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[kalvin]

sacrifice, on 31 January 2012 - 03:56 PM, said:

First time im seeing your lip up close. In regards to the style and shape, it's spot on. Now the skull design is definitely not for me haha. Hopefully its temporary until you can work a "final product" lip if that makes sense.

Thank you. Maybe I will make a mold.

The tape is due to my laziness and anxiousness with getting it on. It is essentially taped together and bolted to the car. Definitely temporary. I am still staying with the black and red as a whole. I will be revising it later on.

[jezmond850]

so i would guess you guys dont like something like this???

[sacrifice]

I like big pictures

[gilber33]

jezmond850, on 02 February 2012 - 02:08 AM, said:

so i would guess you guys dont like something like this???

Let me find my magnifying glass and I'll get right back to you.











But no. Looks like something I would like. You're comparing a lowered Mercedes to a kind of lowered Volvo. It would be like trying to compare the picture quality of Leonardo DiCrapio's drawing of Rose with Rose's boyfriend's DSLR.

[Swag Swag]

Gabe just mind F'ed me with a titanic reference

[exexpat]

The tiny picture almost hides the need for more rear spacing, but not to the keen eye.

[jezmond850]

ok let me find a bigger pic... and yes car is still in progress . wheels are bbs rs 009 16x8 1/2 front 16x 9 rear et 14 all around. car is lowered and hd billis and h&r springs are sls removed.... yes rear needs about 15 to mm of spacing but the car is going to sleep for awhile!!!! i have alot of things to do to her!!!!

[jezmond850]

some pics of one of my other babys

[gilber33]

I think I liked the smaller pic of it better. The wheel wells look too empty. Maybe slightly larger tires? I don't know, but I'm not feeling it like I was with the smaller pic.

[thunderbirdsc]

The wheel wells have a slope on the front/back. Nothing a bigger tire would do for that, as he is almost flush with the upper part of the fender as it sits.


Nice looking wheels, on both vehicles.

The dish on the first set of wheels, on the second vehicle, is lovely.

[jezmond850]

well the w126 is my baby.. its been in the family snice 88!!! im having the rs's redone with 21/2" lip up front and 3" lip in rear.. the car is low and i like the way it rides.. 126's are over 5000 lbs so u have to be careful how low u go!! this is my weekend car and spring summer ride only!!!
in the comming moth the car will be euro converted...ie bumpers,tri y's and full exhust... aslo going in for a repray on certen areas!!! inside is mint and will stay that way.

this brings me to my 850t wagon as a dd... i had many vw's and one volvo 760 t wag many yrs ago...
so now im back into v wags!!!

i will post some pics up of the new wag when i get some time
as it sits.. it an 95 850t wag with 139k.. it needs some work but for 500.00 its a steal!! no smoke and runs great...

doing sunroof ,seat headliner and other misc item over the nxt week... then she will get a drop with some new srtuts/springs and then some minor eng/ ehust upgrades.....
i have alot of pics of my other cars and have always stayed true to myself inwhat i like on a vechicle.... less is more to me....just sayin

[NEU]

^ I had a '71 w108 I would have loved to do that to.

[okoye]

that mercedes is sexy you just need more period correct bbs mesh for it with gold centers. then you'd be ballin 80's

[johnloves850's]

I think this is awesome!
Good job on having balls in the Volvo scene.

[m3sonic]

Just checking back in i have an r bumper sitting in the back yard an xc bumper sitting in the back yard and im in the works on getting something a little bigger wheel wise but this is what i had laying around that would allow me to go full drop on the kw's.
I'm in fairfax va. but my job takes to all the surr]ounding locations so the bigger tires were just for ride and saving the wheels from getting bent. As soon as the 242 project gets moving these will actually be coming off after that i dunno what im gonna throw on. Thanks for all the info ill take all suggestions and figjre out what looks best and repost when shes got some more done.

Side note is there any way to drop the kws more aside from removing springs for photoshoots?

[sacrifice]

Do you have helpers and bump stops removed?

[JVC]

m3sonic, on 15 February 2012 - 05:38 PM, said:

Side note is there any way to drop the kws more aside from removing springs for photoshoots?

Are you just trying to make it look lower for taking pictures of it? Because there's something called photoshop...

[NEU]

m3sonic, on 15 February 2012 - 05:38 PM, said:

I'm in fairfax va. but my job takes to all the surr]ounding locations so the bigger tires were just for ride and saving the wheels from getting bent.

Your in Fairfax and afraid of bending rims? Like I said if you're going into DC that's one thing, but VA and MD I've got no issue with bigger tires like 235/40-18 on Koni sports with TME springs... I'm driving from Vienna to Bethesda everyday, thru the Tysons construction daily without issue.

[m3sonic]

Ooook looking at new lips for curremt wheels even though they will soon be on the 242 and I have a few leads on other wheels that should be interesting.

[m3sonic]

NEU, on 16 February 2012 - 02:11 AM, said:

Your in Fairfax and afraid of bending rims? Like I said if you're going into DC that's one thing, but VA and MD I've got no issue with bigger tires like 235/40-18 on Koni sports with TME springs... I'm driving from Vienna to Bethesda everyday, thru the Tysons construction daily without issue.

Ya bBethesda shouldn't even be considered md. is like Tyson's lite lol. I range from anywhere in N.va to full laps around the beltway and many trips into all the D.C. area's all it takes is one crapppy rd. I got two of my 19's bent on two different parts of 495 on the Md. side up near Laurel.