Early 129 500SL

[horatio]

1990 Mercedes R129 500SL | eBay

Really like the look of this.

 

[alabbasi]

Nice early car, looks to have an updated body kit and respray.

 

[Doodle]

That's the standard pre-facelift bumpers/skirts, but I agree they've been repainted as normally the lower section (bumpers, skirts, Sacco panels) is satin finish on earlier cars, and contrasting depending on main body colour.

 

[Will]

Wheels are definitely not OE for that model, look like W210 E55 monoblocks to me. Tucked in too far - wrong offset?

Out of interest, was the body styling available from launch? That has to be a very early R129 on a ‘G’ plate although I appreciate it’s imported.

Was discussed part way through this thread recently too:

Ambitious 129?

 

[alabbasi]

That's the standard pre-facelift bumpers/skirts

Maybe it's me but from the pictures, it appears that the back bumper has parking sensors and the front has round headlight lenses. I could be wrong.

 

[Doodle]

You're not wrong, the sensors have just been drilled into the lower lip of the stock bumper. Pre-facelift foglights have a projector style inner lens within the main housing.

Wheels are definitely not OE for that model, look like W210 E55 monoblocks to me. Tucked in too far - wrong offset?

If the rears aren't staggered then they'll definitely disappear into the arches, there's space there for 10" ET17 wheels

 

[alabbasi]

I have W210 E55 wheels on my R129. They are staggered wheels with rears being either 18x9 or 18x9.5 , I can't remember. The tire size is 275/35R18 which is bigger than the stock rear tire size on my S55K. They fit the arches well.

Those are probably from a C43 which is a square setup 18x8(or 8.5).