Have made some great progress on the wagon- thanks to all the great advice offered on this forum. The fenders have been rolled, skirts mounted and spoilers repainted.
Suspension has been totally sorted out with 500E springs front and rear, 92 500E struts front, new bushings, control arms, etc... The rear self leveling has been put back into play and the car sits nice and level- not too low, which is a good thing with the condition of the roads around here and the low front spoiler. As it is, with the newly mounted 17 X 8 inch wheels and 225/45 tires the car is a very darty on a ruff road- I can imagine the Sportline setup would have been even worse. No rubbing problems of yet with the rolled fenders.
I've loaded a bunch of new exterior shots in a new file titled AMG Hammer Wagon:
http://photos.yahoo.com/dshimano
I want to have some parts powder coated black- the original grill was black as well. Any opinions on how the car would look with the black grill vs. the chrome shell? I'm leaning towards the original monochromatic look.
Now if it would only stop snowing