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| NZ Benz Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: New Zealand Vehicle(s): 1993 300SEL/S320 Posts: 2555  | ||
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| RE: Interesting Website nice find NZ Benz.  That looks really nice.  | ||
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| NZ Benz Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: New Zealand Vehicle(s): 1993 300SEL/S320 Posts: 2555 | ||
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| RE: Interesting Website NZ Benz - 5/17/2006 10:41 PM Thanks, could almost be my car if I added the V12 logos. haha, yes, you are quite right. It looks a lot like yours. I like those rims. They made the car look much better than the kind that they give us in the US.  Mercedes-Benz North America did not even offer the US these rims on the W140. Every W140 and C140 had the different W140 rims. These rims came on the W210 E class here, but not on the 140. The European, Asian, and Middle Eastern Specifications of the 140 all had these rims avalible. Those rims look good anyway... | ||
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| NZ Benz Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: New Zealand Vehicle(s): 1993 300SEL/S320 Posts: 2555 | RE: Interesting Website 1996_S500 - 5/18/2006 9:33 AM NZ Benz - 5/17/2006 10:41 PM Thanks, could almost be my car if I added the V12 logos. haha, yes, you are quite right. It looks a lot like yours. I like those rims. They made the car look much better than the kind that they give us in the US. Mercedes-Benz North America did not even offer the US these rims on the W140. Every W140 and C140 had the different W140 rims. These rims came on the W210 E class here, but not on the 140. The European, Asian, and Middle Eastern Specifications of the 140 all had these rims avalible. Those rims look good anyway... Really they were an option here, dantes grand has them I guess that was a special model though. | |
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| RE: Interesting Website NZ Benz - 5/18/2006 1:33 PM 1996_S500 - 5/18/2006 9:33 AM NZ Benz - 5/17/2006 10:41 PM Thanks, could almost be my car if I added the V12 logos. haha, yes, you are quite right. It looks a lot like yours. I like those rims. They made the car look much better than the kind that they give us in the US. Mercedes-Benz North America did not even offer the US these rims on the W140. Every W140 and C140 had the different W140 rims. These rims came on the W210 E class here, but not on the 140. The European, Asian, and Middle Eastern Specifications of the 140 all had these rims avalible. Those rims look good anyway... Really they were an option here, dantes grand has them I guess that was a special model though. no, Dante's grand has AMG monoblock rims.  | ||
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| NZ Benz Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: New Zealand Vehicle(s): 1993 300SEL/S320 Posts: 2555 | RE: Interesting Website 1996_S500 - 5/18/2006 6:35 PM NZ Benz - 5/18/2006 1:33 PM 1996_S500 - 5/18/2006 9:33 AM NZ Benz - 5/17/2006 10:41 PM Thanks, could almost be my car if I added the V12 logos. haha, yes, you are quite right. It looks a lot like yours. I like those rims. They made the car look much better than the kind that they give us in the US. Mercedes-Benz North America did not even offer the US these rims on the W140. Every W140 and C140 had the different W140 rims. These rims came on the W210 E class here, but not on the 140. The European, Asian, and Middle Eastern Specifications of the 140 all had these rims avalible. Those rims look good anyway... Really they were an option here, dantes grand has them I guess that was a special model though. no, Dante's grand has AMG monoblock rims. :cool: Oh there is a difference  . So mine must be the S600 wheels or a copy of them and his are the AMGs? | |
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| RE: Interesting Website NZ Benz - 5/18/2006 3:48 PM 1996_S500 - 5/18/2006 6:35 PM NZ Benz - 5/18/2006 1:33 PM 1996_S500 - 5/18/2006 9:33 AM NZ Benz - 5/17/2006 10:41 PM Thanks, could almost be my car if I added the V12 logos. haha, yes, you are quite right. It looks a lot like yours. I like those rims. They made the car look much better than the kind that they give us in the US. Mercedes-Benz North America did not even offer the US these rims on the W140. Every W140 and C140 had the different W140 rims. These rims came on the W210 E class here, but not on the 140. The European, Asian, and Middle Eastern Specifications of the 140 all had these rims avalible. Those rims look good anyway... Really they were an option here, dantes grand has them I guess that was a special model though. no, Dante's grand has AMG monoblock rims. :cool: Oh there is a difference . So mine must be the S600 wheels or a copy of them and his are the AMGs?well, the wheels on that S600 are not exclusive to the S600. They were avalible for any W140 sold everywhere Except the US. I believe they were factory options. yea, Dantefr's S500 Grand came standard with his AMG rims because that was the way Mercedes-Benz made the limited production Grand Edition. It was part of the package. | ||
