They were both well made, Actually most Guards wether they be E class or S class are considered the best made armored cars in the world. If you compare the finish of the doors, the sounds the car makes when driven, the general finish etc. you can easily realize the difference between a Mercedes Guard car, wich was designed from the ground up to be armored, and a armored car from an independent company. The Mercedes will always be much better. The downsides are the costs. The cost of a new Guard car is well over the same car bought stardard then independently armored. The second downside is parts. Once we had the brake pump fail on the W140 B6 S600 and the cheapest quote from a dealer in Europe was over 25 thousand dollars for the pump! We ended up buying a used one from a crashed W140 Guard for about 4K.
The current S500 Guard I drive is a prefacelift but im installing the Bixenon lights and new tailights very soon. The W220 Guard B6 we sold was a facelifted model.

 

thx for the inside information, really interesting topic.

So after all, considering (replacement) parts and so on, it just makes more sense to buy a standard suburban/ grand cherokee, get it armored to the highest level available and that's it?

cheers

 

I have a driver window from a s600 gaurd lvl 4 for sale. Any gaurd owners need one?

 

I don't agree. Some areas in NY they will kill you for your car. Theres hoods every where. You just need to be careful... No place you will be safe in...

 

Are gaurd doors interchangeable with the regular sclass? The junkyard has 3 of 4 gaurd doors. If I can't sell the bulletproof glass,I'd consider replacing mine if they were interchangeable. L
I'd really just like to sell the window...

 

I don't think that would make much sense...

 

I'm replacing my driver side doors bc I was attacked with a steel rod then shot at 3 times. Considering I don't have a quarter million to drop on a gaurd, it makes perfect sense. Work related madness. I bought the gaurd glass thinking it would drop in.

 

You're either a process server or a drug dealer?

 

I do serve, but this was bail enforcement related. Over a 1000$ misdemeanor bond at that.

 

You have one of the worst jobs in the world. All power to you, I would never do it, along with a parking booter lol.

 

 

want to sell it ? I’m interested

 

I have a 1 of 1 s500 designo purple mica with bulletproof windows

 

no you don’t
all w220 windows are double pane, you know nothing about the Guard windows which are almost an inch think