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Jul 31, 2005 21:00:45 GMT
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got this baby off ebay the week before rcs.  1984 230e auto. tax til november. test til may 2006.  got the kerb feelers earlier this week, and couldnt resist putting them straight on. ;D its getting lowered in the next couple of days, and the 16 inch pentas ive got will get polished once I can afford it. here is an artists impression of how it may look shortly   apologies for no "in progress" photies, but I don't have a digi camera and jarvis's wife has theirs.  il post the finished pics later in the week  |
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Last Edit: Nov 9, 2009 8:44:10 GMT by rmad
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Jarvis
Part of things
I WISH
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Jul 31, 2005 22:08:05 GMT
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apologies for no "in progress" photies, but i don't have a digi camera and jarvis's wife has theirs. il post the finished pics later in the week for some reason the wife would rather have pics of the kids at sunderland air show!!! don't figure!!! |
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Jul 31, 2005 22:45:30 GMT
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Yup, deffo gonna look good, specially with the feelers  Keep it up! |
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1984 Mercedes 230eDarrenW
@darrenw
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Looks great! I quite fancy one of those myself. What's the spares availability like? German and Swedish or Euro Car Parts like for my Golf?
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1984 Mercedes 230eBenzBoy
@benzboy
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What's the spares availability like? German and Swedish or Euro Car Parts like for my Golf? You can get everything for 'em! Either from MB if you're a wealthy sort, or from GSF / Euro... or the scrappers if yer really skint ;D |
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What's the spares availability like? German and Swedish or Euro Car Parts like for my Golf? You can get everything for 'em! Either from MB if you're a wealthy sort, or from GSF / Euro... or the scrappers if yer really skint ;D what dean said.ive never struggled to find bits yet.and most stuff is a decent quality at a reasonable price. update. the beehatch is slammed.the back is ok but the front is still a bit high. going to drive it about for a week and then assess whether the grinder needs to come back out. sorry still no pics.next couple of days, i promise. |
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front end has settled a little bit, but nowhere near the desired height.  il give it a few more days then the grinder is coming out to play ;D |
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1984 Mercedes 230eBenzBoy
@benzboy
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I'm quite confused - your Estate sat low didn't it? I don't know why your saloon isn't! Same front end and everything  . Aye, fire up that grinder and show them what low looks like ;D |
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its slammed ;D  need tyres for the pentas next, or as mrsigma thinks, run it on steels with the trims off the estate. il see what that looks like soon. just bought one of these  a glock 17 going to make it into a new shifter. gangsta ;D |
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2001 HONDA CT110 (NOT RCV)
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1984 Mercedes 230eBenzBoy
@benzboy
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OK now I'm really worried that you've lost the plot Hairnet - dish-less wheels on a Merc 123? Are you mad?! ;D Pentas rock the proverbial fat one.  |
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i concure, flat rims? yeuch. thers a lad with a heart to heart 450 running those amg rims near me and it looks pants
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"quote hairnet"
I'm not paying nine pound for a pi$$!
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i concure, flat rims? yeuch. thers a lad with a heart to heart 450 running those amg rims near me and it looks pants r107 matey and yes it looks pap. I'm with dean and jack flat wheels are a no no. pentas may be a tried and tested formula, but my reasons for using them are three fold... 1/ive already got them 2/i think they look, ahem, fly ;D 3/theres nothing like my car in the town or around the vacinity where i live, so its something different here. and i like to be different ;D I'm trying to keep the cost down to a bare minimun, so far I'm running at under just under £600. thats gonna go up shortly when i get some tyres sorted. |
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Aug 17, 2005 20:48:27 GMT
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today i put the finishing touches to the sound system. a pair of 900w subs  ;D basstastic ;D |
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Aug 17, 2005 21:45:10 GMT
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I know I'm always going on about offset, but offset and dish are not the same thing. AMG flat face and similar rims work well on flat sided cars...like Mercs or T25s. Flat face + big offset = good looks:  ps. I'm not anti-Pentas by the way, just wanted to mention the offset vs.dish scenario! |
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Sept 19, 2005 18:43:24 GMT
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got a nasty sound coming from the left rear wheel. think the camber of the back wheel has eaten the bearing or possibly the hub end of the drive shaft il have to have a look. |
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1984 Mercedes 230eBenzBoy
@benzboy
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Sept 21, 2005 21:58:33 GMT
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got a nasty sound coming from the left rear wheel. think the camber of the back wheel has eaten the bearing or possibly the hub end of the drive shaft il have to have a look. Oh sh*t. Has it killed a wheel bearing? No doubt that'll require MB "special tools" (or a hammer and a bit of ingenuity!) |
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Sept 24, 2005 21:07:30 GMT
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problem sorted. it was actually the drivers side rear driveshaft.the cv joint at the hub end was goosed.couldnt get it out no how so phoenixC cut the b*stard off with the grinder. a trip to the scrappy, £30 and a couple of hours and its all tickety boo. getting the tyres for the pentas on monday. rhe rims arent polished and are still a bit gnarly, but i need them on for ripon show. watch this space for pics. |
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mercmad
Posted a lot
Flush Hard,it's a long way to McDonalds.
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Sept 25, 2005 9:45:03 GMT
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i concure, flat rims? yeuch. thers a lad with a heart to heart 450 running those amg rims near me and it looks pants r107 matey and yes it looks pap. I'm with dean and jack flat wheels are a no no. pentas may be a tried and tested formula, but my reasons for using them are three fold... 1/ive already got them 2/i think they look, ahem, fly ;D 3/theres nothing like my car in the town or around the vacinity where i live, so its something different here. and i like to be different ;D I'm trying to keep the cost down to a bare minimun, so far I'm running at under just under £600. thats gonna go up shortly when i get some tyres sorted. And if you wave this thing around no one will come near you .. |
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Many years ago I changed my driving style to cope with rising fuel prices; I have now reached the stage where I am contemplating keeping my eyes shut in order to lower wind resistance.
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. Aye, fire up that grinder and show them what low looks like ;D 
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