toby1

Fantastic cars sir! Thank you

freakquenzie

hey guys, new at the forum heres my merc... old guy but runs like a charm with 397000 km at the odometer

SerbNerd

What did you do to the headlights to have them clear? Xeons? Depo or OEMs?

bleach288

Those aren't depo's they look like they are new or refinished ... any problems @ 397000 km

siopaolover

oo mae crown jewels?

freakquenzie

well they are just stock, i did grind em with some paste i bought tho, its not original in us or?

siopaolover

put in some 6000k DDM tuning HIDs. love the new light output, but does the color get any less blue as the bulbs break in?

before:


after:

Ungarisch

no, that's why you buy 4300*K bulbs. They will become more blue as they reach end of life in a few years, maybe less since you went with cheapo lamps

also HID's work best when used in HID housings. Pre-facelift HID housing:

SerbNerd

Do you have any recommendation on what you used...this will be my weekend project very soon

freakquenzie

yes i used the 3M headlight polish set, u can bye it on ebay and other carparts dealer, in denmark u can, dno about the states

siopaolover

I'm saving up for depo projectors in the future, but for now this is all I have

SDCBenz

Yea depos are great but I think the car looks good with the blue hue just my opinion. What do you have in their for city/daytime lights or are they stock?

I have posted pics on here before and here are new pics of my car I have taken.

please check out the photobucket album link below and let me know what you think of my car

http://s1074.photobucket.com/albums/...2upload082.jpg

pod210

Hi all,

Longtime reader, first time poster.

I bought a new lens the other day (50mm 1.2 L for anyone who knows Canon) and did some test shots with my 1998 W210 as the subject.







(This prior one wasn't with the 50 though!)



Pretty much stock except for the blue LED interior lighting and I replaced the headlamp lenses, since the original ones were extremely aged and yellow. And I invested in a great set of tires, Bridgestone RE960AS 93W. I have a to-do list which I will post in another thread.

My goal is to make a "sleeper" of sorts.

siopaolover

Thanks! the blue looks perfect at night and it really grew on me. I have 5000k aznoptics leds for my city lights. I'm gonna go with the 6000k soon to match my hids though

siopaolover

wow these are beautiful shots. too bad I'm a Nikon guy lol. honestly though, these are amazing.

here's a picture I was excited to post until I saw yours... lol

midnightsaint

A few shots from the other night.

pmjr0987

On my first week with her, so far just blacked out grill, and 18" rims.

Next is aftermarket headunit, tints, and possibly lowering

pod210

Thanks!

If you shoot regularly, a great prime is an indispensable tool for your arsenal.

That being said, I love the look on your 210. Definitely giving me some ideas, especially the lighting.

shakeel.bhatia

It's been quite the journey with this car... from bone stock to this! I'm happy with the way things turned out, and with 138,xxx miles on it, its not half bad just needs detailing!damn paint chips
15% tints rear windows
50% tints front windows
alpine xda-305s
Infinity Kappas all around
2 12" infinity subwoofers
19" x 8.5 et35 MRR HR-2(sprayed them black)
all weather mats
painted calipers, grille, emblems
Black projector headlights (8000k)
Black side markers(LED)
Blacked crystal glass foglights(8000k)
LED tail lights(smoked blinkers)
LED interior lights
wood shifter
mickey mouse sticker
Spring pads #1 front #3 back
Magnaflow exhaust w/ 3" piping
cut stock intake(sounds ridiculously nice without compromising engine/smog!!)
Upcoming....
Electronic Exhaust cutout
spacers(maybe....)
body color matched lips(hate that damn gray...)

siopaolover

you've made a pretty big difference! glad to see you doing what you want with it and it coming out so nice

rus2001e320

can you give more details about the intake and post pics

shakeel.bhatia

I pretty much cut out the bottom and front of the air box, but away from the engine so it doesn't pull the heat. It does run a bit hotter in traffic when 80 and above, but on the freeway with 75 degrees and below, it runs colder than stock.(two of the same cars, ones modified one isn't) It sounds great when under hard acceleration, it feels/sounds like the engine is really opening up around 3500 rpm. I got my smog done the week after cutting it out, no questions asked. drop a K&N, and go to town!
i wasn't too worried with the way it looked when cut, because you can't tell when put back.

Frank496

They have only rubbed on me twice since I've had them and that was because I had the car packed with 5 of us in it and a bunch of stuff in the trunk and went into a driveway a little too fast. Other than that, not a problem.

Fabio D

You "CUT"????? Yeeeaaahhh right! hahahhahahha

Fabio Daniel

shakeel.bhatia

yeahh, no cutting here. i pretty much took a drill and went crazy haha