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our 280se w116 1977 ikon gold

Started by oliveoyl, 08 December 2012, 10:21 PM

oversize

Add some tyre black and you're done!  She's so cool now....   :)  Or you could go further with some whitewalls
1979 6.9 #5541 (Red Bull)
1978 6.9 #4248 (Skye)
1979 6.9 #3686 (Moby Dick)
1978 6.9 #1776 (Dora)
1977 450SEL #7010 white -P
1975 450SEL #8414 gold -P

ponton

she looks a treat! really like it, good work.

oliveoyl

So I finally organised some whitewalls over xmas. Unfortunately I now have an issue which I hope is ignition but feels a bit ugly under the bonnet, will post up a query elswhere shortly.




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adamb

Seems a little low. I guess you don't have speed bumps in your country. If I set my 6.9 to run that low I will destroy the car in about 10 miles of driving.

karmann_20v

Quote from: oliveoyl on 22 February 2014, 06:51 AM





Looks great! But as adamb said above, a little too low... I wonder how much lower are the springs you used versus the H&Rs.

zook

Quote from: adamb on 24 February 2014, 04:28 AM
Seems a little low. I guess you don't have speed bumps in your country. If I set my 6.9 to run that low I will destroy the car in about 10 miles of driving.
Quote from: karmann_20v on 24 February 2014, 11:10 PM
Looks great! But as adamb said above, a little too low... I wonder how much lower are the springs you used versus the H&Rs.

pfffff perfect height!!! thats everthing i want to do with my benz. Low, Whitewalls, and swap the bundts for body coloured chrome hubcaps!
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