1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

I had one of these W123s back in the go-go 80s. In those days every 4th car driving down Kavanaugh was a Benz. Built like a tank but slow as shit. Lighter cars with McPherson struts were a lot more fun to drive. I got over it in a little over a year.

 

They're tanks tho. They use them as bush taxis in Africa. Insanely overbuilt like a Land Cruiser. That's back when MB set out to build the greatest car in the world.

 

From now on refer to me as instructor sperrunner.

 

In the early 80s, there was a financial bust in the Texas and Oklahoma oil patch that sent many MBs to market. Little Rock was blowing and going in those days so a bunch of people bought them fairly cheap. They were all over the place around here. Then poof they all disappeared. By then I was in NYC and lost track of anything back home.

 

Anyone know how to get these to match better? LED bulb for headlight? Have never messed with lighting really.

 

@CS_AR have you done this trail? It looks nice except there's apparently a deep mud hole to negotiate.

https://www.trailsoffroad.com/trails/5699-nowlin-hollow

 

Get a cool temp halogen bulb 6000k or so

 

Oh yea. Many times. I don't recall the Car Wash loop having any big mud holes. That is unless you drive by Union School and head toward Ozone. There is a terribly abused mud hole past the school. There is a bypass to the right of the mud hole that allows a SWB vehicle to pivot through it.

https://youtu.be/sQBoxxvT2wk

 

Ok, yeah, thats what the fogs are. So the k range of halogen and led will be similar? What is the headlight now, like 4k ish?

 

Yeah, halogens are usually in the 3500-4500k range

 

PIAA makes 6k halogen bulbs. Amost all of them are just a blue coating to tint the light. There's also a bunch of off brand ones on Amazon if you're feeling lucky.

You can put LED bulbs in the headlights but chances are the pattern will be dogshit, blind everyone, and fail to light up the road well

 

Sweet! Thanks!

Yeah, didn't want led headlights unless I had to.

 

yeeee

I learned way too much about color temp a couple jobs ago. Was asked to help plan an office build out and the color temp of the overhead lighting became a point of contention lol

 

Yeah, office stuff is crazy. I do the mechanical stuff for them but on finish I see all the architects running around making sure lights have right color and matching floor to floor, office to office and reflect off specific fabrics. Its kinda crazy. They even have this mood chart they use to make sure rec areas with pool tables and shit have the right colors vs media rooms vs collective rooms. They even have inspiration rooms. Super cool. Especially on demo when I take all the cool shit home.

 

Doesn't matter the source Kelvin is Kelvin

 

I'm a 4k man at home but 5700k man at work

 

Whos ready to learn some hvac lol

 

Fuck I miss demo for that reason so, so much

 

My AC doesn't cold good no more


Why no work?

 

Does anyone else absolutely loathe grocery shopping?

Thankfully I'm only 5 blocks from safeway and there's 3 bars between my house and having to walk in cramped aisles with spatially aware idiots