Suede center console
Chrome trim
Carbon fiber center console
Carbon fiber door trim
Carbon fiber shift knob
Carbon fiber roll box
~Cali
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 04:04 PM
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 04:13 PM
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98 S420
H&R lowering springs
Bilstein Heavy Duty shocks
20" Chrome Brabus Mono IV's
Chrome door handle covers
S600 grill
HID's
Clear corners
Smoked LED tails
Debadged
Chrome/burlwood shift knob
Puddle lights
Brabus illuminated door sills
Folding blinking side mirrors
Chrome trunk piece
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 04:19 PM
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90 300E, 03 E55 Black designo, 06 IWC CLS55
nice and fresh

Was it mostly swapped out or did you have custom work done?
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 04:50 PM
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that looks gorgeous!

did you do the work yourself?

i have been planning to do a similar venture

did you use real suede or ultra suede on the c pillar?

where did you get the carbon fiber?

i was thinking of painting the wood to match the car and then covering just the center console part in 3m clear bra to prevent scratches....
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 04:55 PM
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Ah man! I'm loving the 140! The interior looks great mate! I too wonder if you used ultrasuede or real suede for the pillars cux my interior shop told me the suede is too thick to go around the curves and edges of the pillars and so I had to use another material! If real suede can be used, I'll go find a better shop and redo them.
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 07:15 PM
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Thanks for the compliments, I did most of the work myself. This is all custom work real carbon fiber & ultrasuede similar to alcantera. Just use ultrasuede, even alcantera is simulated suede and not real.

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Nice custom work with the carbon fiber - looks sweet!
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 10:38 PM
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Nice

were did you get the carbon fiber from?
how hard was it to work with?
did you make new molds or just go over the originals?
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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 01:01 AM
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Carbon fiber overlay was done by a good friend. Very $$$$$$$ with the shortage of CF and the tons of labor involved.
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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 01:38 AM
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Carbon fiber overlay was done by a good friend. Very $$$$$$$ with the shortage of CF and the tons of labor involved.
Very True. Still waiting for a friend of mine to do mine since he's backed up with so much CF work and since CF prices have gone up.

Anyways, Good work on everything Benard. Gotta see it in person soon man!
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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 02:40 PM
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Man, I should start doing my interior again....I went with a dark grey ultra suede and i'm going to redo my entire interior again...no more louis vuitton lol...
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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 03:33 PM
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Didnt know CF was getting that big. I like it on some stuff, but others just dont look right.

no more louis vuitton lol...
haha, i've been playing with the tint plotter for a while and im now able to cut out Gucci and LV and any other logo in tint and we can tint it.
ill send pics if anyone is intrested, its actually kinda kool. never would do it to mine though.
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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 03:46 PM
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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 05:22 PM
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I have a question...

did you have to take any of the vinyl/plastic off of any of the panels or did you just glue over it?

and what did you use to tack it down? glue?
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haha, i've been playing with the tint plotter for a while and im now able to cut out Gucci and LV and any other logo in tint and we can tint it.
Wow...nope, not for me anymore...I was young...into the dub scene...those where just different times...I'm more into o.e looking mods that look clean..
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