Sharpen Your Pitchforks, This Is A Slammed Mercedes-Benz W108

"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo) 12/20/2013 at 12:55 • Filed to: Daily Turismo

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For better or worse the Mercedes-Benz W108 should be on your short list of good classic sedans to own and drive. Most W108s are somewhere between minty clean museum pieces and mouse eaten monsters, but seldom are they modified by the stance crowd.

Get out your pitchforks because this W108 is slammed on airbags and lower than the Fisker stock options. Find this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for sale in Folsom, CA for $12,200 via craigslist. Tip from Brian P.

It would be so easy to take the high road and say something like "this isn't DT's cup of tea, but someone will like it...." Nope. None of that crap today. Today, we draw a line in the sand and decide if this is awesome or if the builder should be singing the Folsom Prison Blues.

The easiest place to start is with the stance . Dropped to the bottom via remote controlled air bags the car looks just ridiculous...but...you can put it at a conventional ride height (like the pic above) and never drop it to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! levels. Time won't be dragging on when stuck in this prison...it will be the muffler.

The other thing this ad tells us is that the seller is an expert in photography...not that this says much about his car, but folks who take the time and effort to appreciate and take nice photos should be capable of taking care of a piece of vintage machinery.

Yikes! The rear wheel looks in pain....and the conclusion is...thumbs-up. With the press of a button you can piss off the purists or pickup your in-laws from the airport without looking like a douchebag. See another oddball stanced whip? !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

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Image credits; craigslist.

Party-vi > DailyTurismo 12/20/2013 at 12:56

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I love it.

Nibby > DailyTurismo 12/20/2013 at 12:57

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oldirtybootz > DailyTurismo 12/20/2013 at 12:57

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I try to takw the high road, I really do, but with this I can't. I don't even particularly like these cars, it's just the principle of it. Who ever did this deserves to get hit straight in the nuts with the car. Wheels don't fucking go that way!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > DailyTurismo 12/20/2013 at 12:59

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I say, why not make it drop to that height with the bags *without* making it also tilt in the rear wheels like a 'tard. Anybody?

mr2gud2u > Party-vi 12/20/2013 at 13:01

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Its bagged, so I'd daily drive it in a hot minute. Btw I love your avatar, Party.

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Textured Soy Protein > DailyTurismo 12/20/2013 at 13:13

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At least it's got original (or original-looking) wheels and tires and not some ridiculous deep dish rims with stretched tires.

EuroJosh > DailyTurismo 12/20/2013 at 13:24

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I don't see anything wrong with it, its not like this was a particularly fast car to start with, so its not like you're ruining anything. Drive around normally with it up, arrive at a show, drop it down and when its time to leave raise it right back up. No worries.

TheJWT > DailyTurismo 12/20/2013 at 13:26

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If it weren't for the ridiculous camber, I'd say that's a pretty good looking car

Party-vi > mr2gud2u 12/20/2013 at 13:47

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And I love crack, mr2gud2u

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > DailyTurismo 12/20/2013 at 13:47

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That picture up there that I have I feel is a kind of lowered W108. I actually think that when they aren't lowered to a underbody grinding kind of way, they actually look amazingly classy.

PS9 > DailyTurismo 12/20/2013 at 14:13

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My old boss loved old mercs the same way $kay loves GTs. If he saw this, he would die. But not before finding out who did this so they could die first.

In fact...Yeah. He needs to see this. Sent!

Nedus > DailyTurismo 12/28/2013 at 12:26

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I like the ride height, but the stance can fuck right off.

fintail > DailyTurismo 12/28/2013 at 12:45

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No pitchforks even from this MB traditionalist who doesn't love the stance movement. A 250S is an unloved base model car anyway, nobody would really be running to restore or preserve it, so have fun with it - beats having it rot away unused.

The air suspended models don't look much different when their suspensions fail (and they always do), which is amusing.

joemcm > DailyTurismo 12/28/2013 at 12:50

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correct

joemcm > DailyTurismo 12/28/2013 at 12:50

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Broken

gzdesign > DailyTurismo 12/28/2013 at 13:15

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1- Buy

2-Set springs on "regular driving height"

3-Enjoy a nicely restored classic.

-Tom- > DailyTurismo 12/28/2013 at 13:17

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I prefer if when I drive down the road people dont think my car is broken. Also, doing something JUST to piss other people off isnt "pushing the envelope" its being a douche.

01101001an > DailyTurismo 12/28/2013 at 13:18

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My old lowered w108...should never have sold it.

Scaggnetti > DailyTurismo 12/28/2013 at 13:19

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Smooth as butter. I would rock the shit out of this thing.

PardonMyFlemish16 > DailyTurismo 12/28/2013 at 16:07

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I hate it. Why do people do these things?

Blze001 > DailyTurismo 12/28/2013 at 17:16

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Y'know, if it wasn't for the outrageous camber, I'd love it.

SpeedSix > DailyTurismo 12/28/2013 at 18:03

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I'm a fan of classic Mercedes-Benzes, especially W108s, and this actually makes sense. Generally, I hate extreme camber on stanced cars, but the 250S was never designed to be a sports car, and the fact that this car uses air suspension means that you can raise the stance to your own levels of liking. This example even has hubcaps with the Mercedes-Benz logo in the style of the original color-matched hubcaps, which is I believe is one of the only two wheel styles that really work well on W108s, the other being the Fuchs alloy introduced in 1969.

Sunray09 > DailyTurismo 12/28/2013 at 18:37

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robdev-44 > DailyTurismo 12/28/2013 at 20:22

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I like it. I'd scrap the air bags and put in regular/slightly lowered springs. Nice car for $12k

pop9848989750 > Nedus 12/28/2013 at 20:26

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Your comment doesn't make sense, you like the stance of the car (how it sits/how low it is) but you don't like the stance?

Logan > joemcm 12/29/2013 at 03:13

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Kinja'd.

JohnPlayerSpecial > DailyTurismo 12/30/2013 at 00:21

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I actually love this. Since I'm in the area for the holidays, I might check it out in person...

Burrito de EJ25 > Party-vi 12/30/2013 at 02:23

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vanmoto42 > DailyTurismo 12/30/2013 at 04:23

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oh hell yeah. But, I think they broke the axles.

cesariojpn > Textured Soy Protein 01/01/2014 at 02:52

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The tires and rims are probably fucked to hell with the stancing over and over....

Casper > DailyTurismo 01/15/2014 at 14:24

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That poor car. I guess if it's on a really good AccuAir system it could still be driveable, but I would hate to guess how often he's replacing parts.