STD Tuning Body Mods How to get the rally look.

How to get the rally look.

How to get the rally look.

 
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rolfi
My 300D is Onion-yellow!

79
09-28-2011, 01:04 AM #1
As we're experiencing cold and dark winters here in Norway, I'm going for the rally look on my 123... For practical reasons, and because it looks awesome as hell if it's done properly.

I have bought a pair of Hella Rallye 3003 lamps, and going for 2 more (3 on each side, like the Audi S1 had, back in the days).
I'm painting a spare hood matte black, putting on taxi-springs in the front, applying yellow head light film and putting on BIG red mudflaps.
I'll be using some 15" BBS RG wheels from a W126. Should I paint them signal orange, maybe? Smile


This is somewhat of a good look, IMO: (Mine is getting alot more ground clearance, and I'm keeping the bumpers)
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Any suggestions on what else I should do?

-rolfi

1980 Mercedes-Benz 300D (US-spec)
+BMW E12, E21, E28, E30 and E32
rolfi
09-28-2011, 01:04 AM #1

As we're experiencing cold and dark winters here in Norway, I'm going for the rally look on my 123... For practical reasons, and because it looks awesome as hell if it's done properly.

I have bought a pair of Hella Rallye 3003 lamps, and going for 2 more (3 on each side, like the Audi S1 had, back in the days).
I'm painting a spare hood matte black, putting on taxi-springs in the front, applying yellow head light film and putting on BIG red mudflaps.
I'll be using some 15" BBS RG wheels from a W126. Should I paint them signal orange, maybe? Smile


This is somewhat of a good look, IMO: (Mine is getting alot more ground clearance, and I'm keeping the bumpers)
[Image: image005.jpg]
[Image: image006.jpg]
[Image: image007.jpg]

Any suggestions on what else I should do?


-rolfi

1980 Mercedes-Benz 300D (US-spec)
+BMW E12, E21, E28, E30 and E32

iheartboost
Holset

422
09-28-2011, 07:37 AM #2
I vote nobbly winter tires... If that wasent already implied lol

1998 E300TD 7.5mm pump and hx35 to come!
00 Mustang gt drift car

iheartboost
09-28-2011, 07:37 AM #2

I vote nobbly winter tires... If that wasent already implied lol


1998 E300TD 7.5mm pump and hx35 to come!
00 Mustang gt drift car

Captain America
Boostin' & Roostin'

2,221
09-28-2011, 03:53 PM #3
OK I"M TAKING OFF MY BUMPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TongueTongueTongue

Looks so Dope!


1982 300D Turbo ... 3,6xxlbs, No fan, No AC, Hood Stack, No ALDA, No rear bumper and stuffed front, A/W Intercooled, Injectors by Greezer and HUGE Pre-Chambers with help from OM616 & Simpler=Better, Fuel Cranked up, 60 Trim Compressor wheel, EGT, EMP, Boost 50" Rigid Radius bar on roof Aux tank for a total of 48 Gal Of Diesel! Odyssey PC-1750 Battery in trunk, 27"x8.5"/R14 Maxxis BigHorn Mud Terrains, In June '14 issue of Off Road Mag

AX15 Jeep Trans swap in progress....

Captain America
09-28-2011, 03:53 PM #3

OK I"M TAKING OFF MY BUMPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TongueTongueTongue

Looks so Dope!



1982 300D Turbo ... 3,6xxlbs, No fan, No AC, Hood Stack, No ALDA, No rear bumper and stuffed front, A/W Intercooled, Injectors by Greezer and HUGE Pre-Chambers with help from OM616 & Simpler=Better, Fuel Cranked up, 60 Trim Compressor wheel, EGT, EMP, Boost 50" Rigid Radius bar on roof Aux tank for a total of 48 Gal Of Diesel! Odyssey PC-1750 Battery in trunk, 27"x8.5"/R14 Maxxis BigHorn Mud Terrains, In June '14 issue of Off Road Mag

AX15 Jeep Trans swap in progress....

vstef_is
GT2256V

124
09-29-2011, 04:16 AM #4
Found these on the internet, perhaps they serve some inspiration.
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1982 s123 300TD TurboDiesel (US Spec) in France
vstef_is
09-29-2011, 04:16 AM #4

Found these on the internet, perhaps they serve some inspiration.

