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Yeah, the car has lead a good life. Couple of the needles in the cluster have yellowed just a bit but absolutely no indication of UV damage to the leather, carpet etc. Don't know how familiar you are with these but the tail lights are also a big indicator of how much exposure a W126 has had. When I first got the car I removed them just so I could clean and put a coat of wax around where they mount and it would have been easy to mistake the tail lights themselves for NOS parts that had just been taken out of the box.

It really is gorgeous in person if you can find it in nice condition. I had trouble getting pictures that really represent it great but videos (just from my phone) worked pretty well. I have another vid where I focus on just the interior this car I posted a while back.

@@RBeam6 I know your other videos. Awesome color combo

@@V8freaks Thanks. Car is actually listed on Bring a Trailer as I type this. Ended up moving and didn't have time to give it the attention a car like this deserves so decided to "let go". Very tough decision.

@@RBeam6 I don't buy on BaT unfortunately, I don't like that hyped prices. Bought a 635CSI which wasn't good, and an E30 which wasn'T good either. Both were described as excellent condition. I just don't like that platform. But thanks for mentioning it.

@@V8freaks Got burned once there myself. I was lucky enough that once I sent him the pix and info on my car Dean Laumbach was willing to prep and sell my car for me on consignment. Took the pressure off of me having to deal with it and put it in the hands of someone that's well respected in his part of the car world.

I'm actually one of the oddballs that likes the stock US headlights. Don't know if I'd do it on this car but had thoughts of getting a set of the previous gen headlights (where the foglights are separate pieces like the headlights) and retrofitting. Paint the plastic frame/doors body color. Saw a pic of a black AMG W126 that had done that and liked the look.

It's not something I would have ever done with a UPS that was in active use. Just had it come up a few times when I bought used cards or APCs with cards that weren't at the factory defaults when I received them. When you do it you're rebooting the network card and don't think that should cause the UPS itself to do any kind of reset and pretty sure I've made network settings changes in cards (which causes the card to reboot) without it taking the UPS offline but it's been awhile since I've had to do it so wouldn't want to say 100% safe if you have something mission critical running off of one.

@@RBeam6 10-4 thanks for the quick reply.

This is an 87 and didn't have the side door speakers. Believe they were first added in 88 or 89. Other difference in the cars without the side speakers is that they used the amp section of the head unit. The later versions had two little amps behind the rear seat. One for the left side and one for the right. If you have a car with the later version of the stereo I'd suggest just swapping out the rears at first and see what you think. I also have a 1990 and it had the kicker speakers in the back when I got it. Everything else stock. It sounds surprisingly good just like that. Those kickers have pretty good bass for a speaker that size and with the fader dialed towards the back I think it has a nice sound with enough volume to sound good even with the windows and sunroof open.

Ones that I put on were just the URO parts version. Even though the ones that were on the car were the original Bosch and in about as condition as you'll see for originals the difference in clarity for the new URO ones was pretty significant. Even if you could find a set of NOS Bosch doors they'd probably be outrageously expensive and might show some clouding just from sitting in a warehouse for 30 years.

@@RBeam6 dont throw the og bosch ones away. Mbz parts hard to find. I bought euro ones for my w126 1981 300SD for $1200 from Netherlands.

@@sammalikmerc Yeah. I have them safely packed up to keep with the car if I ever sell it.

Glad it helped. I know when I ran into the issue it took me forever to find the "trick" buried in some forum. Figured it might be useful to post something with the right keywords for the search engines ... save someone else the frustration.

@Saleen5000 Sorry for the delayed reply. Getting ready to move in a couple of months so haven't had much extra time. If you have one of these you definitely run into situations where you can't find new oem parts but seems like more are available that when I got my first 420 4-5 years ago. But, despite how expensive these were at the time, a lot of them were made so you can find used or rebuilt part usually. So if you can do the work yourself you can usually get it done but not necessarily the case if you take them to a shop that might not be into the idea of getting used. The Porsche is a 2011 Panamera Turbo I bought as a certified car around 8 years ago. Pretty rare spec for a non-S car in that it has all of the active suspension options so handling is pretty insane for a car as big as it is. Even keeping it well under its actual cornering limits pretty easy to scare the **** out of a passenger that hasn't been in it before when you dig in to tight turns on a back road. Or at least I've heard .... I obviously would never do something like that. :) Also had it tuned so it's putting out a little over 600 in both horsepower and torque. Made some little cosmetic changes here and there to tweak the look of the car a bit as well.

Thanks! Size is 235/45R17.

235/45R17

I was happy on the inside, just not fully awake. Had to get up early to drive to that spot so I could get the lighting at sunrise.

No problem. Everyone has their own tastes and would get pretty boring if everyone did the same thing. I really wanted something pretty much exactly the same look as the OEM wheels but with the 17x8 size .... these are really the closest you can get to that. I do think the wheels are going to work better once I get the springs on. They look a bit more modern and think getting rid of some of the gap between the wheels and the fenders will suit them be4tter.

@@RBeam6 Good luck, they are similar but not the same and man gets used to things even if it looks different from the beginning

I get the appeal of the Euro bumpers but personally prefer the US ones. Like the bit of extra length it gives the car and also grew up around these cars so probably partially cause that's just how I think of them looking. If that makes sense.

@@RBeam6 Everything that works for you makes sense for you.😀For us from europe especially the previous models look awful.

@@Bizmyurt If you're talking about the US version of the W116 we're definitely in agreement on that. Those bumpers are ENORMOUS. I have thoughts of getting a 450SEL at some point and would have to do something about the bumpers if I did.

Doubt it was the model year difference. Even though both cars were as I bought them at the time and had no obvious mechanical issues with the suspension they were: a) on different tires b) the low mileage, silver, car has the original factory shocks while the red car had them replaced at some point with non OEM The aftermarket shocks on the red car weren't specifically sport but some combination of the tire/shock difference (not sure if it was one or both) made that one just a tiny bit better in the turns I think. However, after the wheel/tire change on the silver car it's, no comparison, better then the red car which I've made no changes to.

@@RBeam6 You changed it after the video then? Nice cars and think if they were not us versions they would have been faster!

@@Bizmyurt Yeah, if you check the other vids on my channel you'll see a couple when I was doing the wheels and after. Have some H&R springs I'm going to put on it (mainly just to lower it a tad) but haven't had a chance to get that done yet.

@@RBeam6 It will look awesome.