Update with my car

02S430 · 04-12-2012, 10:03 PM

well ive been working on my car since I plan on keeping it a while and its been paid off for a few years now and hasn't given me any problems, this is what it looked like when I got it in Jan '06, I quickly tinted it and updated the lights. I then added 19's rims

By dieselc014 at 2012-04-12

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02S430 · 04-12-2012, 10:04 PM

And this is how it stands today April '12. retinted 5% and 35% windshield, OEM AMG Bumpers and Quad exhaust, AMG 8 piston front 4 piston rear calipers. 20" wheels 255/35/20 285/30/20, lowered on links

By dieselc014 at 2012-04-12

s5benzo · 04-12-2012, 11:22 PM

shes a beauty 02s. i want to put a amg kit on my 220 as well , it looks amazing.

desired_speeds · 04-13-2012, 12:42 AM

facelifted 220s are stunningly beautiful. Looks like you changed the hood/grill too, I think the grill makes a huge difference.

Tuscan1311 · 04-13-2012, 12:45 AM

He the car is beautiful man great work. Question? I have a 03 s500 how much cos for the look and does the bumpers come with the parking sensors or not thanks . Again car looks reslly nice

divindra · 04-13-2012, 12:56 AM

That looks great! Too bad you had to get the yellow Plates. I recently updated mines as well. Shall post pics tomorrow

S600Keith · 04-13-2012, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Tuscan1311

He the car is beautiful man great work. Question? I have a 03 s500 how much cos for the look and does the bumpers come with the parking sensors or not thanks . Again car looks reslly nice

Is this English? Why is it when I read this I am reading with a Eastern European accent?

But I digress. The car looks nice 02s. I have to ask...are you missing the chrome trim at the top of the bumper cover? Will the trim from the orig bumper not fit? The AMG treatment is definitely sweeter than the original groundwork. Very nice stuff. Did you lower it a bit also?

Keith

Das Geld 2 · 04-13-2012, 01:12 AM

Looking good chris!

I know how much work you put into it!

02S430 · 04-13-2012, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by desired_speeds

facelifted 220s are stunningly beautiful. Looks like you changed the hood/grill too, I think the grill makes a huge difference.

Yes I changed the hood and grille too all OEM parts, alot of them sourced from here and eBay

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Originally Posted by Tuscan1311

He the car is beautiful man great work. Question? I have a 03 s500 how much cos for the look and does the bumpers come with the parking sensors or not thanks . Again car looks reslly nice

The impact strips on the w220s is where the sensors go bumpers wouldn't matter

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Originally Posted by divindra

That looks great! Too bad you had to get the yellow Plates. I recently updated mines as well. Shall post pics tomorrow

Haha the plate is actually white just bad lighting those new plates are UGLY!! Thanks!

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Originally Posted by S600Keith

Is this English? Why is it when I read this I am reading with a Eastern European accent?

But I digress. The car looks nice 02s. I have to ask...are you missing the chrome trim at the top of the bumper cover? Will the trim from the orig bumper not fit? The AMG treatment is definitely sweeter than the original groundwork. Very nice stuff. Did you lower it a bit also?Keith

Yea it's missing The chrome strips, the ones i ordered from parts.com are to short! Appearently there's two different lenghts the one I got are an inch short, The car is lowered on links! Thanks all! this project has taken me a while but only because I Simply refuse to only use OEM parts down to the clips that hold the lower grilles on bumper ! Nothing after market here !

02S430 · 04-13-2012, 02:15 AM

My next project is what you all need to stay tune for

SFBIGBODY415 · 04-13-2012, 05:40 AM

Very nice love it looks clean and simple. I want to update my front bumper and hood also. Makes a big difference compared to my 00 sport front. Wow u tinted the front that's crazy how many tickets u get?

02S430 · 04-13-2012, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by SFBIGBODY415

Very nice love it looks clean and simple. I want to update my front bumper and hood also. Makes a big difference compared to my 00 sport front. Wow u tinted the front that's crazy how many tickets u get?

None knock on wood

haoz129 · 04-13-2012, 03:56 PM

Chris,

Works done amazingly well. Looks really beautiful.
Really want the AMG brakes, soooooo sweet.

Here is a question from my daughter: why there is a diaper on the rear bumper, the black thing in the last picture?

