Kobzarhomes

Hello everyone.
Couple months ago I picked up this 2002 Mercedes G500 for a very good price. Car needs some TLC, it's exactly what I was looking for. Over the next few months I am going to be repairing it, restoring it and updating it with 2016 G63 parts that I purchased from a forum member on here 👍😊.

I already took it apart and I apologize that I didn't take pictures off it right when I got it.

As you can see I already took off the front end, front axle, front suspension, exhaust, remove fender flares and rear bumper. My goal is to take it apart as much as I can, do some body repair and detail the undercarriage. I'm going to sand and soda blast the rust spots underneath and paint them with rust resistant paint.

I will try to post as much as I can on here.

Kobzarhomes

Few rust spots so far and few more out there. Overall there is not a lot of rust just in your typical places.




Driver side door mirror.





Could had previous damage / rust





Scratches on the hood





Couple of large stone chips and some rust

kotton

Awesome pics! Im looking forward to seeing the progress.

Kobzarhomes

Thanks! Was gone for couple weeks, eager to get back to work on it.

Kobzarhomes

Been sand blasting the frame and suspension parts. Painted the front section of the frame with Eastwood Rust Encapsulator then go over with Undercoating. Going to start putting the front axle back on later this week and start taking the rear axle apart to paint the rear section and suspension components.

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Doing some repair to the rear lid due to having spare tire dent.

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Some of the products I use for frame restoration and treatment

kotton

How well do those rubberized undercoatings blend with the grey stuff that was put on from the factory?

Kobzarhomes

My plan is just to put it on the frame and axles. My underneath is gray so I'm just going to steam clean it. I did not find any rust on the under body itself, just couple spots where some brackets were attached to it. Those will be spot treated and touched up.

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Painted front suspension bits and front section of the frame with chassis paint. *new bushings on all the parts*

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Front suspension coming together. G63 springs and shocks. Brand new bushings everywhere.

Kobzarhomes

Front suspension all assembled (besides brakes). Changing brake color from silver to red. Moving on to the rear end now👍

just1time

wow...impressive. can't wait to see the finished project. any plans for the interior?

Kobzarhomes

Thank you.
The plan is to completely reupholster the interior to a different color. Something similar to Barabus look.

pitpro

Your skills are very impressive!
You will feel great driving that truck after
literally rebuilding her.
Those calipers look small for such a heavy
truck. No wonder I was always worried about
stopping in a hurry in my 2002.

Kobzarhomes

Thank you
Hopefully the ones I got from G63 will do the trick 👍

Kobzarhomes

Today I took apart the rear end suspension, dropped off rear links to get new bushings pressed in and replace passenger side axle with the one I got from G63. Axle replacement went very smoothly to my surprise : )

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G63 Front and rear calipers that I got came in silver, decided to paint them red.

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Replace left rear axle and painted rear end frame and part of the rear axle.

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Painted rear links and finished painting rear axle.











Also sprayed "inner frame protective spray" in some of the frame crevices.

Kobzarhomes

Assembled rear suspension. Next on the list is to install a new rotors and calipers.

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Some more goodies arrived from parts.com. Miscellaneous gaskets, seals, molding, trim, grills, etc... Its about the details.

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Took off my original illuminated door sills today. Wanted to see how they are attached and if there will be any issues with attaching custom door sill I purchased. It appears they were original Mercedes sills and are attached with a double-sided tape to a plastic door sill which is attached to the vehicle. Looks like the once I purchased will work just fine 😊👍

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Here are the custom door sills I purchased.

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Removed all 4 window seals (on the outside of the door window). All were rusty. New replacements arrived couple days ago 👍


I'm pointing to which door window seals that I removed.