Mercedes Benz W123 suspension and interior restoration.

Having all the body works almost completed, I started to tackle the suspension and interior section. As part of the vision in building this car, I replaced most of the fast moving parts of this car. Surprisingly the parts’ price were not too expensive.

Razan my second son was so happy that day :)

At the same time I started to source the original Palomino interior for my car. Typically 1986 W123 came with velour type of interior, but I don’t like this kind of fabric because it is very difficult to maintain and very difficult to remove stain from it, the other thing is when touch to your skin it will make you itchy.

It was quite a challenge to get the full Palomino set, many MB W123 enthusiasts told me that Palomino is one of the most preferred color scheme, that’s why it’s very rare to find.

With the help of good friend of mind Wilfi Thalib and Irwan Dwiputranto, I managed to get two set of Palomino interiors. And Joshua Autoworks helped me in cleaning, repairing and installing it  to my car.

Selecting the best parts!



Cleaning and repairing at Joshua Autoworks

Only best parts are installed



All hands on deck!

Final detail is important!

Balancing and aligning

Details are everything

Polishing the head cover

Pheeew it wasn't easy

Polishing all the chrome parts 1

Polishing all the chrome parts 2

Polishing all the chrome parts 3

Boy, it was a very long and tedious process, thank god all the job is done now, only few things are left; Replacing the exhaust pipe, installing new window film, fixing the air conditioner, and polishing the front side windscreen.