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| Topic Started: Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:28 pm (574 Views) | |
| khimani_mohiki | Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:28 pm Post #1 |
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Bought in June, pretty much standard, had LPG fitted then my EZL packed up so I took it off the road and sorted the following; Removed remnants of an antique car phone system and alarm, Fixed central locking, Colour coded cladding, Fixed broken fog lamp, Replaced rear bumper chrome, Replaced rear bumper brackets, Re-keyed a second hand door lock, colour coded door handles and wing mirrors, Stripped and re-painted NSF wing Fitted a floppy rubber aerial Changed rocker cover gaskets, Fitted the Kerschers (dave_irl's) I got from Russ, currently running 22mm spacer at back and 10mm at front with stretched 205/55's all round Made a flip down number plate out of some IKEA cupboard hinges for the LPG filler Fitted a reflective rear panel. Modified my parcel shelf to fit a W210 rear blind, recovered with cream vinyl, W140 blind switch in place of radio fader         As you can see the next job on the list is to sort out the sagging headliner |
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| NEIL | Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:31 pm Post #2 |
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Sexy SEC fella, I forgot how deliciously DEEEEEEEP them Kerschers were!  Any way you can get the front plate to curve with the bumper-line? |
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| khimani_mohiki | Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:34 pm Post #3 |
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Yeah i have the original curved metal plate backing but its all rusty at the moment |
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| Stempies | Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:59 pm Post #4 |
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Such a cool looking car, you must be very pleased!  Think an SEC is on my 'what to get next' list if ever funds allow!!  Can't believe you stiil needed spacers, wasn't the offset about ET20 on those?? Also have you lowered it?? |
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| EddieJT | Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:10 am Post #5 |
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God I love these cars. Could a car be any cooler? |
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| Rich27 | Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:15 am Post #6 |
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I like it, those wheels are loverly. |
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| khimani_mohiki | Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:50 am Post #7 |
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The wheels are ET15, the rears could easily go out to ET-15 with the tyres i have on it, the fronts stick out a bit but i had to space them to fit the whhel caps. I havent lowered it but im sure the springs are sagging quite a bit. |
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| russtherussian | Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:58 pm Post #8 |
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Wow Very nice mate Wheels are looking great too  Dave would be proud ! Your the 3rd person on this forum to have owned his wheels  I really miss my old 126 on borbets 
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| Lewis 190E 2.5 16 | Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:53 pm Post #9 |
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At the minute I dont think it all ties in just yet. It needs hitting with a big stick (lowering in other terms). Lower profiles are needed, 55's are far too big. But other than that nice SEC. If it was mine I would start buy sorting out some lowering springs plus uprated shocks, then fit lowe profiles and get some proper stretch, maybe a light tint to the windows. |
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| Everton | Wed Dec 23, 2009 9:54 am Post #10 |
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Looks amazing, the wheels set it off nicely. It's got 'International Drug Smuggler' written all over it |
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| Russell | Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:58 pm Post #11 |
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Cracking looking SEC mate 
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| khimani_mohiki | Sat Dec 26, 2009 5:26 pm Post #12 |
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i was going to do the opposite, get some new stiffer lowering springs but with thicker pads and try and go up to 65 profile tyres, i think the shape of the arches doesnt really lend to rubber band type tyres they just look tiny and rediculous. |
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| Russell | Sat Dec 26, 2009 8:48 pm Post #13 |
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Not fancy a nice sec model mate, got one in the for sale section!!
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| Rich27 | Tue Feb 9, 2010 8:26 am Post #14 |
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There is a 500 SEC coming up at Newport Car Autions soon. Its a seized Vehicle so probably wasnt insured no MOT or Tax ? B Reg maybe good for spares? >>> Here <<< |
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| rhysmangatmotorsport | Tue Feb 9, 2010 8:49 am Post #15 |
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Lovely 500 SEC, loving the wheels!! 
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| gibpetrolhead | Tue Feb 9, 2010 8:28 pm Post #16 |
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+1 cant beat the big bruiser.
Edited by gibpetrolhead, Tue Mar 2, 2010 12:18 pm.
