1996 Mercedes C280 sport....New shoes !

[bigperm]

Mar 5, 2012 23:29:16 GMT Chops said:

Excellent work as ever mate. LSD sounds the best way to go but if you want a weldy, let me know.

right yes I do !! just so happens i have a spare 280 diff here

[bigperm]

Mar 6, 2012 23:35:49 GMT is,sit said:

Sweet as Fella love it Ready for the castleretro Show ? ;D

and yes definately !!......really looking forward to it !! ;D ;D..still aint bought tickets , but put me down for some camping action .

[gotwood]

Can't wait to see how this one turns out mate , I'm sure it'll be well up to your usual standards

[garyhurn]

Looks awesome mate

[craig1010cc]

You made any more progress on the beasty

[bigperm]

Progress you say !..........No problem

This'll be the second time in my life I've bought proper coils for my car (thanks to Ade from Transporters-r-us)..



Excuse the discs at the mo as i'm waiting on some drilled ones to arrive !!..no big brembos on this one as i want the option of steels and wheeltrims on a trackday ;D ;D

[bigperm]

Lovely Christmas present from my good lady ......

[bigperm]

this was fun

Maybe a bit too much stretch , but i really don't want to mod the arches !


Still have'nt dropped it back on its wheels as i still have a few things to finish , hopefully get the exhaust done this weekend,and get it back on the ground .

[bigperm]

New exhaust ,copied from the old one ,with centre box delete,using Amg rearbox,from the brabus, (cheers to gareth from Welsh Coast Customs )just had to tack in place when happy!!

[bigperm]

Changed out the strange merc fake carbon on the pillars, for some ...um.....well , more fake carbon really , just this time i got it off a roll..., (the new stuff aint shiny )

[bigperm]

[mk14dr]

That does look properly sweet, nice bit of nose-down stance too.
Has the Brabus/AMG kit changed the way that it goes? (I'm assuming it was fairly nippy anyway)

[luckygti]

Looking fine, really like this shape as well, look forward to seeing it flying up the hill at Prescott?

[BenzBoy]

Mate, that's cracking. Loving the way this one's going - the wheels look spot on.

By the way, do you still have the fake carbon fibre trims? I could do with them if you want to sell, as I have half glossy Elegance ones and half carbon fibre Sport ones...
Also, how do they come off!?

[bstardchild]

Mar 30, 2012 19:31:20 GMT bigperm said:

Jamie you really do good work

[joem83]

Bang tidy

[bigperm]

Many many thanks for the good words chaps , I guess getting a bit of praise now and then makes it all worthwhile and defo boosts the old mojo,,

And Benzboy i ended up using one very worn pillar trim,and 3 of the remaining ones that came with the car as one was damaged when i bought it ....so you can gladly have the spares, but they aint brilliant !!

And mk14dr , the only thing off the brabus so far is the rearbox as i ended up selling the lump , to help fund the car , as i kinda thought that 197bhp 45000 mile lump wouldnt be far off a 150000 mile 211bhp brabus lump ...obviously these are specs when new out of handbooks ,so no idea where i am now ... i guess it feels just as fruity as the other one did , just a lot ..well newer !..have a pic anyways ..
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[Chops]

Mar 7, 2012 19:56:10 GMT bigperm said:

Mar 5, 2012 23:29:16 GMT Chops said:

Excellent work as ever mate. LSD sounds the best way to go but if you want a weldy, let me know.

right yes I do !! just so happens I have a spare 280 diff here

Whenever your ready mate

[garyhurn]

Looking superb fella......she clean

[bigperm]

A little light rear shelf refresh...using an everyday can of satin black .


touched up the bonnet , i can only presume that somebody has made a hash of pinching the star in the past ,whilst there the grille got white , as i felt like going back to the early 90s !! ;D ;D






Then last week spent some time on german ebay!!.....And found this ,

Something i have been looking for ,for ages as i didnt want to pay £230 from work..


U.S spec w202 bumper insert ..turned up less than 48 hrs after buying £63 all in.....chuffed ..whilst there , i found these natty little inline resistors ..for about £13 delivered , universal fitment ..


which appear to illuminate the indicator bulbs dimmed down to about 10w there abouts U.S stylee with the sidelights then brighten up when using the indicators .....the only reason for this, as in my head it makes the car much more asthetically pleasing , and a tad illegal, and no i have no idea where to put the front plate ;D..but who cares !!