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| Hypercrush | Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:50 am Post #1 |
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Hi gentleman (and women), im new here, but am a member on another 190 forum. i have seen links to this forum occasionally and decided to join after lurking around for awhile. Many clean cars here and seems like a good sense of humor as well, always fun ![]() oh yeah i own a 190 of course, its nothing too crazy but a little different than the usual. 1993 190e 2.6 Sportline LE, most people know it as the trim model with the red/black Recaros and inner door skins. also the faux carbon fiber stuff on the inside pictorials: ![]() XDC Phoenix by Charles Siritho, on Flickr ![]() IMG_0094 by DylanBedore, on Flickr ![]() IMG_0096 by DylanBedore, on Flickr ![]() IMG_0095 by DylanBedore, on Flickr Yeah interior is kinda meh right now, i know. i will switch things up someday ![]() IMG_0630 by DylanBedore, on Flickr but yeah, glad to be here. i know some purists wont be into my car at all, and thats ok, i aint mad at ya |
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| AndyBoroFC | Mon Oct 25, 2010 4:41 am Post #2 |
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Brown and beige are all the rage...
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Welcome aboard! Don't worry, we accept all kinds on here! Nice to see a bit of the rat look on a 190, cool bonnet (hood) treatment. And are they Corvette rims? Mental... in a good way. And I would kill for a sportline LE or Avantgarde interior! |
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| jeremy | Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:28 am Post #3 |
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Hi & welcome to the asylum Jeremy |
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| Hypercrush | Mon Oct 25, 2010 4:05 pm Post #4 |
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thank you for the welcome! Yes they are corvette wheels, 17x9.5. The sportline interior is pretty cool, i like it alot. i was told they only made 700 of them with it so thats kind of neat. the hood i did myself, i do paint and body for a living so i wanted to kind of show my company name in a interesting way. thanks again! |
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| AndyBoroFC | Mon Oct 25, 2010 4:18 pm Post #5 |
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Brown and beige are all the rage...
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Wow, those rims look right at home on there, great fit in the wheelarches. Is it on standard sportline suspension, or has it had "work"? My two sportlines have been the only cars I've owned that I've kept stock, as they're pretty rare in the UK. Most of the UK ones have standard interiors as the sport interiors were hugely expensive even in cloth trim, the leather ones cost an absolute fortune! The US and German markets were very lucky with their leather interiors! Love the advertising on the bonnet, your car's one of the coolest company vehicles I've seen in a long time! |
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| Hypercrush | Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:19 pm Post #6 |
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the car does have the sportline stuff, but the springs have been replaced with eibach ones wich i then cut one coil off of. i want to go lower so i will be cutting more off and later getting a better setup when money/time allow it. i rolled and pulled all four fenders to get the wheels to fit and am also running 215/45-17s for some stretch to fit them in the fenders better. also i just like the stretched look. im currently making a mold for a new front lip i designed, heres the prototype:![]() ![]() thanks for the compliments on the hood! |
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| stwat | Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:24 pm Post #7 |
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Hello and welcome Love your car!! We never got those spec seats in the UK unfortunatly. They obviously thought we were to reserved too have red and black on the same seat
Edited by stwat, Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:27 pm.
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| Mohammad | Mon Oct 25, 2010 8:41 pm Post #8 |
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welcome ,Dude ! really nice car.i am not sure about the raT style ,but it is a 190 so i love it. have a nice time around here. |
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| The Gorilla | Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:58 am Post #9 |
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Hi, Right colour thats for sure. Those pics were not taken at the ''Indoor Areana'' in Tucson AZ by any chance ?. Regards, The Gorilla. |
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| Hypercrush | Tue Oct 26, 2010 3:28 pm Post #10 |
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no, all taken in phoenix. the first one at Firebird Raceway the others i dont remember, somewhere north phoenix |
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| The Gorilla | Tue Oct 26, 2010 5:01 pm Post #11 |
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Hi, Thanks for the reply. About 2 hours north of where I thought then. Have you ever done Tucson ?, I have never seen so many miles and miles of Aeroplanes with nowhere to go. Regards, The Gorilla. |
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| Michael | Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:05 pm Post #12 |
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Needs Help
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It's unusual, but very nice all the same. In Phoenix, you wont have much need for the cold start valve. I went to Phoenix for the US F1, 1999 I think, anyway, they say it only rains there three days a year, and we we got the lot that weekend. Senna in the V12 Honda and Alesi in the Tyrrell, both of them aces in the wet, some race.
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| Snake | Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:28 pm Post #13 |
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One step closer to madness
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I could get offended by that remark.. Welcome to the forum..
