siopaolover

random gas station picture

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/93420847@N05/8635836208/" title="DSC_0760 by fbaladad, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8536/8635836208_afc89e5a7a_c.jpg" width="800" height="532" alt="DSC_0760"></a>

track_warrior

Thanks man, the w210 is my queen. I just lover her so much, she is a pleasure to drive. I love your car as well man you chose the best colour for the w210 , love the euro plate on the front im actually contemplating running custom euro plates front and rear since my car is registered in mexico i can pretty much get away with anything my trunk and front bumper are drilled for an euro plate as well since it was a special import into mexico back in 97 for a famous football player. He canceled his order and my dad took delivery of her in Mexico City.

siopaolover

Thanks man! I like the fact that there's a history behind your car lol. and there aren't many 97 E420s, especially in the condition yours is in. I hope you always enjoy her!

Brau0318

It took me 30-40 pictures to get the lighting in the back ground

siopaolover

nice. what camera did you use? a tripod could make the job a lot easier as well

track_warrior

Thanks man, mercs are built for last. So as long as we take care of them with preventive maintenance they should last for a long *** time .

Brau0318

I just used my cell phone. I actually like how its was shakey with the lighting. This summer I think I'll wax it up and take my good camera out for some nice ones.

track_warrior

After going to a lot of pages on this thread all i can say is the W210 is a beautiful car in all trims and colours!

siopaolover

I did the same thing when I first joined the forums lol

pod210

Dodgy iPhone 5 photo but I put the European-style (no sidemarkers) bumper impact strip on my 210 today. I got lucky and found the OEM strip on eBay.

FlatlineEF9

What did you do with the corner bulbs? Leave them in? OR take them out and get error code?

siopaolover

cut another half coil for the fronts

w210 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!@@AMEPARAM@@http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8404/8676440037_1de7d668ef_m.jpg@@AMEPARAM@@8676440037@@AMEPARAM@@1de7d668ef
w210 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!@@AMEPARAM@@http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8524/8676441477_1013f2d3ed_m.jpg@@AMEPARAM@@8676441477@@AMEPARAM@@1013f2d3ed
w210 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!@@AMEPARAM@@http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8389/8676442373_8095dccc91_m.jpg@@AMEPARAM@@8676442373@@AMEPARAM@@8095dccc91

FlatlineEF9

O.O looks sick dude

pod210

They are still in there, tied off and sort of out of the way. There's three solutions to the issue. Well, four actually...

- Leave them in as is. Like I did. Only problem is they are exposed and vulnerable to damage and quicker burning out. First deep puddle or really rainy day and I'll probably short them out.

I can't wrap them with tape since they will heat and the adhesive will cause them to blow.

- Order LEDs and tape/cover them up. This is what I'm doing. The LEDs that provide the proper resistance are backordered til next week. You need to get LEDs that are "CANBUS compatible".

- Put a resistor in there. I'm not handy with a soldering iron so no go.

- Take 'em out and deal with the error code being present. I'm too OCD for that!

The trick is that you need to provide the system with a proper load so the CANBUS thinks there's something there. As far as I know you can't hack the system at the code level without some pretty intense tools and knowledge to convince it to ignore the sidemarkers. So you have to just give it what it wants, which is resistance.

I'm actually going to fashion covers from film canisters to cover up the LEDs. The reason I'm using LEDs is because they shouldn't burn out. I don't want to have to crawl under and undo a bunch of tape and plastic all the time.

However, I'm really liking the look. The old strip looked like hell anyways so it was a definite step up. I found an OEM one on eBay. It was black but I had my guy paint it.

From the front you would think I'm driving a European-issue Avantgarde, not a US-market W210. Of course the dead giveaways are the trunk and instrument cluster. And no, I'm not going to order a European trunk lid

siopaolover

thanks man!

washed her this morning and took a few more pictures...

siopaolover

sorry guys, last post didn't work too well lol

rus2001e320

what suspension setup and tire size do u have.

siopaolover

I cut AMG springs. And my wheels are 18x8.5 ET35 with 235/40/18 fronts and 225/40/18 rears with 25mm spacers

B189s

Your car's looking gooddd! The new tails are perfect additions, but I think you need tire dressing so bad

BTW, I still owe you some pics of my front fender

siopaolover

thanks man! and I actually used Armor-all tire shine and that's what the white stuff is lol

and where's that picture! I want to see the fitment with 15mm spacers lol

wipster

Hey siopaolover,

I did it, found a set of Brabus Monoblock IV's, 18 x 8.5 ET 35, on eBay and I bought them! They've got a little wear and some scratches, but they look pretty good with the P Zero Neros mounted on them. Only problem is, my existing lug bolts aren't long enough to work. They came with hubrings on two wheels and spacers (10mm?) on the other two. The guys putting them on ordered up longer bolts, but they ordered 12mm x 40, which would have been OK for a W210, but my baby is a 2003 E320, a W211, and it takes 14mm lug bolts. We're having a beatch of a time finding the right lug bolts to work.

Any of you Brabus Benz dudes or dudesses have any ideas about where I can get the correct sized lug bolts? Any and all help will be appreciated and worth a virtual brewski or two.

Thanks,

Wipster

siopaolover

post pics man!

and to get them to fit, I think you need wobble bolts (?) check out
http://otisincla.com/index.php?route=common/home since they make really good bolts

wipster

As soon as we can get them on the rig, I will send pics... I can't wait, already had them for a week because of the wrong lug bolts. And excuse my extreme ignorance, but what are "wobble" bolts? These do take conical lug bolts don't they, not ball seat right?

Thanks a bunch, can't wait for the first 100 MPH!

siopaolover

Awesome! I had the same problem lol. I had conical bolts, when the wheels require ball seat. It's unsafe to use the wrong seat bolt because it doesn't fit properly in the wheel.

Here's an explanation to wobble bolts:
http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/Wobble_Bolts/ES2130074/

hit 100 mph safely man!

markusr15

wobble bolts are used when you want to fit a wheel with a different bolt pattern that the hub on a car. If the only issue is the length of the bolt then just order the right size ones.