Vehicle: '91 W124 saloon 300E 2.6 79K miles. Midnight Blue
Location: UK
Posts: 213
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Originally Posted by evilzee28
Not a lot really,........ it cost me £165.00 for paint & materials & £90.00 for the use of a spray booth/low bake oven. I used to have my own bodyshop.
That explains a lot ;-) I was thinking of stripping mine and getting it ready for paint. It doesn't need much work - it's straight and rust-free. It's got hardly any dings on the bodywork, just a couple of bumper scuffs. Wouldn't need much prep (I'm not good at filling and sanding - takies me ages to get the right result) - just matting and degreasing. Shame I don't have access to a bodyshop that would just let me do all the prep and charge just for painting. I'd be tempted to replace the bonnet with the newer one - like on your car.
I'm about 30 miles from London, Herts/Beds borders and it's not snowing here yet (I'm stuck at home with flu so I'm getting really frustrated).
So what business are you in now?
John
email: ya_kuza_13@yahoo.com
'03 LS430 UL - black on black with 20" AME Shallen, A/R Controller,Wald Exec. Line Kit,Wald Exhaust, Anceltion rear window visor
W124 TE - hopefully real soon...
2006 Toyota Sienna LE - "Family Bus"
That explains a lot ;-) I was thinking of stripping mine and getting it ready for paint. It doesn't need much work - it's straight and rust-free. It's got hardly any dings on the bodywork, just a couple of bumper scuffs. Wouldn't need much prep (I'm not good at filling and sanding - takies me ages to get the right result) - just matting and degreasing. Shame I don't have access to a bodyshop that would just let me do all the prep and charge just for painting. I'd be tempted to replace the bonnet with the newer one - like on your car.
I'm about 30 miles from London, Herts/Beds borders and it's not snowing here yet (I'm stuck at home with flu so I'm getting really frustrated).
So what business are you in now?
I retired for a while & I'm now a hypnotherapist Still work on friends cars in my spare time though, just can't seem to leave the trade totally I'm currently putting together my '69 Camaro Z/28 for historic circuit racing (hence the user name). If you need your Merc painting in a few months time (it'll take me that long to finish the Camaro), give me a shout & I'll try to help out
Well, the car's all done now except for lowering it.I transfered my personal registration plate onto it last Friday. Having dismantled the car for the colour change from white to black (see pics above for as it was) I finished refitting it all back together over the weekend & now it's time to take it out for a nice long run, Woo hoo!!!....Nigel
That looks fantastic, I love the front bumper addition.
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'00 German Sheperd ("Hans")
'89 300 TE 117k
'92 400E (killed in action)
'68 280 SE/8 (High School Sweetheart)
'95 E320 (mother's)
'60 190D (dad's new project)
'05 A6 Allroad 2.7t (dad's ride)
'84 190E (sold)
'90 300CE (brother's)
Sorry the pic isn't too sharp, I used my phone camera. The 2 long Germans in my life. Abby, the four legged one, loves the wagon as much as I do. Its been a long slow recovery for the Benz, and a bit more to go. Some beautiful wagons posted here, I hope everyone enjoys their ride as much as I do mine!
You guys are barking up the wrong tree trying to lower a wagon by changing springs. The rear springs just stop the rear end sitting too low when parked - everything else is done by the self-levelling
All you have to do to lower the rear end is to tweak the height adjuster
Can you provide some more detail? I've been trying to play with my height adjustment, but can't get it to do much, yet. As per my interpretation of the service manual, I've been sequentially lengthening the rod, but it hasn't dropped the height. So, do I need to shorten it, instead?
Well with there Ford Excursion(Mega Gas guzzler)I told them there next car should be a Benz so our whole family is Benz(Brother and I both are Mercedes owners)so I found one on Autotrader and it turns out my dealer buddy from Dallas had the one my mom was wanting a E320 Wagon.So we called him sent in a deposit and went down to Dallas(about 8 hours from Springfield,Mo) gave him the remaining balance and drove off with my Parents 1st Mercedes!! btw She loves it..heres some pics!!
I used to have my own bodyshop.
I'm currently putting together my '69 Camaro Z/28 for historic circuit racing (hence the user name). If you need your Merc painting in a few months time (it'll take me that long to finish the Camaro), give me a shout & I'll try to help out
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