[LogicalPosition]

The wife has volunteered to assist me in cleaning the '94 E320.
I recently saw a picture tutorial on this forum for the best way to clean the Star. I searched but could not find that tutorial.
HELP, she needs instructions!

 

[NobleTruths]

The wife has volunteered to assist me in cleaning the '94 E320.
HELP, she needs instructions!

Required tools for her:
Thong, or less

Required tools for you:
Beer and a lawn chair.

Enjoy the view!

 

[Clarkz71]

Required tools for her:
Thong, or less

Required tools for you:
Beer and a lawn chair.

Enjoy the view!

And pics are required, as usual.

 

[LogicalPosition]

Woman LICKING Star clip

Where can I get the video clip of the woman licking the star?
Some member has it for a signature, but darned if I can find it.

:crybaby2:

 

[Floobydust]

Do you mean this one . . ? Could you please have your wife talk to my wife . . .

 

[LogicalPosition]

Do you mean this one . . ? Could you please have your wife talk to my wife . . .

YES, THANK YOU! :thumbsup:

That's the tutorial that will at least get her to understand how important it is to perform regular maintenance. Now If I could knock 40 years off of her...

Is there a "WAGs of MB owners" club?

 

[sbaert]

I still think you should invest in a pressure washer, even to clean the star emblem.

Since you're only taking your car to a car wash about 1/2 dozen times a year, you will bring out the rust bug in your W124 rather quickly especially in the 4 season climate where you live.

 

[LogicalPosition]

I still think you should invest in a pressure washer, even to clean the star emblem.

Since you're only taking your car to a car wash about 1/2 dozen times a year, you will bring out the rust bug in your W124 rather quickly especially in the 4 season climate where you live.

I live here:

Johnstown Building

There is no water supply for us to use. I have a garage, with HOT water at the overhead heater(10 ft), but it's a 3 car garage with the drain under the vehicle next to mine, and the other owners might complain. The car wash is really my only option.
What makes you think washing the vehicle at a car wash(at least once a week!) will make it rust? I don't think they recycle the dirty water. If they did it would be filtered. We have 2 season climate here, Cold, and COLDER. We actually get less snowfall than the panhandle of Texas, surprisingly, but they do use a lot of salt type products on the hilly parts.
The biggest concern I have is stone chips on the front end, since they throw tons of cinder on the roads for traction. Windshields are big business around here.
I'm considering some undercoating of the vehicle in the spring, maybe some Bedliner material sprayed on all the critical points, wheel wells, welds, joints, seams.
My previous experience with German cars is plenty of rust to be expected, especially when they did that factory undercoating of 1/4 inch thickness, and water/dirt gets under that rubberized product. I haven't really been under this unit yet, so I can't tell you what is there. I'm hoping it's bare metal, or a thin coating of an oil based product. The Monroni Sticker doesn't show any undercoating, and I don't see any evidence of undercoating in the engine compartment. I presume they put wax in the doors/trunk lid, or tar, I just don't know.

 

[sbaert]

...
What makes you think washing the vehicle at a car wash(at least once a week!) will make it rust? .... We actually get less snowfall than the panhandle of Texas, surprisingly, but they do use a lot of salt type products on the hilly parts.
....

A week is a LONG time for salt to start eating away at metal.

Just search for the forum or contact augapfel (another PA forum member) for plenty of pix of rusted out subframes, wheel wells, fenders, floorboards, rocker panels, jack points, etc.

Stone chips is a issue here too. Have had to replace the headlight lenses a couple of times UNTIL I got a set of XPEL headlight films. Works great and stopped stone chips cold.

http://www.xpel.com/products/headli...evseries=0&type=1&year=1995&make=26&model=439

 

[Bruce Sloane]

well,
first off, for salt to start to work it's corrosive magic...
it needs Water

simple physics tells you that below 32*, there is Ice not Water

do not garage your car, you will be better off

the rubberized undercoating actually increases rust, it cracks, holds water/salt against the metal
it was installed as a sound deadener

I understand Mercedes does factory place some wax in body seams, but one look at a w123 rocker will show that it is not well protected

 

[Bruce Sloane]

I'm considering some undercoating of the vehicle in the spring,

cinders on the roads.