Howard

02S430 · 04-13-2012, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by haoz129

Chris,

Works done amazingly well. Looks really beautiful.
Really want the AMG brakes, soooooo sweet.

Here is a question from my daughter: why there is a diaper on the rear bumper, the black thing in the last picture?

Howard

Parallel parking in NYC is brutal on a cars bumper, it protects from scratches from people that have no depth perception and hit your bumper to Measure distance to fit in to a spot.

02S430 · 04-15-2012, 10:38 PM

By dieselc014 at 2012-04-15

2k2s430 · 04-16-2012, 07:35 AM

Did you trim the rear bumper for the AMG quad tips? Where did you buy the exhaust? The car looks good!!!!!

AH1W-COBRA · 04-16-2012, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by 02S430

Parallel parking in NYC is brutal on a cars bumper, it protects from scratches from people that have no depth perception and hit your bumper to Measure distance to fit in to a spot.

i didnt notice it till it was mentioned, the diaper is a great idea. i am a MB purist and im rarely impressed by "mods". your work is "factory" in appearance and the car looks beautiful. even the wheels have good taste and dont reak of Rap star recognition. im sure when people see it on the road the little voice in their head says "i want one of those someday"!

02S430 · 04-16-2012, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by 2k2s430

Did you trim the rear bumper for the AMG quad tips? Where did you buy the exhaust? The car looks good!!!!!

You could do it but i didnt the bumper fits around the tips, thanks!

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Originally Posted by AH1W-COBRA

i didnt notice it till it was mentioned, the diaper is a great idea. i am a MB purist and im rarely impressed by "mods". your work is "factory" in appearance and the car looks beautiful. even the wheels have good taste and dont reak of Rap star recognition. im sure when people see it on the road the little voice in their head says "i want one of those someday"!

Thanks for the kind words, and since I got it out of the body shop its been a head turner by people walking by and driving by, might also be because its never dirty. Its my second job keeping it clean

mercy-me · 04-16-2012, 11:58 AM

Nice look! Wheels look to be nicely tucked into wells. I may have missed it earlier but what is the brand of wheel and offsets front and rear.

Tuscan1311 · 04-18-2012, 06:26 PM

He man i just saw this car while at work. I drive the city bus and passed by it parked eith its diaper on. Only kidding. These pics does it no justice. Car is beautiful i stood for 2 red lights to check it out, the passengers didnt mind at all. The car is niceand good job fixing it up. Well back to work, another round trip from va hospital.

da boss · 05-31-2012, 11:47 PM

04-12-2012, 10:04 PM	#2
02S430 MBWorld Fanatic! 2002 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Join Date: May 2006 Location: NYC/FT Lauderdale Posts: 1,973 Drives: M113 E43	And this is how it stands today April '12. retinted 5% and 35% windshield, OEM AMG Bumpers and Quad exhaust, AMG 8 piston front 4 piston rear calipers. 20" wheels 255/35/20 285/30/20, lowered on links By dieselc014 at 2012-04-12 By dieselc014 at 2012-04-12 By dieselc014 at 2012-04-12 __________________ 55k engine/tranny \| 82mm TB \| Kleeman pulley \| looped fuel rail \| 550 injectors \| ASP idler pulleys \| colder plugs \| EC HE \| meiziere pump \| MBH LTH \| 3" exhaust with secondary cat and resonator delete " I dont drive fast, I FLY low" "Its not that the BMW driver sucked, its just the AMG is powered by satan in mechanical form" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGQEdCjc58g Last edited by 02S430; 04-12-2012 at 10:21 PM.

04-13-2012, 12:42 AM	#4
desired_speeds MBWorld Fanatic! Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 1,800 Drives: 02 E55 & 04 E55	facelifted 220s are stunningly beautiful. Looks like you changed the hood/grill too, I think the grill makes a huge difference. __________________ W210 \| W211 FOR SALE: (2) two w211 OEM heat exchangers. will take best offer!

04-13-2012, 01:12 AM	#8
Das Geld 2 MBWorld Fanatic! Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,499	Looking good chris! I know how much work you put into it! __________________ -I do not see why man should not be just as cruel as nature. -A fisherman always sees another fisherman from afar. -The plaque for the alternates is down in the ladies room.

