bish0p

hi. i'm an owner of a 202 and am currently fabricating a custom cold air intake for my car. i would have to advise against any of the cheap ebay intakes. K&N is a good filter but not for our car. The MAF is extremely sensitive and it will trigger the CEL. AEM has a dryflow filter that doesnt use oil, that's what i'm using. The Secret weapon R has a good intake but it's not a cold air intake. Currently no one makes a cold air intake. It would give you a louder sound because it's sucking in a lot more air, but it's only sucking a lot more HOT air from the engine bay. It's really up to you what you want to do with it. but you would have to custom your own intake if you want better performance. What i'm doing is running the intake all the way down to the bumper right behind the foglight hole in the bumper. If you want any more information you can PM me or you can check out club202.com

BayAreaMBZ408

hey all sorry i havent been on.
any ways i didnt get the intake because i had to replace my stock 90amp Alt to a 180 Alt.Now that i saved some little money i want to go with a Cold air intake. I have found one but seems kinda cheap as in quality for a My MBZ.and i read the posts you guys have wrote and some say that the K&N Intake is not the way to go? does anyone know of a good Cold air intake???

heres the link to the intake i was talking about
http://www.autodirectsave.com/prod/P...take_Kit/17796

thanks

PhilipM1

That company just seems to sell whatever to who ever. I put in my car and it said I could get a cold air intake. If anyone knows the w201 chasis that would impossible. Its already set up for a "cold air" intake. It already pulls air from the outside, and it pulls it from air coming from the 2 fans.

I wouldnt buy from them. I guess K&N isnt popular for some. I love them. Green Filters arent oil based. I guess thats better. I never heard of them really. But Ive never heard of anything bad from what Ive heard.

Get a new filter. I have 36k on my K&N and it runs fine. I guess a green filter would be btter. I cant compaire ive never used the green ones. You might want to look into getting a chip for your car. There more exspensive. But they do alot more.

BayAreaMBZ408

bump anyone????

BayAreaMBZ408

oh so how much would you think a chip would cost? and is anyone selling a ECU chip on this forum? Also what kind of brand should i look for?Any sites i can go and compare prices?

thanks all u have been great help!

PhilipM1

There are sponsers on the forum. I cant say anything for who to use. hopefully someone has a chip already and share some experice one the + - and cost. I drive a 190e without EFI so I cant chip it.

Search the forum under the w202 threads and see if anyone has already had this conversation.

benz rider

A friend and former C280 owner put in a chip and Remus exhaust and ended up breaking teeth on his defferential. $5000.00 to repair. traded it in. but that was also because he added 20's inch wheels to it...bad idea. too much torch to turn those wheels.

these cars (C's) are light weight benz's. they are not designed to take all the aftermarket goodies unless you got the loot to upgrade that differential before you add all the horsepower.

good luck.

troy@kronen

BayAreaMBZ408 PM sent.

BayAreaMBZ408

hey all thanks so much for you help!! I;am going to go with a cold air intake from ebay and maybe upgrade to a chip later on.I'll been on a look out for some new rims but cant seem to find some that would look good on c220.I looked into some Barbus Replicas Vi.Does any one have some rims w/tires for sale would prefer 18" or 19" black or chrome THANKS ALOT!!
my budget for rims/tires is around 800-900 thanks

BayAreaMBZ408

bump can some one plz help me with some rims that would look good on my
C220 or has any rims for sale 18" or 19" w/tires!

thanks

Kum

Hi
Check these out:

http://www.club202.com/forums/showth...?threadid=8601


http://www.club202.com/forums/showth...threadid=12450


http://www.club202.com/forums/showth...threadid=11739

Regards!

DarkCreep

Chrome Fender flairs
Purple Tint
Extra loud exhaust, the more mufflers the better.
Altezzas
Clear head lights from eBay
Big MBZ logo on the hood
Vinyls on the side of the car
Paint the air vents red
Hood scoops, they dont have to be functional. Auto Zone has them for $19.99
12" Aluminum wing
Darth Vader body kit.



All those parts installed will add like 60 to 70 wheel horsepower. Trust man.

PhilipM1

If you do all that... dont forget the custom licence plate "RAH STYLE" That alone is like 15 more horse by itself.

custommandan

i recently purchased a 96 c220 and i'm in the steps of customizing it. i own a custom autobody and cycle shop in englewood. i've come across alot of rep dealers with some really good body kits for the c220. so contact me and maybe you'll be interested in one of these kits. some of them are still prodotypes but thats what they need is someone to help market them. you won't get it for free but the price is way low and some of the companies help with the install and paint cost for promo. if your interested email me back and i'll give you more info and my company name.i've never owned a cedes before so this is going to be an adventer for me.most of my latest where honda , beemers, toyos and mazdas. so email if ur interested

customman
dan