Hmmm... conversion into a taurus..?
Why would someone want to make their Mercedes look like a taurus..? Hmmm.. Just wondering..
Why would someone want to make their Mercedes look like a taurus..? Hmmm.. Just wondering..
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I Agree
I 100% agree with S320. Everything he said is completely on the mark! You want a w220... then just go buy a w220! But don't butcher a perfectly good w140, the last of the biggest S-Classes in history, destined to be extremely collectable one day. Plus, it is true that a competely new S-Class [ w221 ] will start production in 2005, so before you know it, that body kit will be out of style!
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I 100% agree with S320. Everything he said is completely on the mark! You want a w220... then just go buy a w220! But don't butcher a perfectly good w140, the last of the biggest S-Classes in history, destined to be extremely collectable one day. Plus, it is true that a competely new S-Class [ w221 ] will start production in 2005, so before you know it, that body kit will be out of style!
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I've seen the ads for this in a 'Mecerdes Entusiast', a British Benz rag. It was in Barnes...
I've seen the ads for this in a 'Mecerdes Entusiast', a British Benz rag. It was in Barnes & Noble. Nice, glossy mag. The had ads to convert the W140 and and the SL coupe. According to site only in these pictures, the conversion APPEARED to be done so as to the only way I could tell at a glance was the A/B/C pillars. Only the passenger compartment and roofline could not/ would not be changed. Plus they did side-by-side comparisions of the real one and the conversion. I even showed my wife, who is the daily driver of our S-Class. We were both tripping, "whoa"! However, the immediate question out of both our mouths was, "WHY?" To achieve THAT amount of fit and finish (as pictured at least) from a kit, the thing would have to have cost $10,000 US, at the LEAST. And they did have the prices in pounds, but, even if I could remember what it was, I've never taken the time to learn the conversion, in typical US fashion We both agreed if you can trick that kind of loot, just go buy another. And who with that kind of money, already owning an authentic W140, would then build it into a bootleg Mercedes? Insanity is right.
Btw, that link didn't work for me, so I can't tell if this was the same kit or not. Sounds like it though.
I've seen the ads for this in a 'Mecerdes Entusiast', a British Benz rag. It was in Barnes & Noble. Nice, glossy mag. The had ads to convert the W140 and and the SL coupe. According to site only in these pictures, the conversion APPEARED to be done so as to the only way I could tell at a glance was the A/B/C pillars. Only the passenger compartment and roofline could not/ would not be changed. Plus they did side-by-side comparisions of the real one and the conversion. I even showed my wife, who is the daily driver of our S-Class. We were both tripping, "whoa"! However, the immediate question out of both our mouths was, "WHY?" To achieve THAT amount of fit and finish (as pictured at least) from a kit, the thing would have to have cost $10,000 US, at the LEAST. And they did have the prices in pounds, but, even if I could remember what it was, I've never taken the time to learn the conversion, in typical US fashion
We both agreed if you can trick that kind of loot, just go buy another. And who with that kind of money, already owning an authentic W140, would then build it into a bootleg Mercedes? Insanity is right.Btw, that link didn't work for me, so I can't tell if this was the same kit or not. Sounds like it though.
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hehe thats what I always say... and everytime I look at another car my friends tease me by pulling out a ruler and checking the thickness of the side window glass on any other car I look at [
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Got some pics of converted cars I found on line,but for some reason they are in Word docs and is around 470k big so if anyone wants it emailed to them pls let me know
I'll be content with replacing the grill on my S500 with the V12 style.[]
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