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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 มี.ค. 2017
- Mercedes c126 560SEC seat restoration at an affordable price.
Call Michael Curl at Glass Pro Systems: michaelcurl54@gmail.com and for resewing leather seats and other needs talk to City Upholstery in Havelock NC. Good guys (and gals) all around. - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Absolutely amazing job Matt , I didn't think they could have restored the seats to such a high level , wowza the Merc looks so cool 😎 love the blue leather colour.
I must now give my car a bit of TLC hav purchased leather cleaner and leather conditioner etc
The best car in the world is the one that makes one feel the best. And that one is definitely the best car in the world for you. Helluva nice. What would AC3 say? MINTY, MINTY, MINTY!
Wow. That's seriously impressive. They did a great job. Enjoy👍
That is absolutely amazing WOW
She was already a beaut, now she's Miss World.
Nice job Dalton 😉
Nice video Matt ! Interior looks great.
Wow. An amazing job was done there. It looks beautiful.
And suddenly you realize a blue interior ages really well after 30 years. Black would have looked so dull and brown/tan is just dirty. I'm really surprised how good it looks and combined with the grey/blue car paint it's excellent.
Yes, sir. You are right. brown would be horrid. Black only nice if it was a 100% garaged car. I thought for sure I would end up not liking the blue interior and yet it is the complete opposite. I love it! Couldn't be happier with the color combo.
Wow, now I'm watching and following your car's transformation, lol... This is cool... Wow...
Huge improvement!
Love it!
Very nice job! Don approved
I never thought you could repair cracked leather . Impressive work
Jens Roßbroich Yes it's something that takes skill and that means practice so I wasn't about to do it myself. The seat restoration cost me less than $500 including leather repair and color, seam resewn, seats removal, etc.
Matt Stevens I think the 4xzz$ are well spend
that car looks mint!
It needs a few things. Later this tear I will try and find some plastic pieces that are needed inside. Those are tough as nails to track down.
This makes me wanna get one of these vintage benzos ive been thinking about it for a while. I didnt know you could restore the leather like this either. I always thought they put new leather on it somehow.
They basically degrease and sand the surface, provided the leather is not split then they either use elastomeric paint, dye, or aerosol paint as used in this case. If you can find an older benz with MB tex you are golden. The real nightmare with vintage mercedes is the electrical system, followed by the vacuum controls. Don't forget the Mercedes achilles heel the timing chain and guides.
Add that on top of what happens to every other thirty year old car dried out rubber mounts, hardened and leaking seals, ball joints that are fine but dust boots that are split or gone which will accelerate their eventual failure. All the rubber hoses, from power steering, to cooling and eventually AC hoses need to be addressed. And if the car sat... valves can rust open, cylinders can rust causing broken rings, even if you don't have rust issues old deteriorated gasoline that has broken down can cause valves to stick and get bent due to engine interference. Seals can dry out or tear leaving the engine to leak like the exxon valdez. Old cars can be fun, but they are a pain in the ass.
It's amazing what they can do now days.
Dunno if it's the light there but the front seats still look a bit purple very nice still.
Mario-uk They match
stellar Job!
Kudos to you Sir! You have impeccable taste in Automobiles!
I seem to recall that the leather for the seats is selected from the underside of the neck of the cows. Because it is out of the weather, it’s softer. I also have a 1989 SEC. They are a gorgeous car.
⚹ on wheels matt that car is so you,hope you enjoy many years motoring. 👍
amazing
how is the seat dye holding up so far mate at any wear yet
Love the Bruno Sacco design SECs. He certainly has done a great job. Wow ummm it was an electric blue till corrected wasn’t it.... glad you had that fixed. The mismatch Would have looked very obvious had you left it.... it would had really detracted from the car.
Yup. I am thankful he recognized his error and agreed to redo his work.
Very nice and clean. But just some friendly comments... Have you tried putting some periodic 126 alloys on like the AMG aero 1s or Pentas. They look so much better, fresh from the showroom look back in 87 (again friendly comments) 😃 also is that a W140 steering wheel
No, never tried any other wheels. The steering wheel is from an early 124, which is plug and play. Smaller wheel so better handling.
Dream car
Best benzo
Looks good Curl did my front seats in a 2000 Jaguar XJ8, they looked good for about 8 monthes. How long did yours hold up.
I sold the car not long after because I had to move overseas. However i purchased a new SEC when I returned. I have had it 18 months now.
I can tell your camera doesn’t do justice lol I feel I need to be there bc this car is fukn beautiful
Thanks. No question it was night and day. Just awesome once finished.
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Menudo cochazo...q suerte de encontrar uno así de bien
Wow gorgeous. How durable is the repair?
Thanks. Frankly, I do not know. I guess it'll take years to find out. But they did go above and beyond and in talking to people who know about this sort of thing I am told they did it right. So fingers crossed.
Just a bit. A little bit. A bit of work
how much was the tear repair? and the leather repair and color match?
I m not sure exactly at this point. Seems like a million years ago. :) Maybe 125 for the seat repair and around 350 for the leather refurbish and color match.
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Thanks :)
Where have you gone Matt?
Damien Walsh I will be back in four weeks.
Moshi Moshi Mercedes clean interior very good for Chinese girl impressing!
Bay a Hunday and a tudor.
has the dye worn off yet
im also curious about this as well.
Curious as well, I used the same guy on my Jaguar X308 & it lasted maybe 8-10 mo.s.
Keep this car forever. But get the mechanicals perfect. Change trans fluid, then Do it again after 15000 miles.fluid should only ever be clear!
AsocalRedneck I cannot reply to you because you have replies blocked or shut off with you YT or Google+ account. The answer is NO fading. They are perfect.
Love your car Matt but please take that German sticker off the back, it looks so tacky
W19 ELY It covers a scratch 😉
W19 ELY noo keep it .Present my country😂
Can you recommend me his contact please ?do you want to sell the car please ?
Hi, Imad. Are you in the USA or outside? I actually sold that car back in 2017 when I moved to China. I moved back the end of 2018 and bought a black 500 SEC. An even nicer one. :-)