First Car show!
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2005 C230k Auto Sedan
First Car show!
Heya guys, I finnaly did all my mods I could afford for now, and figured what better way to get some shots of them all than at my first car show with my Baby Jhane.
Stuff I have official done as of today:
KW v2 Coilovers
Eisenmann exhaust ((82mm race))
Eurotech carbon fibre lip
20% tint all around
LED Underlights ((for night shows. 1000 different colors/patterns. I like blue))
Audiobahn Subs/Amp
Blacked out side impact strips
black grille
debadge
no front liscence plate
Need to get:
smoked out headlights, smoked out tail lights, amg rear deck lid, OEM illuminated door sills, maybe the DVD Nav, and some black OZ 17in rims for visual. For performance? Speed Innovation ECU tune, Kleeman headers/kbox/pulleys, sprintbooster. Possibly bore out cylinders/supercharger
It will all come in due time. Im happy with my baby so far!
Stuff I have official done as of today:
KW v2 Coilovers
Eisenmann exhaust ((82mm race))
Eurotech carbon fibre lip
20% tint all around
LED Underlights ((for night shows. 1000 different colors/patterns. I like blue))
Audiobahn Subs/Amp
Blacked out side impact strips
black grille
debadge
no front liscence plate
Need to get:
smoked out headlights, smoked out tail lights, amg rear deck lid, OEM illuminated door sills, maybe the DVD Nav, and some black OZ 17in rims for visual. For performance? Speed Innovation ECU tune, Kleeman headers/kbox/pulleys, sprintbooster. Possibly bore out cylinders/supercharger
It will all come in due time. Im happy with my baby so far!
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instead of blacking out your headlights and potentially being a hazard to yourself and those on the road, look into getting black housed projectors from ebay. nice job so far
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I know the speaker wires lok kinda riey. The box and whole etup is only temporary untill I can get something better going. I might be geting a custom job done for it but i havnt decided yet.
Alot of people have said smoking the lights could be dangerous. Maybe ill try and get/make some covers I can take off at night.
And.. Nothng happened to my bumper. Not sure what your seeing.. its clear and scratch/dent free. Maybe reflection from the concrete is messing with you?
edit: What do you guys think of the drop on the car?
Alot of people have said smoking the lights could be dangerous. Maybe ill try and get/make some covers I can take off at night.
And.. Nothng happened to my bumper. Not sure what your seeing.. its clear and scratch/dent free. Maybe reflection from the concrete is messing with you?
edit: What do you guys think of the drop on the car?
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I keep freaking out and think I am hearing rubbing sometimes when I take corners. Is it pretty typical for new installs of coilovers to squeek sometimes? I put them in myself last night.. ((took me 12 hours. Yeah.. it was slow)) .. and i just want to make sure I didnt mess anything up. I also noticed the wheels camber so the bottom is turned slightly more in than the top. Alignment is great though. :P
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Yeah. I did, it was used ((i wish i could have gotten brand new, but, one, I like the 05 with the supercharger better than the 06+ v6's. Its more fun when racing to say you got beaten by a 4,200lb 4 cylinder beast :P, and two, I had the cash to pay a used one off up front so I dont have to make payments! ^.^))
Ill get a bumper someday, but its really not bugging me TO much. I meen, I live in Wisconsin. I dont see many nice Mercedes cars around here. Alot of their SUV's though. :S
Ill get a bumper someday, but its really not bugging me TO much. I meen, I live in Wisconsin. I dont see many nice Mercedes cars around here. Alot of their SUV's though. :S
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looks like you have a long shopping list to do my friend..care to join Kleemann club? Nice clean ride, just a few comments about your car being a "show car" your sound system wiring look messed up you need to hide the wire if you wanna put the car on show. And the Led under light at night?? Do they still in fashion in America? 
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it's all good. whether used or new. just wondering what happened to the rear bumper that you are suppose to have.
check out your dealership and check with a service advisor that you are more familiar with...maybe...just maybe you can get the bumper for free. just go in a ask that how come the car doesn't have the right rear bumper.
did the previous owner tell you that the bumper was replaced? Or if you bought it from the dealership you can definitely argue that they did not tell you the rear bumper was changed.
check out your dealership and check with a service advisor that you are more familiar with...maybe...just maybe you can get the bumper for free. just go in a ask that how come the car doesn't have the right rear bumper.
did the previous owner tell you that the bumper was replaced? Or if you bought it from the dealership you can definitely argue that they did not tell you the rear bumper was changed.
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Its not a ricey LED. I know the diference. I understand alot of people dislike them, but they look really clean. Its something I have always liked. Personal taste I guess. And yes, as stated before, the entire setup in the trunk is only temporary anyways until I can figure out what sort of custom box I am going to build.
About the club, I am actually currently in a nice group of people here. Your going to laugh when I say the name, but they are a great group of people.
Meet the Night Ryderz.
Edit: I bought the car from a dealership, but not a mercedes dealership. It was a nice automotive collector/performance dealer. Normally he has alot of older american muscle, Trans Ams, Mustangs, GTO's, Corvettes, but occasionally he has a few imports/exotics. He had a little 1990 porshe there the other day.
Edit 2: Also for the LED's I dont know if I made it clear or not, But they are only ever turned on when the car is parked. NEVER when moving. Thats mildly retarded and just begging for negative comments.
About the club, I am actually currently in a nice group of people here. Your going to laugh when I say the name, but they are a great group of people.
Meet the Night Ryderz.
Edit: I bought the car from a dealership, but not a mercedes dealership. It was a nice automotive collector/performance dealer. Normally he has alot of older american muscle, Trans Ams, Mustangs, GTO's, Corvettes, but occasionally he has a few imports/exotics. He had a little 1990 porshe there the other day.
Edit 2: Also for the LED's I dont know if I made it clear or not, But they are only ever turned on when the car is parked. NEVER when moving. Thats mildly retarded and just begging for negative comments.
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cool bro, for the amps just build a wooden cover to hide the wiring in. Use black leather or gray carpet to wrap up the wooden cover and you are set for a clean tunk look. BTW how is audio bahn sounds? Hard to find one in Thailand. Their subs looks powerful.
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With the subs facing outward into open air with the trunk open they dont sound so great. Turn them to face your seat and they sound awsome. They are very clear and hit very nice. Not muddy at all. Little to no rattle with them as well.
Inside the car it sounds really good to. They mix in perfectly with the stock system. Just make sure you turn the trebel up a little or sometimes the bass will overpower everything else.
Edit: Thanks. I really like the ZEisenmann as well. Really adds alot to the car. So does the front lip. Those are the two things I get comments on the most. Well, those, and my LED's at night.
Inside the car it sounds really good to. They mix in perfectly with the stock system. Just make sure you turn the trebel up a little or sometimes the bass will overpower everything else.
Edit: Thanks. I really like the ZEisenmann as well. Really adds alot to the car. So does the front lip. Those are the two things I get comments on the most. Well, those, and my LED's at night.
Last edited by Stavlo; Apr 29, 2007 at 12:23 AM.
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carfax only records major accidents that went through the insurance I believe, so it doesn't mean that it's never been in an accident. It may have been minor, but they didn't use the correct bumper when they repaired it.
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Here's another scenario:
the car was a Loaner at the MB Dealership, and some bloke with a 2001-2004 C230K same color took the rear bumper off the '05 and swapped it with a the old bumper.
FREE Upgrade !
the car was a Loaner at the MB Dealership, and some bloke with a 2001-2004 C230K same color took the rear bumper off the '05 and swapped it with a the old bumper.
FREE Upgrade !