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| NZ Benz Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: New Zealand Vehicle(s): 1993 300SEL/S320 Posts: 2555 | ||
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| RE: Interesting Website NZ Benz - 5/18/2006 6:36 PM ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sorry thats what I meant, I think that they look like 17' ones? When you had a 600 what did yours have because I have seen 600s with the regular wheels and not even chromed ones like yours, in fact I don't think we even have the chrome ones here. yea, Chrome rims were not standard on these cars. You had to get them chromed elsewhere, buy chrome replicas, or get ripped off from MB, and buying them from MB. My 1997 S600's rims looked like this. I snagged this pic off of eBay. (1997-1999 Rims.jpg) Attachments ----------------  1997-1999 Rims.jpg (57KB - 1 downloads) | ||
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| NZ Benz Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: New Zealand Vehicle(s): 1993 300SEL/S320 Posts: 2555 | ||
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| RE: Interesting Website NZ Benz - 5/18/2006 6:49 PM 1996_S500 - 5/18/2006 9:45 PM NZ Benz - 5/18/2006 6:36 PM ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sorry thats what I meant, I think that they look like 17' ones? When you had a 600 what did yours have because I have seen 600s with the regular wheels and not even chromed ones like yours, in fact I don't think we even have the chrome ones here. yea, Chrome rims were not standard on these cars. You had to get them chromed elsewhere, buy chrome replicas, or get ripped off from MB, and buying them from MB. My 1997 S600's rims looked like this. I snagged this pic off of eBay. Those are the later ones right? I have seen wheels off the w220 put on a W140 here and they look good. Ant thoughts on getting another W140? yea, I wanna get another S600 soon. Not too soon though, probably a couple of years or so. I loved my S 600 so much. It was a 1997 Brilliant Silver S600. Silver really looks great on the 140, but I wanted to try out black too. So far, this 1996 S500 is my third W140. | ||
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| NZ Benz Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: New Zealand Vehicle(s): 1993 300SEL/S320 Posts: 2555 | RE: Interesting Website 1996_S500 - 5/18/2006 10:17 PM NZ Benz - 5/18/2006 6:49 PM 1996_S500 - 5/18/2006 9:45 PM NZ Benz - 5/18/2006 6:36 PM ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sorry thats what I meant, I think that they look like 17' ones? When you had a 600 what did yours have because I have seen 600s with the regular wheels and not even chromed ones like yours, in fact I don't think we even have the chrome ones here. yea, Chrome rims were not standard on these cars. You had to get them chromed elsewhere, buy chrome replicas, or get ripped off from MB, and buying them from MB. My 1997 S600's rims looked like this. I snagged this pic off of eBay. Those are the later ones right? I have seen wheels off the w220 put on a W140 here and they look good. Ant thoughts on getting another W140? yea, I wanna get another S600 soon. Not too soon though, probably a couple of years or so. I loved my S 600 so much. It was a 1997 Brilliant Silver S600. Silver really looks great on the 140, but I wanted to try out black too. So far, this 1996 S500 is my third W140. :) You got your first one new didn't you? | |
