Last summer's car project was getting the rust addressed on the doors of the E300. The plastic molding on the doors of W210's seems to trap moisture and cause rust. Terrible design flaw in my opinion. I also had a ton of rock chips after 200k miles on the bumper of my car. Plus, a recent tow hook up had caused my lower valance lip to crack.
We removed the doors of my E300 to properly address the rust. Luckily most of this rust was surface rust and not much beyond that. Everything was sanded down and properly prepped for repaint. What we also did was remove the inside paneling in order to coat the inside of the doors with POR-15. This way the doors can't rust from the inside-out.
Bumper was removed, primed and resprayed. We ordered a new lower valance and painted that as well.
I hope you enjoy.

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Ed
-1984 Mercedes 190D 2.2 5-speed gray market(bought@30,000 miles) (Sold back to original owner@170,000 miles)
-1999 Mercedes E300DT (245,000 miles)
-1999 Mercedes S500 Grand Edition (80,000 miles)

Nice. Our cars are the same color. Bordeaux Red.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

Nice! I get a ton of compliments on the paint color all the time.

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Ed
-1984 Mercedes 190D 2.2 5-speed gray market(bought@30,000 miles) (Sold back to original owner@170,000 miles)
-1999 Mercedes E300DT (245,000 miles)
-1999 Mercedes S500 Grand Edition (80,000 miles)