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1982 s123 300TD TurboDiesel (US Spec) in France

iheartboost
Holset

422
09-29-2011, 10:23 PM #5
good find! i love the stance of that car fat tires low off set mesh wheels. looks awesome.

1998 E300TD 7.5mm pump and hx35 to come!
00 Mustang gt drift car

iheartboost
09-29-2011, 10:23 PM #5

good find! i love the stance of that car fat tires low off set mesh wheels. looks awesome.


1998 E300TD 7.5mm pump and hx35 to come!
00 Mustang gt drift car

mike-81-240d
more like mike-84-300d now

427
09-30-2011, 12:46 AM #6
I have big dangle-y mudflaps, Hella 500's, and french yellow fogs. I like my cars look. I am going to do a flat black hood though.

I also attached a car from Norway with 4 driving lights. I might get 2 more to fill out the look.

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1981 Mercedes 300TD Lowered 4 speed manual Holset HX30 
mike-81-240d
09-30-2011, 12:46 AM #6

I have big dangle-y mudflaps, Hella 500's, and french yellow fogs. I like my cars look. I am going to do a flat black hood though.

I also attached a car from Norway with 4 driving lights. I might get 2 more to fill out the look.

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1981 Mercedes 300TD Lowered 4 speed manual Holset HX30 

Captain America
Boostin' & Roostin'

2,221
09-30-2011, 01:35 AM #7
I am going to have to say the first car still looks best. No bumpers, no extra lights


1982 300D Turbo ... 3,6xxlbs, No fan, No AC, Hood Stack, No ALDA, No rear bumper and stuffed front, A/W Intercooled, Injectors by Greezer and HUGE Pre-Chambers with help from OM616 & Simpler=Better, Fuel Cranked up, 60 Trim Compressor wheel, EGT, EMP, Boost 50" Rigid Radius bar on roof Aux tank for a total of 48 Gal Of Diesel! Odyssey PC-1750 Battery in trunk, 27"x8.5"/R14 Maxxis BigHorn Mud Terrains, In June '14 issue of Off Road Mag

AX15 Jeep Trans swap in progress....

Captain America
09-30-2011, 01:35 AM #7

I am going to have to say the first car still looks best. No bumpers, no extra lights



1982 300D Turbo ... 3,6xxlbs, No fan, No AC, Hood Stack, No ALDA, No rear bumper and stuffed front, A/W Intercooled, Injectors by Greezer and HUGE Pre-Chambers with help from OM616 & Simpler=Better, Fuel Cranked up, 60 Trim Compressor wheel, EGT, EMP, Boost 50" Rigid Radius bar on roof Aux tank for a total of 48 Gal Of Diesel! Odyssey PC-1750 Battery in trunk, 27"x8.5"/R14 Maxxis BigHorn Mud Terrains, In June '14 issue of Off Road Mag

AX15 Jeep Trans swap in progress....

Biohazard
Smokin like a champ!

376
09-30-2011, 09:54 AM #8
I love the look of the first one, right down to the wheels... Now I gotta find a set of those wheels! For the rally look, I would say keep the bumpers, add lights, 14" wheels with knobby tires, and about an inch higher than stock! Big Grin

82 300SD aka The Flyin Pumpkin (Gone): 7.5mm super M-pump, T3 60 trim turbo, Coldish air intake, A/W intercooler, propane injection, SW Boost and EGT gauges, Monark 265 nozzles, ported/polished cylinder head.

