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1995 Mercedes W140 S-Classdeanflowers
@deanflowers
Club Retro Rides Member 81
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Mar 21, 2015 22:11:33 GMT
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Some people say last of the hand built mercs. They tied to build the best car in the world and lost money on every one. Not sure if it's true but some were ridiculous money.
In the states they were 70k to 130k dollars
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'The reason i have pulled you over is to say how incredible and absolutely awesome that is'
Mercedes W109, Mercedes W140 S280 SWB & S320 LWB, W201 cosworth kitted, clk230 Kompressor, w109 300sel, Lincoln Continental 1964, BMW E30 Tech II tourer, MK1 Golf Clipper, BMW E31 840ci sport, JAGUAR XJ40 3.6, Kangoo van, Volvo 740GLE estate, Maserati Quattroporte GTS
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1995 Mercedes W140 S-Classdeanflowers
@deanflowers
Club Retro Rides Member 81
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Wheels are on and its mot'd again so very happy Just need to sort the rest of the paint out now Picked these up for a bargain £50 on the weekend so thinking of getting them turned into splits - not sure what i will fit them on yet but that doesn't really matter i suppose
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'The reason i have pulled you over is to say how incredible and absolutely awesome that is'
Mercedes W109, Mercedes W140 S280 SWB & S320 LWB, W201 cosworth kitted, clk230 Kompressor, w109 300sel, Lincoln Continental 1964, BMW E30 Tech II tourer, MK1 Golf Clipper, BMW E31 840ci sport, JAGUAR XJ40 3.6, Kangoo van, Volvo 740GLE estate, Maserati Quattroporte GTS
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Onne
Part of things
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Will they fit over the brakes? Can't have any smaller than 15" on my W126
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1990 Mercedes W126 300SE 1997 Mercedes W140 S320L
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Have you still got the original wheels from the very 1st picture? IF so, how much would buy them?
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96 E320 W210 Wafter - on 18" split Mono's - Sold :-( 10 Kia Ceed Sportwagon - Our new daily 03 Import Forester STi - Sold 98 W140 CL500 AMG - Brutal weekend bruiser! Sold :-( 99 E240 S210 Barge - Now sold 02 Accord 2.0SE - wife's old daily - gone in PX 88 P100 2.9efi Custom - Sold
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1995 Mercedes W140 S-Classdeanflowers
@deanflowers
Club Retro Rides Member 81
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I needs 16s minimum on the s-class but have a W124 and a W210 Once turned into splits they will fit whatever really but fancy a W108 I swapped the first wheels for a caddy van, They are called Mercedes Eltanin wheels and 18 x 8.5 and were fitted to some s-class and sclass coupe. A set sold last week on ebay for just under 300 but they usually fetch about 550 I'm looking for a set of 18" monoblocks for my W210 so wish id kept those to be honest
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'The reason i have pulled you over is to say how incredible and absolutely awesome that is'
Mercedes W109, Mercedes W140 S280 SWB & S320 LWB, W201 cosworth kitted, clk230 Kompressor, w109 300sel, Lincoln Continental 1964, BMW E30 Tech II tourer, MK1 Golf Clipper, BMW E31 840ci sport, JAGUAR XJ40 3.6, Kangoo van, Volvo 740GLE estate, Maserati Quattroporte GTS
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Well, as you have seen from my Photoshop ask, your car inspired me to buy a 140 in Coupe flavour.
As I am partly disabled, I cannot do the work myself but will eventually find someone to lop off a coil or 2
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96 E320 W210 Wafter - on 18" split Mono's - Sold :-( 10 Kia Ceed Sportwagon - Our new daily 03 Import Forester STi - Sold 98 W140 CL500 AMG - Brutal weekend bruiser! Sold :-( 99 E240 S210 Barge - Now sold 02 Accord 2.0SE - wife's old daily - gone in PX 88 P100 2.9efi Custom - Sold
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deanflowersAlso, do you know if the Grills are interchangable? I want a plain one like yours in black and I have seen one but don't want to buy it if it won't fit.
