finally painted my 124
 

thought I would take a break from the SL diesel project and get the paintwork done on my W124 daily driver.
it was a lot of work, but she is painted...

http://www.coastalboatsales.com/jfraley/gallery/The-W124-project


re-assemble, wet sand and buff, and back to work on the W107 diesel.

Nice!

Why did you remove the trunk lid?

Jim

Looks good, great job. did you shoot it or have it done? nice Christmas Present.:)

It`s one of those PITA jobs with all the preparation, but the end results is gratifing. when I Do It my self, I have no one to blame when something get fubard up. :(.

need an up date on the SL project. will look great when it all comes together.


Charlie

At first I thought you didn't remove the washer nozzles but now I see they are popped up out of the hole. You should have removed the door handles.

What color is it?

Looks good, looking forward to seeing it all back together.

not bad

replaced it with the updated style from a 92 car

I did it myself.. update on the SL is coming soon



I removed the door handle gaskets.. but left the handles in..
I planned to remove them, but I left the allen wrench at home when I was at the spraybooth... so they got taped up, which sucks but oh well
its the daily driver.



I am uploading some reassemble shots to the project page in a few min.. check back there for more ( and better quality ) photos

I like it and I'm working toward a similar goal. I don't have a paint both so I plan to do the prep work and have a pro do the rest.
Questions:
1. Did you do single stage or double stage (base coat, clear coat) paint and why? My original color is white single stage.
2. You just spray over the sun roof gasket or was it masked?

its two coats of single stage, with that last coat 50% single stage and 50% HS clearcoat

the sunroof gasket is pushed down a bit, and masked then when you remove the masking pull it back up and it comes out pretty good..

Looks pretty straight. Nice prep work.

fresh pics on the project page

Oel

That looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing the pics...inspiring for sure.

Andy

I like the no badge look
 

I'm planning to remove all the trunk badging except the star as shown in your new pictures. Makes it easier to polish as the star just bolts on and is easy to remove for polish.

brenner,

great job, thanks for sharing the pics.

Nice job! That looks great.

cant decide....
 

the grille


blacked out:

http://www.coastalboatsales.com/jfra...3044.sized.jpg


or factory:

http://www.coastalboatsales.com/jfra...3046.sized.jpg


( and ignore the unpainted trim below the headlights.. still have to paint that )