4000lb Sideways
#377
MBWorld Fanatic!
#380
Super Member
Thread Starter
I actually just corrected my post, car had 320K on it! I do not know how much he paid, but he's been slowly working on it for 4-6months now he said.
#382
Super Member
Thread Starter
Based on what he said, he just replaced front shocks, fixed the paint up and put a new steering wheel on it. I'm sure there's lot of small things but it sounded like the engine was strong.
I think his name is Tak.
I think his name is Tak.
Last edited by jumph4x; 04-05-2018 at 03:10 PM.
#383
Super Member
Thread Starter
Ladies, gentlemen, everyone in between.
Feels good to be back at it. Car lines posed a couple of limitations but overall I am quite satisfied.
The frontal POV is definitely the money shot.
Feels good to be back at it. Car lines posed a couple of limitations but overall I am quite satisfied.
The frontal POV is definitely the money shot.
#384
Does look nice from the front! Hows the rear view? I was wondering if it would look a little goofy not going to a real fat tire with the wider stance. 255s toooo skinny?!?! More pics haha. Good job.
#385
Super Member
Thread Starter
Besides, most people would just run a 10.5" in the rear with some 285 bull$h!t over it.
I insist on keeping it square for rotation purposes and tire costs.
Definitely wouldn't look dorky at that size.
Last edited by jumph4x; 04-07-2018 at 12:47 AM.
#389
Super Member
Thread Starter
Soon.
Not 100% done yet, can't say.
ty ty
ty ty
#390
Super Member
Thread Starter
Test Flight 001! Needs more work, even on current spacing and 245mm. KW were on full stiff and bumped into stuff at current settings. Oh well.
Enjoy the pics meanwhile:
Enjoy the pics meanwhile:
Last edited by jumph4x; 04-12-2018 at 05:32 PM.
#392
Super Member
Thread Starter
Just a couple of items left now before I focus on content production and parading this thing around. I'm pretty happy so far, this will be an exciting summer.
#393
Super Member
Thread Starter
Still unsure whether or how far my fatter tire dreams will materialize because keeping this fitment and the chassis happy is proving to be work as is.
Definitely make the time to cut the rear trunk liners like I did, adjusting all 4 corners takes only a couple of minutes.
As for the right height, fronts are wonderfully adjustable as is, just remove the wheel, but the rear is where it gets a little more complicated.
Last two times I was tweaking it, I was unbolting the LCA (biggest mountain points) to get access to the spring, due to a couple of factors: passenger side spanner access is completely blocked by the fuel line routing and more.
But, I finally had a bright idea! I was tinkering with the car and noticed the new LCA (from the E350) have coil spring-centric holes on the bottom.
All Mercedes do this, and Mercedes provides a specialty tool to compress the springs that can reach through the middle of that opening and suck the spring down to the arm, releasing the load from the adjustment perch.
Ta-da! Here is what it looks like, can be had for $50-100 for non-Genuine MB replicas:
I "rented" the OEM 27035 from Autozone to do this is, which isn't actual renting, it's free. They charge you the full price of the tool and upon return, refund the full amount. So you might as well do that if you don't care for ability to do this at events and such: https://www.autozone.com/loan-a-tool...nal/555573_0_0
Took some photos I will post soon! It's still raining here on and off. Waiting to wash the car and document it visually some more. The wider front track makes it look better, I wish I could push the rears out more, but I'm, at the limit of the tire-to-metal cut line clearance right now.
- trimmed and shaped some more flare material
- removed more metal
- adjusted the rear suspension twice
- widened the front track some more
- removed stupid chrome outlines on the DR (inner) lights
- adjusted front ride height
- tried three compression settings on the KW variants
- realized that the bottom contour of the bumper does not allow for things like RhinoLip (damn shame)
- Front track: +70mm
- Rear track: +90mm
- Long haul: 12+ clicks out
- Town: 10 clicks
- Mountain road: 3 clicks
- Event: 0 clicks
Definitely make the time to cut the rear trunk liners like I did, adjusting all 4 corners takes only a couple of minutes.
As for the right height, fronts are wonderfully adjustable as is, just remove the wheel, but the rear is where it gets a little more complicated.
Last two times I was tweaking it, I was unbolting the LCA (biggest mountain points) to get access to the spring, due to a couple of factors: passenger side spanner access is completely blocked by the fuel line routing and more.
But, I finally had a bright idea! I was tinkering with the car and noticed the new LCA (from the E350) have coil spring-centric holes on the bottom.
All Mercedes do this, and Mercedes provides a specialty tool to compress the springs that can reach through the middle of that opening and suck the spring down to the arm, releasing the load from the adjustment perch.
Ta-da! Here is what it looks like, can be had for $50-100 for non-Genuine MB replicas:
https://www.amazon.com/8milelake-Suspension-Spring-Compressor-Repair/dp/B07839W21J/ref=sr_1_1?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1523953620&sr=1-1&keywords=8milelake+mercedes+coil+spring
I "rented" the OEM 27035 from Autozone to do this is, which isn't actual renting, it's free. They charge you the full price of the tool and upon return, refund the full amount. So you might as well do that if you don't care for ability to do this at events and such: https://www.autozone.com/loan-a-tool...nal/555573_0_0
Took some photos I will post soon! It's still raining here on and off. Waiting to wash the car and document it visually some more. The wider front track makes it look better, I wish I could push the rears out more, but I'm, at the limit of the tire-to-metal cut line clearance right now.
Last edited by jumph4x; 04-17-2018 at 04:30 AM.
#394
MBWorld Fanatic!
Sounds like you're getting it figured out. A few others will be real happy about that spring compressor thing. Keep in mind your toe-in changes quite a bit with ride height. I built a wooden jig to check the edge of the rims front to back to dial in my alignment.
#396
Super Member
Thread Starter
Hoping to get the car aligned today to normal toe settings.
I'll try to post up here ahead of time. I bought that ticket same day because chance of rain and all. Just a little R&D effort, it did end up revealing some things.
Last edited by jumph4x; 04-17-2018 at 01:06 PM.
#397
Super Member
Thread Starter
Took out and washed the car today. Fell in love again.
Verified that my radiator needs replacing as per: https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...-2003-e55.html
Verified that my radiator needs replacing as per: https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...-2003-e55.html
The following users liked this post:
eFifty5AMG (04-17-2018)
#400
Super Member
Thread Starter
These are taken with Sony A7RII, but I was taking same pictures with my a6500 and to a lesser extend the a6000.
Warning: if you go out and get the cameras above and shoot in these conditions, you won't get these colors.
As important are the optics, I always shoot with bright primes, in this case the f/1.8 85mm Sony FE.
But the colors above is a result of playing with curves and hue wheels.
Thanks for the kind words.
The following 3 users liked this post by jumph4x: