Justas22 / GG. - W126 SEC

[GG.]

Hello,

This project is in it's final stretch. A lot of work has been done.

The trunk is fully assembled. Electric antenna rebuilt. The trunk seals used to leak and the trunk was all moldy. Smells fresh now :drool:



I salvaged the front grille. I did some repairs, now it is at least not falling apart. Every other used grille I have seen is worse than mine. As this can be swapped out easily, I will leave it be for now, and buy a brand new one later.



Found a pair of amber Bosch turn signals (this car used to have while DEPO turn signals)



One headlight polished and cleaned inside out vs how it was



Most likely during the last respray somebody had put in the wrong screws in the rear corner moldings. And they poked through the other side. Maybe they used longer screws, because there was a lot of filler, and the originals were too short. Who knows. New pair of moldings.



I had ordered a brand new trunk handle/chrome molding, but I got a declination. Had to find a better used one. I found one that was much less scratched than mine.



As with every other interior part in Palomino / Dattel color, they are impossible to find. I had to get creative. The footrest was completely destroyed. So I bought a footrest of a suitable color and repainted it / transferred the carpet material.







The same story with the speaker covers, impossible to find in the right color.







One of the previous owners had cut a hole in these middle console/tunnel covers for speakers. I bought spare ones and ordered a matching carpet material to retrim them.



Life hack for gluing weird shapes:

[GG.]

In the spirit of previous audiophile mods, the middle console was destroyed. There used to be a CD changer in the place of the ashtray. The plastic was all cut out to fit the CD changer, which was held in place with a metal wire and duct tape.

I had ordered a brand new middle console from the local Mercedes dealer, but got a declination. Had to get creative again. I was amazed how hard it is to find a good middle console with no holes and no phone holder. I repaired some minor cracks in the plastic. I am bringing it to an interior repair specialist next week, who will repaint the console to Palomino/Dattel. Not the most ideal solution, but it is what it is.







The vinyl on the rear middle console was all cracked in the corners. It was repaired and repainted.



No more audiophile installations! Just some normal speakers for the stock locations in the dashboard and the rear shelf.


The front seat belts were replaced with new material, as they were fuzzy and not too pretty. The picture is taking shape. The car used to have a mirror tint on the rear windows, and I didn't know it looked this amazing from the outside.

[GG.]

I ordered some new floormats from https://www.ebay.de/str/lengenfelderautoteppichgmbh
And they look amazing.



Finally, the bumpers/sills and handles got finished.




The wood was repaired, a slot for AC button was CNC machined.


New OE mirrors


New OE bits and bobs




Brand new OE fog lights


A full AMG replica exhaust is on its way from Germany, should arrive next week.

Brand new OE rear tail light lenses

[PANTERA888]

very nice
good luck

[Darius]

Super.

[oldtimer]

Pradžioje rašė GG.

Hello,

As with every other interior part in Palomino / Dattel color, they are impossible to find. I had to get creative. The footrest was completely destroyed. So I bought a footrest of a suitable color and repainted it / transferred the carpet material.

What paint did you used? Hard to read what label is on spray can... I planing to paint some interior parts to Dattel/Palomino color using SEM paints which is also suitable for carpets. But this is different product?

[GG.]

Ačiū Pantera and Darius!

Pradžioje rašė oldtimer

What paint did you used? Hard to read what label is on spray can... I planing to paint some interior parts to Dattel/Palomino color using SEM paints which is also suitable for carpets. But this is different product?

The label says Stonder - Spray for filling. It is a brand that my local paint supply shop uses. I gave them a piece of the broken plastic and they manually mixed the color and filled the can. I asked for satin - semi matt finish. There is no specific color code, they mixed it manually and filled the spray can.