Mercedes W124: Best Mods To Do 

Thank you for the kind words! I had considered replacing the fan clutch with electric fans but decided against it due to simplicity. With the rest of the cooling upgrades the fan clutch system was good enough.

@sorin Nogai ... +1. Agreed ... SoCal210 provides an expansive W210 & A124 resource page.

It looks like the factory windows that came on avant-garde w210s and other cars of that era

@@SoCal210 Did you buy it from local store? I'm thinking about importing it here and selling it as a service too. Couldn't find it online.

@@Memphis-15bs my installer had it in stock.

The cooling mods were probably the best thing I did to the car. Car has no chance of overheating this way under any circumstance and almost never retards timing. And no the car doesn’t run too cool either. Some people at Benzworld weren’t a big fan of my cooling mods because they’d rather have their car be original and overheat rather than improve it.

The thermostat has made the biggest difference. It prevents the car from overheating. The thermostat and the resistor are the 2 biggest things that drastically improve the cooling capabilities on this car. The boomers at benzworld don’t understand that this car runs too hot in warmer climates so they prefer to blow a headgasket instead of improving their car.

@@SoCal210 thanks !

Yes. The bottom section has to come out. It’s easy. No tools required. There’s some red clips at the bottom you undo.

@@SoCal210 Have you seen the video Vito’s Garage did on the keyless entry system ? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bxFBU2laKr4.html You think it’s safe to follow this guide?

Yeah looks like the same one I use

The way I did the LEDs I did not trip the light on the dash. I detailed it completely in my W124 LED guide video. I’m pretty certain that I went with the cabriolet specific bump stops.

There is a forum post out there. I can’t remember where but it is one of the Mercedes specific ones. Either Benzworld or MBworld.

The fender spacers are basically just nylon washers that sit between the fender and the body of the car that poke out the fenders a little bit more in order to clear to wider AMG wheels. It was recommended to do per AMG if installing wheels or body kits. The kit makes the front bumper and side skirt line up better as well. The original kit included all the washers and extended bolts. The kit is now NLA but there are some replica kits on eBay you can find. Sometimes you will come across new old stock too. Another option is going to your local hardware store and buying nylon washers and longer bolts. The original stuff was nothing fancy. The kits can be $100-200. My car does not have SLS. I do prefer the higher stance of the sport line springs but I found a great deal on my H&R. The lower stance does look good even though navigating through bad roads, dips, and driveways is pretty stressful. Good thing it is not my daily driver. Since there is no SLS I put matching Koni adjustable shocks in the rear as well. As far as I know in the USA only wagons and 500E’s came standard with SLS. It was optional on sedans. I have never seen a US cabriolet with SLS, only euro cars.

AMG fender spacers do not line up the rear fender edge with the original side skirt. They are a mismatch. Furthermore they open up a gap inside the fender allowing road mud and water to fill up the exposed cavities. I can not recommend them for this reason, however they are needed if you fit the AMG wheels. If you have AMG side skirts the AMG fender spacers might line up better, but as only poor quality bond on copies are now available I can not comment.

On the original side skirts you are able to add a spacer there as well which allows it to line up. I have personally seen it and it looks good. The original AMG side skirts are molded to line up with the fender spacers. Copies may or may not implement this as well.

@@SoCal210 +1 Agreed. . Of the W124 chassis cars, SLS was optionally fitted to the wagon & V8 sedans yet standard fitment to the 5.0 V8 500 E / E500 sedan range .. (North America at least) . . P.S. My '94 Coupe is fitted with OE Sportline coil springs & OE Bilstein (B4+) Sportline Dampers. . A bit troublesome to locate back in 2016,, but.

It is the Wincos ceramic tint in 70%

They can be upgraded but the dimensions are a little weird. I didn’t change mine yet

I didn’t lol. About -3 in the rear. I haven’t had any uneven wear so far. A good alignment will help minimize the camber wear. If you want to get it back to factory specification you will need to replace the camber arms with adjustable ones.

@@SoCal210 yep..that's what I figure...mine has more negative than yours..LOL ( can't remember how much). However , i do drive a lot!!!! so i have to change rear tires every years !!! ( getting ready for a 1400 miles trip tomorrow (FL to Maine)

4 in the front, 2 in the rear

Thanks! Other mod for me was the rear view mirror with auto tint, compass, and garage buttons from 2phast in the forums

That is a mod I wanted to do as well but requires running a wire through the a pillar on the cabriolet which I didn’t want to do because it is very likely the a pillar will be damaged when removed because of the brittle plastic backing. On all the other models it’s much simpler.

Zerex g05. The yellow one

In one of your videos you show the resistor on a 4 pin plug which i have on my car hod do i install it cant find that video no more

Found it thank s anyway nice car keep it up

Yes "Wincos" is the brand it is the 70% ceramic tint

@@SoCal210 thanks a bunch!