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| Hypercrush | Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:57 am Post #14 |
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you guys are sure friendly here! i didnt get that kind of welcome on the other 190 forum i use haha. Gorilla: I actually spent a summer in Tucson once with some friends that live there, i enjoyed it. The music scene was good there and i thought it had a little more flair than Phoenix does. i plan to go back down there for a few days this winter. I am originally from Flagstaff AZ wich is about 2 hours north of Phx, in the mountains. Micheal: yes thats true haha, it gets pretty dang hot here. i wired my Aux/ AC fans on a switch in my center console just to keep the motor cool in traffic, we hit 110 degrees plus pretty often in the summer here. But it does rain sometimes, usually when you least expect it or when you are at the racetrack. i do try to watch F1 when i can, but it seems to be on at 4 in the morning usually, so i cant keep up with it as much as i would like too ![]() thanks again everyone for looking, i will do an update soon with pictures. i painted one wheel of my extra set tonight to see if i like the colors i chose for them, and i should be mounting the prototype front lip i made this week as well. also making some carbon fiber (fibre?) pieces for the interior too |
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| Hypercrush | Sun Oct 31, 2010 3:07 am Post #15 |
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painted one of my extra wheels, this set is 16x9.5, also corvette wheels. i think i like it but im not totally sure yet![]() (this picture was before i sprayed clear on it, thats why the black is "flat") ![]() going to run 205-40s on these, that will be some pretty fierce stretch haha |
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| matth190 | Sun Oct 31, 2010 11:02 pm Post #16 |
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Put the new wheels on! Lovely 190! Been looking out for a rat look 190 ages! |
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| Hypercrush | Mon Nov 1, 2010 3:22 am Post #17 |
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thanks! well i have 5 more of these wheels, so i think im going to paint another one a little different and then choose what style i like and do the rest. i also want to put just a little red in there, maybe red/black corvette centercaps would do the trick, or small red company logos. heres an idea i had before that i might try on a wheel as well:![]() (that is a photochop my brother did for me) the black i use is mercedes 199 - black w/ blue pearl,and the cream is the same as the script on my hood. i love the 199 black i use it all the time. thanks for your input! |
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| Hypercrush | Sun Nov 7, 2010 6:07 pm Post #18 |
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new lip. made by me, can make more![]()
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| Salar | Sun Nov 7, 2010 7:06 pm Post #19 |
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Welcome aboard, she looks fine
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| Mohammad | Sat Nov 27, 2010 3:19 am Post #20 |
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hello ,mate. if you could just make a new Post and Introduce your self,that wouldbe very nice. welcome among us |
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| Hypercrush | Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:09 am Post #21 |
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spam? |
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| stwat | Sat Nov 27, 2010 1:55 pm Post #22 |
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Indeed it was, with a link to a dodgy website. Post removed and member banned. |
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| Hypercrush | Wed Dec 8, 2010 10:02 am Post #23 |
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i attract spam, dunno why that is haha |
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| old smmokey | Wed Dec 8, 2010 10:27 am Post #24 |
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Hi welcome, the wheels look great do corvette wheels fit on or are the studs different? |
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| Hypercrush | Sun Dec 12, 2010 8:56 am Post #25 |
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thanks! GM PCD is 5x4.5 vs Mercedes 5x112 so no they dont line up. i use adapters to get them to fit, and with vette wheels being a +56 ET spacers would have been needed anyway to get them to be outside of the suspension. so it all works out pretty well. recent picture, still in love with the new front lip i made
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| ChrisFball12 | Sat Jan 1, 2011 9:03 am Post #26 |
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Yellow Car
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I went to az and saw this car in person. Its something you have to see in person. |
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| rick 1 | Sat Jan 1, 2011 3:28 pm Post #27 |
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those wheels look very nice.and the front lip looks spot on good job. how did you make it?..are you going to blend it into the front bumper? Edited by rick 1, Sat Jan 1, 2011 3:29 pm.
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| Hypercrush | Sat Jan 1, 2011 4:50 pm Post #28 |
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Chris knows that in person it looks alot worse haha. was good meeting you man, hope i can check your car out sometime. going to Irwindale in march and long beach april 8th but i know thats REALLY far south from you. @Rick i really really dislike molded in parts, i dunno why but its just not my thing. i scrape the lip on alot of stuff so if it was molded it would just crack the molded in area pretty fast im sure. i made a thread about how i made it on 190rev. its pretty boring http://190rev.net/forums/showthread.php?t=37295&highlight=lips pretty stoked i got 190 of the month for Dec, makes me feel bad i havnt done anything to the car in awhile. just fixed the stupid fan bearing thingy when it broke. |
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| Rattyben | Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:25 pm Post #29 |
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This is by far my favourite 190! I love the stance, and those wheels look absolutely amazing! ![]() Good work man!
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