84 Euro 300D 4 sp: White with black trunk and hood. Blue cloth interior. Manual everything. 300DT front swaybar. C320 17" wheels. Now with the Flyin Pumpkins engine! 
Biohazard
09-30-2011, 09:54 AM #8

I love the look of the first one, right down to the wheels... Now I gotta find a set of those wheels! For the rally look, I would say keep the bumpers, add lights, 14" wheels with knobby tires, and about an inch higher than stock! Big Grin


82 300SD aka The Flyin Pumpkin (Gone): 7.5mm super M-pump, T3 60 trim turbo, Coldish air intake, A/W intercooler, propane injection, SW Boost and EGT gauges, Monark 265 nozzles, ported/polished cylinder head.

84 Euro 300D 4 sp: White with black trunk and hood. Blue cloth interior. Manual everything. 300DT front swaybar. C320 17" wheels. Now with the Flyin Pumpkins engine! 

vstef_is
GT2256V

124
09-30-2011, 04:37 PM #9
Here's one from the 1982 Paris-Dakar Rally. Alas, the w123 DNF. (or as the French so delicately put it "Abandon" -ed.) nice pun, huh?

That year Paris-Dakar was won by.... ahem... errr... a Renault 20 Turbo... (which is total crap compared to the Merc), second place for a Lada Niva, third place was a Merc G-Wagen, and then a Range Rover...

Oh well,
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1982 s123 300TD TurboDiesel (US Spec) in France
vstef_is
09-30-2011, 04:37 PM #9

Here's one from the 1982 Paris-Dakar Rally. Alas, the w123 DNF. (or as the French so delicately put it "Abandon" -ed.) nice pun, huh?

That year Paris-Dakar was won by.... ahem... errr... a Renault 20 Turbo... (which is total crap compared to the Merc), second place for a Lada Niva, third place was a Merc G-Wagen, and then a Range Rover...

Oh well,

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1982 s123 300TD TurboDiesel (US Spec) in France

Captain America
Boostin' & Roostin'

2,221
10-03-2011, 12:55 AM #10
(09-30-2011, 09:54 AM)Biohazard I love the look of the first one, right down to the wheels... Now I gotta find a set of those wheels! For the rally look, I would say keep the bumpers, add lights, 14" wheels with knobby tires, and about an inch higher than stock! Big Grin

I lowered mine and installed 14" Knobbys haha


1982 300D Turbo ... 3,6xxlbs, No fan, No AC, Hood Stack, No ALDA, No rear bumper and stuffed front, A/W Intercooled, Injectors by Greezer and HUGE Pre-Chambers with help from OM616 & Simpler=Better, Fuel Cranked up, 60 Trim Compressor wheel, EGT, EMP, Boost 50" Rigid Radius bar on roof Aux tank for a total of 48 Gal Of Diesel! Odyssey PC-1750 Battery in trunk, 27"x8.5"/R14 Maxxis BigHorn Mud Terrains, In June '14 issue of Off Road Mag

AX15 Jeep Trans swap in progress....

Captain America
10-03-2011, 12:55 AM #10

(09-30-2011, 09:54 AM)Biohazard I love the look of the first one, right down to the wheels... Now I gotta find a set of those wheels! For the rally look, I would say keep the bumpers, add lights, 14" wheels with knobby tires, and about an inch higher than stock! Big Grin

I lowered mine and installed 14" Knobbys haha



1982 300D Turbo ... 3,6xxlbs, No fan, No AC, Hood Stack, No ALDA, No rear bumper and stuffed front, A/W Intercooled, Injectors by Greezer and HUGE Pre-Chambers with help from OM616 & Simpler=Better, Fuel Cranked up, 60 Trim Compressor wheel, EGT, EMP, Boost 50" Rigid Radius bar on roof Aux tank for a total of 48 Gal Of Diesel! Odyssey PC-1750 Battery in trunk, 27"x8.5"/R14 Maxxis BigHorn Mud Terrains, In June '14 issue of Off Road Mag

AX15 Jeep Trans swap in progress....