04-13-2012, 02:15 AM	#10
02S430 MBWorld Fanatic! 2002 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Join Date: May 2006 Location: NYC/FT Lauderdale Posts: 1,973 Drives: M113 E43	My next project is what you all need to stay tune for __________________ 55k engine/tranny \| 82mm TB \| Kleeman pulley \| looped fuel rail \| 550 injectors \| ASP idler pulleys \| colder plugs \| EC HE \| meiziere pump \| MBH LTH \| 3" exhaust with secondary cat and resonator delete " I dont drive fast, I FLY low" "Its not that the BMW driver sucked, its just the AMG is powered by satan in mechanical form" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGQEdCjc58g

04-13-2012, 05:40 AM	#11
SFBIGBODY415 Senior Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: San Francisco Posts: 312 Drives: 2000 mercedes benz s430	Very nice love it looks clean and simple. I want to update my front bumper and hood also. Makes a big difference compared to my 00 sport front. Wow u tinted the front that's crazy how many tickets u get? Last edited by SFBIGBODY415; 04-13-2012 at 05:43 AM.

04-12-2012, 11:22 PM	#3
s5benzo Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Sacramento Posts: 119 Drives: 02 S500 , 05 s600 designo espresso edition	shes a beauty 02s. i want to put a amg kit on my 220 as well , it looks amazing.

04-13-2012, 12:45 AM	#5
Tuscan1311 Member 2003 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: middletown new york Posts: 139 Drives: S500 4 matic	He the car is beautiful man great work. Question? I have a 03 s500 how much cos for the look and does the bumpers come with the parking sensors or not thanks . Again car looks reslly nice

04-13-2012, 12:56 AM	#6
divindra Junior Member 2001 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 24 Drives: Mercedes S500 w220	That looks great! Too bad you had to get the yellow Plates. I recently updated mines as well. Shall post pics tomorrow

04-13-2012, 03:56 PM	#13
haoz129 Senior Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 339 Drives: MB 2003 S600. Volvo 2003 XC70.	Chris, Works done amazingly well. Looks really beautiful. Really want the AMG brakes, soooooo sweet. Here is a question from my daughter: why there is a diaper on the rear bumper, the black thing in the last picture? Howard

04-15-2012, 10:38 PM	#15
02S430 MBWorld Fanatic! 2002 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Join Date: May 2006 Location: NYC/FT Lauderdale Posts: 1,973 Drives: M113 E43	By dieselc014 at 2012-04-15 By dieselc014 at 2012-04-15 By dieselc014 at 2012-04-15 __________________ 55k engine/tranny \| 82mm TB \| Kleeman pulley \| looped fuel rail \| 550 injectors \| ASP idler pulleys \| colder plugs \| EC HE \| meiziere pump \| MBH LTH \| 3" exhaust with secondary cat and resonator delete " I dont drive fast, I FLY low" "Its not that the BMW driver sucked, its just the AMG is powered by satan in mechanical form" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGQEdCjc58g

04-16-2012, 07:35 AM	#16
2k2s430 Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Grosse Pointe, Michigan Posts: 128 Drives: 2002 S430 Sport Pkg	Did you trim the rear bumper for the AMG quad tips? Where did you buy the exhaust? The car looks good!!!!!

04-16-2012, 11:58 AM	#19
mercy-me Junior Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Just north of Detroit,Michigan Posts: 16 Drives: 2001 S430	Nice look! Wheels look to be nicely tucked into wells. I may have missed it earlier but what is the brand of wheel and offsets front and rear.

04-18-2012, 06:26 PM	#20
Tuscan1311 Member 2003 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: middletown new york Posts: 139 Drives: S500 4 matic	He man i just saw this car while at work. I drive the city bus and passed by it parked eith its diaper on. Only kidding. These pics does it no justice. Car is beautiful i stood for 2 red lights to check it out, the passengers didnt mind at all. The car is niceand good job fixing it up. Well back to work, another round trip from va hospital.

05-31-2012, 11:47 PM	#21
da boss Senior Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Salinas, Ca Posts: 293 Drives: 2002 s500 sport package	__________________ [IMG][/IMG] 2002 sport package Lorinser on 20x8.5 Maya Mrs and 20x10 custom paint diamond white,06 headlights, taillights, turn signals\|35% tint\|lowering links\|painted grill, custom interior

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