Ziebart is your only option, as Tuff-Cote has left the US market

3M ClearFilm works great on a hood, fender extentions

 

[sbaert]

IMO, Dinitrol is the best anti corrossion agent for cars on the planet. I had it on several of my Euro cars and none even started to show any signs of rust even after a couple of decades of winter seasons. Don't know if it's available in the USA though. See link

 

[Bruce Sloane]

Dinatrol, is Tuff-Cote Dinol
they left the US market years ago

actually, I am looking at importing their product as it is superior to Ziebart
the Shipping is a killer, tho
it is very heavy due to the aluminum added

 

[sbaert]

Found this Dinitrol site in the UK if that helps.

Rust prevention | Rust treatment | Rust proofing from Dinitrol UK supplier

 

[Bruce Sloane]

I have also used this ...

WATCH: Cathodic Protection Training | MATCOR 1 (866) 977 5820 - YouTube

 

[LogicalPosition]

A week is a LONG time for salt to start eating away at metal.

Just search for the forum or contact augapfel (another PA forum member) for plenty of pix of rusted out subframes, wheel wells, fenders, floorboards, rocker panels, jack points, etc.

Stone chips is a issue here too. Have had to replace the headlight lenses a couple of times UNTIL I got a set of XPEL headlight films. Works great and stopped stone chips cold.

XPEL Head Light Protection

I deliver Meals On Wheels 3 days a week. After every "s**w" day I stop at the car wash to remove the road crap I picked up that day. I would NEVER leave salt on ANY vehicle for a week.
Stone chips require that film, yer right! Thx for the website. $60 just for the headlight pieces is steep, but it's better than new lenses.

 

[LogicalPosition]

well,
first off, for salt to start to work it's corrosive magic...
it needs Water

simple physics tells you that below 32*, there is Ice not Water

do not garage your car, you will be better off

the rubberized undercoating actually increases rust, it cracks, holds water/salt against the metal
it was installed as a sound deadener

I understand Mercedes does factory place some wax in body seams, but one look at a w123 rocker will show that it is not well protected

I intend to garage the Benz occasionally, but it will be collecting snow when I put the '08 Subie in service on the severe weather days. I'll only drive the Benz on clear weather days, after they have cleared the roads, and I'll car wash it before parking it.
What do you fellas think about CAR COVERS in this application?

That rubberized coating is horrid. Like you say, Bruce, it cracks. The wax is great inside doors, rockers, and under hood and trunk lids. The tar is messy and seeps out of holes in hot weather. I've seen where frame up restoration folks are either powder coating or using bedliner sprays to retard frame rust. You can even have paint colors to match, I hear. Zeibart is pricey, Big Al with a few cans of smutz at least will off SOME protection in the critical areas.

 

[Clarkz71]

I intend to garage the Benz occasionally, but it will be collecting snow when I put the '08 Subie in service on the severe weather days. I'll only drive the Benz on clear weather days, after they have cleared the roads, and I'll car wash it before parking it.

What?, why would you not leave the Benz in the garage?

Surely not to put the Subaru in there?

My underground parking spot at my Condo, well protected from the Ocean salt air.

 

[LogicalPosition]

Magic Bullet

I'm familiar with cathodic protection, we utilized it in the oil industry. Coatings were also popular in those industrial applications. The problem is that you must start with a CLEAN surface, and these old units are laden with dirt.
To show you how primitive these Appalachian ppl are, I know a fella who saves drums of used motor oil at his repair shop, and charges ppl to literally OIL THE UNDERSIDES of the cars of his local clientele every fall/winter. SERIOUSLY! And he uses no proper overwash collection procedure, he does it right on property, the excess soaks right into the gravel/dirt. He has a line of cars waiting to get doused. Hey, he claims it works!!

 

[Clarkz71]

I know a fella who saves drums of used motor oil at his repair shop, and charges ppl to literally OIL THE UNDERSIDES of the cars of his local clientele every fall/winter. SERIOUSLY! And he uses no proper overwash collection procedure, he does it right on property, the excess soaks right into the gravel/dirt.

EPA would love to find this guy.