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| RE: Interesting Website NZ Benz - 5/18/2006 7:30 PM 1996_S500 - 5/18/2006 10:17 PM NZ Benz - 5/18/2006 6:49 PM 1996_S500 - 5/18/2006 9:45 PM NZ Benz - 5/18/2006 6:36 PM ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sorry thats what I meant, I think that they look like 17' ones? When you had a 600 what did yours have because I have seen 600s with the regular wheels and not even chromed ones like yours, in fact I don't think we even have the chrome ones here. yea, Chrome rims were not standard on these cars. You had to get them chromed elsewhere, buy chrome replicas, or get ripped off from MB, and buying them from MB. My 1997 S600's rims looked like this. I snagged this pic off of eBay. Those are the later ones right? I have seen wheels off the w220 put on a W140 here and they look good. Ant thoughts on getting another W140? yea, I wanna get another S600 soon. Not too soon though, probably a couple of years or so. I loved my S 600 so much. It was a 1997 Brilliant Silver S600. Silver really looks great on the 140, but I wanted to try out black too. So far, this 1996 S500 is my third W140. :) You got your first one new didn't you? Actually, I got my 1st and 2nd W140s new. I got my White 1995 S500 new, and my Silver 1997 S600 new. I got my 1996 S500 Used. man, these cars are soooo good! | ||
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| NZ Benz Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: New Zealand Vehicle(s): 1993 300SEL/S320 Posts: 2555 | RE: Interesting Website I think to be able to buy any W140 or S class for that matter brand new is a big accomplishment, not to mention the free car wash That cracks me up, I bet if you got a brand new low spec C class and sold it the next day and thus got free car washes for life you would earn the difference back. Edited by NZ Benz 5/18/2006 10:51 PM | |
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| RE: Interesting Website NZ Benz - 5/18/2006 7:44 PM I think to be able to buy any W140 or S class for that matter brand new is a big accomplishment, not to mention the free car wash That cracks me up, I bet if you got a brand new low spec C class and sold it the next day and thus got free car washes for life you would earn the difference back. :cheers:Thanks for the compliment NZ Benz, haha, yea, but you have to have the special sticker in order to get the carwashes, and also, it has to be a MB. But the other thing to remember is NZ Benz, is that too many carwashes are bad for your paint and rims, because of the acidic chemicals that they use.  | ||
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| NZ Benz Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: New Zealand Vehicle(s): 1993 300SEL/S320 Posts: 2555 | RE: Interesting Website 1996_S500 - 5/18/2006 11:05 PM NZ Benz - 5/18/2006 7:44 PM I think to be able to buy any W140 or S class for that matter brand new is a big accomplishment, not to mention the free car wash That cracks me up, I bet if you got a brand new low spec C class and sold it the next day and thus got free car washes for life you would earn the difference back. :cheers:Thanks for the compliment NZ Benz, haha, yea, but you have to have the special sticker in order to get the carwashes, and also, it has to be a MB. But the other thing to remember is NZ Benz, is that too many carwashes are bad for your paint and rims, because of the acidic chemicals that they use. :(I wash my car by hand whenever I get a chance. But sometimes I have to take in through the carwash. | |
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| RE: Interesting Website NZ Benz - 5/18/2006 8:28 PM 1996_S500 - 5/18/2006 11:05 PM NZ Benz - 5/18/2006 7:44 PM I think to be able to buy any W140 or S class for that matter brand new is a big accomplishment, not to mention the free car wash That cracks me up, I bet if you got a brand new low spec C class and sold it the next day and thus got free car washes for life you would earn the difference back. :cheers:Thanks for the compliment NZ Benz, haha, yea, but you have to have the special sticker in order to get the carwashes, and also, it has to be a MB. But the other thing to remember is NZ Benz, is that too many carwashes are bad for your paint and rims, because of the acidic chemicals that they use. :(I wash my car by hand whenever I get a chance. But sometimes I have to take in through the carwash. yea, I try to wash my Benz' by hand too. It is better for your them. Nothing but soap, and water. Every once in a while though, I take it to the free carwash. | ||
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| NZ Benz Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: New Zealand Vehicle(s): 1993 300SEL/S320 Posts: 2555 | RE: Interesting Website Washing my car takes me about 2 hours . By that time I wash and wax, do the windows, tyres etc. I think this obsession LOL | |
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| RE: Interesting Website NZ Benz - 5/18/2006 8:42 PM Washing my car takes me about 2 hours . By that time I wash and wax, do the windows, tyres etc. I think this obsession LOLAt least it is a good obsession. In the name of cars. Nice signature BTW. | ||
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