I've added lost of stock parts to get my car in better shape.

As far as aftermaret upgrades: Turbo engine, custom intake and exhaust, Air/water Intercooler, euro lights, various grill badges, "brake light mod", CD player, custom short shift knob, and Boost and EGT gauges.

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

Added a Intercooler:

How much HP did you gain with the intercooler?

Dichroic coatings work by reflecting certain colors while allowing others to pass, while regular filters work by absorbing certain colors and passing others. Dichroic lamps have a blueish color while off, but glow orange like a normal turn signal lamp. Think about it this way: the filament is producing white light (all colors). Basically, the dichroic filter reflects the blue portion of the spectrum, leaving orange. Outside the lamp, the ambient light (white) is hitting the lamp. The dichroic coating reflects the blue back out (what you see), while letting the orange light pass into the lamp. On a normal orange lamp, the blue just gets absorbed in the coating, so all you see is orange.

Normal orange turn signal lamps look orange when off, and in my opinion don't look as classy in clear corner lenses. So I went with the Silverstars that don't look orange when off.

Now back to your regularly scheduled MercedesShop.com program...

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Dale

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1990 300D 2.5 Turbo -155k
2000 E430 - 103k
2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ecodiesel 4x4 - 11k
2014 VW Passat TDI SE - 7k Bro's Diesel
2006 E320 CDI - 128k Pop's Benz

Pre-glow - A moment of silence in honor of Rudolph Diesel

New bosch headlight frames and a high mileage award badge. Impressed?

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

pictures please???


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'87 924S
'81 280SEL

Sold ->

81 300SD -
93 300E w/ 3.2
85 300D-
79 300SD
82 300CD
83 300CD - CA
87 190E 5 spd
87 Porsche 924S

"..I'll take a simple "C" to "G" and feel brand new about it..."

I want one on my 83 CD............

and those 15" wheels someday soon..........


Happy new year!

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'87 924S
'81 280SEL

Sold ->

81 300SD -
93 300E w/ 3.2
85 300D-
79 300SD
82 300CD
83 300CD - CA
87 190E 5 spd
87 Porsche 924S

"..I'll take a simple "C" to "G" and feel brand new about it..."

That is SOOO cool. I would want to do it just for the looks!

--Matt

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KI6CCA

Current Stable:
1987 300SDL
1980 450SEL

Out to Pasture:
1982 300D KIA (Rice Rocket vs. 123: He hit me at 80-100MPH I walked away he went to the hospital. Sounds fair to me!)
1985 300D EURO Scrapped (got more money from state than car was worth)
1979 & 1980 300SD Great Cars!

Here is my intercooler:

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

And mine.

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Oh, wow! I guess a ton of routine stuff:-

In the last 2 yrs that I have owned the car (a ton of this was done in the the first, expensive, 3 months of ownership)

new coolant, new thermostat and rad cap
several vac switches and temp sensor
swop over to synthetic engine oil
replace air filter and remove cobwebs and leaves from filter housing!!
replace fuel filters
change P/S fluid and filter
rebuild front end, new tie rod ends etc., new steering shock
weld crack on front suspension mount
replace cruise control amp
replace climate control unit
replace wiper blades with genuine Bosch parts
replace monovalve insert and diagnose and repair wiring problem to valve
new brake pads all round, replace front rotors
flush brake fluid
new Bilstein shocks all round
replace diff oil
replace transmission fluid and filter

to be done this year

engine mounts
injectors
new Nokian WR tires to replace Michelin Harmony rubbish

For you guys with intercoolers, any measureable power increases?

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Current Stable:
1994 S500 v140, 210k miles, white with grey.

Former Mercedes in the Stable:
1983 300CD Turbo diesel 515k mi sold (rumor has it, that it has 750k miles on it now)
1984 300CD Turbo Diesel 150 k mi sold
1982 300D Turbo Diesel 225 sold
1987 300D Turbo Diesel 255k mi sold
1988 300 CE AMG Hammer 15k mi sold
1986 "300E" Amg Hammer 88k mi sold (it was really a 200, not even an E (124.020)
1992 500E 156k mi sold
etc.

Hahahaha... it's pretty funny what some folks consider upgrades! A cupholder? New filters?

Yes, I can safely hold full power for much longer.

mine is in but not hooked up yet, i have to check my timing and chain
i had to move the rad to the right and the oil cooler behind my licence plate

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1985 300D - 599,xxxk - blue interior #265 Monark Nozzle, AL129X, 15" Ronals, Gen II Big Brakes hunting
1985 300D - 491,xxxk - in prog-{A-A IC, 3" exhaust, psi\pyro, 28*BTDC, Hella Euros, IP Limiter removal
1985 300TD - 783,xxxk - parts car,used new engine with ALDA cap inplace
1987 Kenworth T-600 8LL 425 CAT Mech. - 6,000,000+k - DEI exhaust wrap, punched through resonators, 1 recent rebuild,