Is my car a sportline?
04-12-2010, 10:13 PM
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Is my car a sportline?
I just bought a 1994 E320 sedan. How can I know if it is a sportline or not. It says sportline on the cladding and it has 500E/E500 interior, but it might be replaced and the badge is not hard to put on either. Please help. Thanks.
04-13-2010, 12:51 AM
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92 500e, 95 E34 525I Touring
I'm assuming you bought the car I posted in this link:
https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...t-la-area.html
Yes, that car is a genuine sportline. I was actually going to look at it Saturday, but I see you beat me to it. If you don't mind me asking, what did you end up paying?
Throw up some pics please
https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...t-la-area.html
Yes, that car is a genuine sportline. I was actually going to look at it Saturday, but I see you beat me to it. If you don't mind me asking, what did you end up paying?
Throw up some pics please
04-13-2010, 07:35 AM
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How do you know it is and orginal sportline? Sorry I had to add it to my Red collection 
Paid a couple hundred less than 2K but im gonna return the wheels. Im gonna put my original E500 wheels on it.
Paid a couple hundred less than 2K but im gonna return the wheels. Im gonna put my original E500 wheels on it.
04-13-2010, 11:15 AM
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92 500e, 95 E34 525I Touring
Run your vin through this:
http://old.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/?lng=eng
David, did I just see one of your cars on the 71 north right now? It was a red 124 with lower fogs. Could have been amg kit or 500e.
As for the 500e lights, note the chrome housing, that's the asthetic difference. The real difference though is that since the 500e already comes with fogs in the bumper, the center light in the headlight housing is a pencil highbeam. Even the "fog" lights in the amg kits aren't actually fogs. They are aux high beams since the standard 124 has fogs already in between the headlights. Without those lights, my 500e throws a bulb warning every time I use my highs.
http://old.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/?lng=eng
David, did I just see one of your cars on the 71 north right now? It was a red 124 with lower fogs. Could have been amg kit or 500e.
As for the 500e lights, note the chrome housing, that's the asthetic difference. The real difference though is that since the 500e already comes with fogs in the bumper, the center light in the headlight housing is a pencil highbeam. Even the "fog" lights in the amg kits aren't actually fogs. They are aux high beams since the standard 124 has fogs already in between the headlights. Without those lights, my 500e throws a bulb warning every time I use my highs.
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Run your vin through this:
http://old.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/?lng=eng
David, did I just see one of your cars on the 71 north right now? It was a red 124 with lower fogs. Could have been amg kit or 500e.
As for the 500e lights, note the chrome housing, that's the asthetic difference. The real difference though is that since the 500e already comes with fogs in the bumper, the center light in the headlight housing is a pencil highbeam. Even the "fog" lights in the amg kits aren't actually fogs. They are aux high beams since the standard 124 has fogs already in between the headlights. Without those lights, my 500e throws a bulb warning every time I use my highs.
http://old.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/?lng=eng
David, did I just see one of your cars on the 71 north right now? It was a red 124 with lower fogs. Could have been amg kit or 500e.
As for the 500e lights, note the chrome housing, that's the asthetic difference. The real difference though is that since the 500e already comes with fogs in the bumper, the center light in the headlight housing is a pencil highbeam. Even the "fog" lights in the amg kits aren't actually fogs. They are aux high beams since the standard 124 has fogs already in between the headlights. Without those lights, my 500e throws a bulb warning every time I use my highs.
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04-13-2010, 08:14 PM
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Depo, Bosch, Hella, shouldn't make any difference. The only thing I can think of is maybe the wattage of the bulbs your using. Have only seen this problem when people use LED bulbs, which draw much less current than a Halogen bulb, this makes the "bulb out indicator" come on (if used without a resistor pack)
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92 500e, 95 E34 525I Touring
No LED's, just standard Sylvanias. I unplugged that bulb out indicator altogether when I installed my LED tail lights. (Not the lenses, just the circuit board and lights.) I wasn't even going to try to fool the system with those installed...
04-15-2010, 05:31 AM
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[QUOTE=rivcal4life;4030378]Run your vin through this:
http://old.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/?lng=eng
David, did I just see one of your cars on the 71 north right now? It was a red 124 with lower fogs. Could have been amg kit or 500e.
Thanks for the link rivcal4life and no it couldnt have been me i live around the 210 freeway and the car has been sitting on my driveway, trying to finish up the e500 before i start on this one.
http://old.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/?lng=eng
David, did I just see one of your cars on the 71 north right now? It was a red 124 with lower fogs. Could have been amg kit or 500e.
Thanks for the link rivcal4life and no it couldnt have been me i live around the 210 freeway and the car has been sitting on my driveway, trying to finish up the e500 before i start on this one.
04-15-2010, 11:14 AM
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Post up some pix of both !
Run your vin through this:
http://old.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/?lng=eng
David, did I just see one of your cars on the 71 north right now? It was a red 124 with lower fogs. Could have been amg kit or 500e.
Thanks for the link rivcal4life and no it couldnt have been me i live around the 210 freeway and the car has been sitting on my driveway, trying to finish up the e500 before i start on this one.
http://old.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/?lng=eng
David, did I just see one of your cars on the 71 north right now? It was a red 124 with lower fogs. Could have been amg kit or 500e.
Thanks for the link rivcal4life and no it couldnt have been me i live around the 210 freeway and the car has been sitting on my driveway, trying to finish up the e500 before i start on this one.
04-20-2010, 05:51 PM
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il post some pics up as soon as im done...been working on this project for a while almost complete! If it wasnt for the rain it would go much faster.
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