My estate

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w124 3.6AMG styling E320 S124 Lorinser styling
As my Lorinser Project is soon coming to an end,thought I'd start a new thread
Will post a few pictures of the whole process,thanks to Photobucket all my previous pictures are gone :wallbash:
Basically I wanted a project estate to play with but wanted one with as many toys
Thought I had found the car and just before I started with it,an Imperial red came on ebay
Descent spec and I'm a sucker for red so I had to buy it and the deal was done

Drove it straight to work and had the wheels changed to monoblocks as my Lorinsers weren't ready
 
Just as I was over the pain of having paid £1420 for a wiring loom (madness for a bit of cable) :( the head gasket went
The car is a keeper thought so everything needed doing had to be done
 
Using a custom front bumper for the time being
When buying the car the sportline badges were missing so added them too

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Really wasn't happy with the grill ;) wanted something more original but yet different

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Had the rocker cover painted when the HG was getting done

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Next I striped the headlight to try and give them a 500 look

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No matter how much I tried they just didn't come as good so I gave up and got some original E500 ones
You can see the difference how dull the original look in

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Oh yeah,and I fitted a strut brace and yes it does make a difference
 
Had splash guards fitted on both sides

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Next was time to deal with the suspension
Wanted to go slightly lower but not slammed as this a daily drive
Got myself a set of H&R specific for estate,I already had AMG shocks fitted at the rear previously

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Everything ready to go on

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Next it was time to deal with the interior
The wooden piece where the gear selector and the window switches was in a very sad state
Kept looking on ebay for long enough but couldn't find one with heated switches in good condition,so I did something silly :D
I had one for a convertible so I was left with no choice

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Thanks to a friend I managed to source a full option upper panel so I've holes to fill :D

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Second mirror switch is just a dummy one,for now :p
 
Absolutely love threads like this. Nice car and the little changes make a big difference!
 
A picture from BOTG last year,next to Ray's beautiful 107

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Fitted a S11 storage box and had a boot carpet made by a company in Holland since I couldn't find an original cream one

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