300SD_KY
super turbo diesel

121
12-21-2011, 07:19 PM #11
+1 this thread
300SD_KY
12-21-2011, 07:19 PM #11

+1 this thread

Oil Burner
Turbo Everyting!!!

83
12-22-2011, 09:43 AM #12
(09-29-2011, 04:16 AM)vstef_is Found these on the internet, perhaps they serve some inspiration.

I Love this Thread and Its kind of nice to see the 300CD with the flared wheel wells and 3 piece chrome bumper I was wondering how that would look and now I have to do that. The funny thing is... that is really close to the color I have chosen for my car. Just wish it had the R107 front Air Dam and that would be me car in my head, minus the lights ...sorry guys I know that what you are going for I have no need for them hear in Northern Cal
GREAT PHOTOS
Thanks Big GrinTongueIdea

08 Ram Cummins 6.7 Mega Cab 4wd Beauty & Towing Mods, 97 Ram Cummins 5.9 Extended Cab 4wd. Engine, Tansmission, and Funtional Mods, 90 Suburban 4wd Stock, 83 300D Pats Car, 80 300CD in Restoration and Fabrication Process( was non turbo...now TurboBig Grin) 75 Ramcharger 4wd Someday Cummins Power ProjectTongue
Oil Burner
12-22-2011, 09:43 AM #12

(09-29-2011, 04:16 AM)vstef_is Found these on the internet, perhaps they serve some inspiration.

I Love this Thread and Its kind of nice to see the 300CD with the flared wheel wells and 3 piece chrome bumper I was wondering how that would look and now I have to do that. The funny thing is... that is really close to the color I have chosen for my car. Just wish it had the R107 front Air Dam and that would be me car in my head, minus the lights ...sorry guys I know that what you are going for I have no need for them hear in Northern Cal
GREAT PHOTOS
Thanks Big GrinTongueIdea


08 Ram Cummins 6.7 Mega Cab 4wd Beauty & Towing Mods, 97 Ram Cummins 5.9 Extended Cab 4wd. Engine, Tansmission, and Funtional Mods, 90 Suburban 4wd Stock, 83 300D Pats Car, 80 300CD in Restoration and Fabrication Process( was non turbo...now TurboBig Grin) 75 Ramcharger 4wd Someday Cummins Power ProjectTongue

garage
Bush Taxi

893
12-22-2011, 03:07 PM #13
Some veryy verry sexy cars..

1987 300D: EGR Delete, ARV Delete, Cold Air Intake...
garage
12-22-2011, 03:07 PM #13

Some veryy verry sexy cars..


1987 300D: EGR Delete, ARV Delete, Cold Air Intake...

Oil Burner
Turbo Everyting!!!

83
12-23-2011, 12:18 AM #14
(12-22-2011, 03:07 PM)garage Some veryy verry sexy cars..

I second that!

08 Ram Cummins 6.7 Mega Cab 4wd Beauty & Towing Mods, 97 Ram Cummins 5.9 Extended Cab 4wd. Engine, Tansmission, and Funtional Mods, 90 Suburban 4wd Stock, 83 300D Pats Car, 80 300CD in Restoration and Fabrication Process( was non turbo...now TurboBig Grin) 75 Ramcharger 4wd Someday Cummins Power ProjectTongue
Oil Burner
12-23-2011, 12:18 AM #14

(12-22-2011, 03:07 PM)garage Some veryy verry sexy cars..

I second that!


08 Ram Cummins 6.7 Mega Cab 4wd Beauty & Towing Mods, 97 Ram Cummins 5.9 Extended Cab 4wd. Engine, Tansmission, and Funtional Mods, 90 Suburban 4wd Stock, 83 300D Pats Car, 80 300CD in Restoration and Fabrication Process( was non turbo...now TurboBig Grin) 75 Ramcharger 4wd Someday Cummins Power ProjectTongue

 
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