Im fairly certain thats a TV commercial.

That's hilarious; the Germans always make fun of the Dutch: they blog there autobahn pulling "caravans" with there under powered cars underway to there holiday destination.

Photoshop TIME!

I was about to do some Photoshop. ;)
Looks good without the trim.

One advantage of working at a web / graphics design company. :D

IDEACore Interactive

Brown 280 sedan, with and without trim:

It appears to be going faster without the trim.

I'm convinced, its getting shaved.

I was reading a book today at books a million called The Complete History of Mercedes Benz

I was looking for W123 stuff and found a pic of a W123 wagen the caption read something like this.

"The W123 240TD was Mercedes Slowest cars offered during this time but it was favoured by taxi drivers for its durability"



I prefer the trim...

I have surprised myself, but I like the wagon without the trim. For looks only. In real life I need the trim for all the door smashers out there.....

Here's a real 123 without the trim. It's been repainted so he also had the trim removed. Only tricky part is the trunk...

Personally, I think it's OK to remove it provided your somewhat modernizing your car. But if you're keeping it original looking, of course the trim has to stay.

The trim actually covers a 3rd crease/line that runs the length of the car. Without the trim the doors would look layered.

blacked out ++

Before pic. I'm not sure I like the silver color. Suggestions?

Little dog don't care for the wheels. :D

So far all the emblems and trim are off. I'll try to post pics along the way.

Maybe not. I'm having trouble posting a pic. When I resize then upload I get "invalid file" msg. Never had this problem before.

Try again, different system.

Why not add some suicide doors to the rear.. That would be bad ass

I'm not that ambitious. Changing color is bad (ass) enough.