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96 E320 W210 Wafter - on 18" split Mono's - Sold :-( 10 Kia Ceed Sportwagon - Our new daily 03 Import Forester STi - Sold 98 W140 CL500 AMG - Brutal weekend bruiser! Sold :-( 99 E240 S210 Barge - Now sold 02 Accord 2.0SE - wife's old daily - gone in PX 88 P100 2.9efi Custom - Sold
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1995 Mercedes W140 S-Classdeanflowers
@deanflowers
Club Retro Rides Member 81
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I think carl at the breakers would tell you and he is a friendly guy. Mine does look a different shape to yours though : drop it down and it will look really cool I saw one in dark grey for sale on ebay a couple of months ago and was tempted
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'The reason i have pulled you over is to say how incredible and absolutely awesome that is'
Mercedes W109, Mercedes W140 S280 SWB & S320 LWB, W201 cosworth kitted, clk230 Kompressor, w109 300sel, Lincoln Continental 1964, BMW E30 Tech II tourer, MK1 Golf Clipper, BMW E31 840ci sport, JAGUAR XJ40 3.6, Kangoo van, Volvo 740GLE estate, Maserati Quattroporte GTS
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1995 Mercedes W140 S-Classdeanflowers
@deanflowers
Club Retro Rides Member 81
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Some pics from shows: Fueled Society Retro Rides
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'The reason i have pulled you over is to say how incredible and absolutely awesome that is'
Mercedes W109, Mercedes W140 S280 SWB & S320 LWB, W201 cosworth kitted, clk230 Kompressor, w109 300sel, Lincoln Continental 1964, BMW E30 Tech II tourer, MK1 Golf Clipper, BMW E31 840ci sport, JAGUAR XJ40 3.6, Kangoo van, Volvo 740GLE estate, Maserati Quattroporte GTS
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deanflowersAlso, do you know if the Grills are interchangable? I want a plain one like yours in black and I have seen one but don't want to buy it if it won't fit. C140 and W140 fronts are not identical. Sporting Mercedes usually have the grille badge, and there are replacement C140 grilles that can update them. If you're going to lower it, get proper lowering coils. Coils can be swapped quickly with the right tool. Also check the depth of the coil pads - it may be possible to get lower without trashing the ride quality that is essentially the reason for getting an S-class. 1 'blob' marking on the side of the pad = 8mm, 2 = 13mm, 3 = 18mm and 4 = 23mm if your VIN numer is- 140.032 - 53 points 033 - 53 043 - 58 051 - 69 057 - 93 134 - 55 PLUS - Adaptive suspension - 3 point ASR - 1 point
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deanflowersAlso, do you know if the Grills are interchangable? I want a plain one like yours in black and I have seen one but don't want to buy it if it won't fit. C140 and W140 fronts are not identical. Sporting Mercedes usually have the grille badge, and there are replacement C140 grilles that can update them. If you're going to lower it, get proper lowering coils. Coils can be swapped quickly with the right tool. Also check the depth of the coil pads - it may be possible to get lower without trashing the ride quality that is essentially the reason for getting an S-class. 1 'blob' marking on the side of the pad = 8mm, 2 = 13mm, 3 = 18mm and 4 = 23mm if your VIN numer is- 140.032 - 53 points 033 - 53 043 - 58 051 - 69 057 - 93 134 - 55 PLUS - Adaptive suspension - 3 point ASR - 1 point You've lost me totally? lol - What do I do with the spring pads once I know what I have? What are all those points about?
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96 E320 W210 Wafter - on 18" split Mono's - Sold :-( 10 Kia Ceed Sportwagon - Our new daily 03 Import Forester STi - Sold 98 W140 CL500 AMG - Brutal weekend bruiser! Sold :-( 99 E240 S210 Barge - Now sold 02 Accord 2.0SE - wife's old daily - gone in PX 88 P100 2.9efi Custom - Sold
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Ah, extra info you don't need - for putting factory spec together you add up the points then look on a chart to find which pad it should use.
The main bit is you could have 23mm pads installed, and go to 8mm pads.
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