Mercedes-Benz W108 280SEL Full Retrim

This Mercedes-Benz W109 280SEL is quite a unique vehicle to come through our doors. To the average joe, this W109 may look factory (aside from the fresh interior retrim). Our customer requested a few things to be done differently and also accommodate some creature comforts.

Starting with the carpets, usually, a Mercedes of this era would have twin loop carpets, however, our customer has chosen a more modern black velour carpet with black vinyl binding. Velour carpets such as these are found in modern Mercedes such as R129 and W124 models from the late 80s and early 90s.

The seats are next, and like all of our classic Mercedes-Benz retrims, these are bespoke and made by our extremely talented trimmers.

The original seats were in terrible condition, which is expected for cars of this age. However, we got to work picking these apart and starting from new. Muirhead black leather and black basket weave leather were selected for the front and rear seats. The same leather can be found elsewhere in the car: on the dashboard, the lower dash and all four door cards.

For the centre console, we have created something rather unique. The customer supplied us with a fabricated centre console now featuring 2 cup holders and window switch blanks. More adjustments were made here at d:class from our fabrication team and then was retrimmed in leather.

The under dash saw more changes, where two air vents have been installed and a magnetic wireless charger. The under-dash console again came to us prefabricated but was not ready to be trimmed and fitted. More work was carried out on it to ensure the wireless charger fitted correctly.

Lastly, a Bluetooth device has been installed near the A-pillar, enabling phone calls and voice controls for mobile devices whilst on the move.

These few modern creature comforts mean our customer can enjoy their pride and joy without having to spoil the look with a mobile phone and charger dangling from the windscreen.