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Let me start off by introducing myself, my name's Adam. I lived in UK for 6 years and I come from Poland. So sorry if some of my grammar ain't the best.
Anyway, the thread is for the car not me hehe
It's a 1995 mercedes-benz W124 Coupe 2.2. Me & my dad bought it off my dad's mate for just £300 pounds. My dad was working on this car all the time before he owned it so he knew what he was buying. His mate actually gave away the car to us, and only wanted the 300 pounds because of the recent big service he's done to it. Well so the car, came with 17" AMG alloy wheels and rally spec ride height. Some rust there and there, and bumpers scuffed up on every corner. I haven't really got pictures of when we just got it, but I have some pictures from after I gave it a good clean inside. And a wash, polish on the outside.
Some time later, I started working on it. I started off with the rust around the antenna and around the infrared sensor near the trunk.
Here are some progress pictures, btw I'm currently in college doing 2nd year of Paint and Spraying, so this was good practice for me
When that got finished, I did a little "shoot", only done with an iPhone, so not the best quality.
Moving on, we tackled the rear windscreen delamination problem that a lot of Benz owners probably get.
One way was to pay 800 pounds for a new rear screen, other way was to get creative with the vinyl to try cover it up.
Here's how the problem looks:
And then here's how we did it, we cleaned the screen from grease, dirt etc. Then we layed down the blue tape where we would like the edge of the vinyl to end.
After that we carefully lay down the vinyl, and the blue tape is think enough to be visible through the vinyl.
So using this as a guide line, we cut the vinyl with a sharp razor blade and that is it.
Then after this, came the fun part. Where we actually get some lowering springs, and we get rid of the rally spec height.
I don't have any pictures of when we did it, but i got some after shots.
After that, came a new right shock absorber. Old one was tired and the tire was rubbing hard on every speedbump, hole etc.
Then after that we ordered some new center caps for the wheels,
as one of them was missing. So we just replaced them with a fresh set.
Once that was on, we took the car for a little shoot, that i did with an iPhone.
Not the best, but with some editing they came out quite nice. Btw, this is how the car looks right now.
So yeah, that's it for now. Thanks for viewing and sorry for the picture overload.
Anyway, the thread is for the car not me hehe
It's a 1995 mercedes-benz W124 Coupe 2.2. Me & my dad bought it off my dad's mate for just £300 pounds. My dad was working on this car all the time before he owned it so he knew what he was buying. His mate actually gave away the car to us, and only wanted the 300 pounds because of the recent big service he's done to it. Well so the car, came with 17" AMG alloy wheels and rally spec ride height. Some rust there and there, and bumpers scuffed up on every corner. I haven't really got pictures of when we just got it, but I have some pictures from after I gave it a good clean inside. And a wash, polish on the outside.
Some time later, I started working on it. I started off with the rust around the antenna and around the infrared sensor near the trunk.
Here are some progress pictures, btw I'm currently in college doing 2nd year of Paint and Spraying, so this was good practice for me
When that got finished, I did a little "shoot", only done with an iPhone, so not the best quality.
Moving on, we tackled the rear windscreen delamination problem that a lot of Benz owners probably get.
One way was to pay 800 pounds for a new rear screen, other way was to get creative with the vinyl to try cover it up.
Here's how the problem looks:
And then here's how we did it, we cleaned the screen from grease, dirt etc. Then we layed down the blue tape where we would like the edge of the vinyl to end.
After that we carefully lay down the vinyl, and the blue tape is think enough to be visible through the vinyl.
So using this as a guide line, we cut the vinyl with a sharp razor blade and that is it.
Then after this, came the fun part. Where we actually get some lowering springs, and we get rid of the rally spec height.
I don't have any pictures of when we did it, but i got some after shots.
After that, came a new right shock absorber. Old one was tired and the tire was rubbing hard on every speedbump, hole etc.
Then after that we ordered some new center caps for the wheels,
as one of them was missing. So we just replaced them with a fresh set.
Once that was on, we took the car for a little shoot, that i did with an iPhone.
Not the best, but with some editing they came out quite nice. Btw, this is how the car looks right now.
Future plans:
- Respray the bumpers
- Buy new floor mats
- Buy few small bits for interior, such as new door steps, seatbelt handover plastics etc
- Buy new track off end, then go for alignment
- Buy new drive belt vibration damper
- Fix some lights behind the dashboard
- Maybe 10mm spacers in the back for better stance
So yeah, that's it for now. Thanks for viewing and sorry for the picture overload.
So, I'm reconditioning all the brake calipers and just basically doing a little clean up under the car. Also doing little bits, like the little light bulbs in the dashboard. I'm planning on having a go at restoring the leather seats as well. Here are some pictures:
Anyway this paint takes up to 500 degress apparently and it was only £7.49
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