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| Pontoneer | Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:13 pm Post #17 |
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Car is a credit to you KM . I must say I have had a notion for a while to get one too . W210 blind fits well . Just a case of waiting until one turns up somewhere at the right price . |
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| MICHAEL | Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:28 pm Post #18 |
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I know of a 500 SEC, gassed, a bit of rust, mot'd, running well and for sale at £900. |
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| hitenb | Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:30 pm Post #19 |
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Thats a lovely looking car.. looks mean! |
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| khimani_mohiki | Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:30 pm Post #20 |
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im using it daily now without a lot of time for cleaning etc so its looking a little tatty, but i keep on top of thing mechanically. The recent salted roads havent odne much good, some of the rear arch repairs are starting to show, the whole car needs a re-spray but theres no point yet as it needs the panel under the rear screen fixing beforhand. Wheels arent looking their best either, but it still runs and thats the important bit i guess! I had to get the centre silencer replaced recently to get it through the MOT, i got it replaced with 2 straight through bits of stainless, theres slightly more grunt but nothing rediculous. Im looking at sorting the stereo soon, I was thinking to put a sub and amp in the parcelshelf where the storage boxes are but keeping the same shape as the boxes. |
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| jmsbrydon | Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:21 pm Post #21 |
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why not the 190 ...surely its more economical and easier to use. |
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| khimani_mohiki | Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:37 am Post #22 |
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on LPG its actually costing me less to run than my 190, plus i needed to get the 190 off the road to do rear suspension and some other stuff |
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| khimani_mohiki | Tue Mar 2, 2010 10:15 am Post #23 |
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poking around at a 50p rust spot on my rear arch turned into most of the arch being rotten and full of filler. Local bodyshop quoted me £275 to roll a new arch and respray the rear quarter, I didnt think there was much point just painting that quarter when the whole lot needs doing so we're going to it. They are doing the arch over the next 2 days, then Ill set out taking off all the trim and doing a bit of prep, them monday its going back to the shop to have the rear screen removed and and rust fixed along with all any other body rust I find. The shop is a bit bacstreet but they do decent work at a decent price. They quoted me £700 to do the rear screen and full spray, allowing for anymore rust to be uncovered it shouldnt come to more than £1000. Also got everything I need to do the timing chain and guide rails, should keep it going for another hundred thousand miles. |
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| jags2.5-16 | Tue Mar 2, 2010 12:54 pm Post #24 |
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Thats such a cool motor mate.... Sounds like it gonna be SPOT ON when painted..... |
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| Stempies | Sun Mar 7, 2010 11:31 pm Post #25 |
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Just found this on Ebay if you need one!!! £35.00 BIN !! W126 (sec) Rear window partition panel Edited by Stempies, Sun Mar 7, 2010 11:31 pm.
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| stwat | Sun Mar 7, 2010 11:43 pm Post #26 |
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Nice find and cheap too. Just checked on Inchcape and they are over £70 |
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| khimani_mohiki | Mon Mar 8, 2010 10:28 am Post #27 |
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yeah i saw that, unfortunatly ive had one sitting on my balcony for the last 4 months, i did get it with a little discount though. Spent the weekend stripping down the car for the bodyshop, saved myself a good 6 hours of labour and didnt even break anything. Took everything off bar the glass, bumpers, indicators and mirrors as i had to drive it to the shop, most of the interior is out as well. Was a very cold drive this morning without any window seals etc. The windscreen guy is coming to tak out the rear screen today and then they are getting on with the rust. I was worried as the LPG tank is right under where they will be cutting and welding but they are confident they can do it without blowing up their shop by putting some sheel metal over the tank and some fire blankets. Getting the headliner re trimmed while its out and going to put in a DAB aerial, even though I dont have a DAB head unit i may get one in the futture and dont really want to have to take the headliner down again. Ill try and get some pics of the progress. Need opinions on tinting as well, was thinking of doing the rear screen while its out so we can get the film under the seal so its seamless. Whats the lightest shade you can get, I still want to be able to see out of it? |
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| PARI | Mon Mar 8, 2010 11:29 am Post #28 |
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nice car mate, i want one tooo lol You said you removed an antique fone and car alarm, were they operational and would they be for sale?? |
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| lewiswilkinson | Mon Mar 8, 2010 11:29 am Post #29 |
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I really want one now... unnecessarily large for one person, but that's beside the point.. |
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| khimani_mohiki | Mon Mar 8, 2010 3:23 pm Post #30 |
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all that was left of the phone system was some motarola elecronics in the boot and an RJ45 socket in the centre console, it was only the alarm wiring and sensors left. I binned it all as it was no use to anyone. Just stopped off at the bodyshop, windscreen is out and he managed to do it without cutting the seal. So now I have a spare £124 seal and spare rear windscreen i bought just in case the original cracked. There was so much rust under there its a good job i do have the repair panel mentioned earlier. |
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| khimani_mohiki | Tue Mar 9, 2010 11:05 am Post #31 |
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Stopped off at the bodyshop today to get a couple of pics, shows just how much rot is lurking undernearth when it looks fine on the outside.  Getting the screen tinted tomorrow. Ive decided to get the aerial hole welded over, may or may not get one of these http://www.dabonwheels.co.uk/Kinetic_DRA-1001_FM-AM_DAB_car_aerial.html put on the roof |
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| PARI | Tue Mar 9, 2010 11:47 am Post #32 |
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ncie car geez, been looking for a nice one myself. if you read the cover story of "merc enthusiast" you would see how lovely they look when they are done up, credit to that fella. I am sure you will get it looking good. |
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| khimani_mohiki | Yesterday, 2:43 PM Post #33 |
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new panels going in this morning then gtting preped tomorrow and sprayed over the weekend  |
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