MBenzNL

After one of my friends got to drive my C270CDI home from stuttgart (525km - 325m drive @ high speeds) he figured he needed one as well and a couple of weeks back we finally picked one up for him...he bought a 2002 S203 C270CDI in opal black with the following factory options (amongst others):

- 189 opal black
- 201A anthracite leather interior
- 213 parameter power steering
- 220 parktronic
- 260 model designation delete
- 275 memory driverside seatl
- 345 rainsensor
- 352 comand
- 404 ortopedic driverside seat
- 414 sunroof
- 423 auto transmission
- 480 self levelling rear suspension
- 543 illuminated vanity mirrors
- 550 trailer hitch
- 581 digital climate control
- 600 headlight washers
- 612 xenon headlights
- 810 bose soundsystem
- 873 heated seats
- 875 heated windshield washerfluid
- 954 avantgarde (sport in the US)





due to the car lacking some of the basic requirements we have taken the car apart to add all that was missing from factory











The factory options that were added to this car are:
- 228 auxikiary heater with remote
- 242 memory pass side seat
- 249 auto dimming mirrors (all 3)
- 265 trimdesignation delete (front fender avantgarde badges)
- 330 CD storage rack in glovebox
- 354 GSM antennne
- 386 UHI phonesystem (with updated armrestlid)
- 405 ortopedic pass side seat
- 500 power folding mirrors
- 551 anti towing alarm
- 614 bi xenon headlights (instead of the regular xenons)
- 619 passive cornering lights
- 679 spare wheel (instead of the tirefit)
- 772 AMG bumpers & skirts
- 782 18inch AMG wheels with 225/40-18 fronts and 255/35-18 rears
- 819 CD changer
- 882 interior motion sensor

and the following parts have been updated/changed as well:
updated mirror blinkers
aluminium pdealrubbers
209 CLK instrument cluster
updated climate control unit
updated SAM front & rear
updated door control units L & R
updated avantgarde grill
flat hoodbadge
updated chrome key
AMG manufaktur softtouch steering wheel
updated shiftknob
prewiring for 219 distronic











I am still trying to convince my friend that he has to lower the front of his car...it is too high for my liking - especially next to my own C270CDI



...and uh - just love those brakes



greetingz,

mig888

Straight out awesome. Steve = walking/driving billboard. +1 for the Black Opals! Did Steve just do in days what people try to do in years... again?

rlee02135

sick wagons! but he needs a drop and AMG brakes.

MARK CUMMINS

What NO Two tone interior for the Blue W203 Estate? No Big Brakes ?

Is This Estate a NON Smoking Estate

(IF) Marco Wont Lower it....Just slap on a 4MATIC Badge on the Tail Gate


Your Silver W203 Estate looks so Much Better....Better Brakes and Lower!

Oh and the Factory Tinted Glass! Nice Job!

TruTaing

Wow, I cant wait to see you in action in Seattle.

MJ50

not as many as steve's mods... but much more than mine!

Saprissa

as usual.... breathtaking MBenzNL work !

all to Steve

Midnight Koop

wow... you are my hero... too bad the east coast is never on your itinerary!

btw... what kind of suspension would you recommend? (or... what did you use to drop your wagon?) looks great!

BadAssC230k

i love your car steve! the fact that its a wagon just decimate's eveything we've done to our sedans/coupes. i love that color and it just looks mean from nearly any angle!

i do agree with ya! keep on him about lowering it... even if it was jsut springs. aggressive stance... CHECK!

Ryanr317

Talk about a complete overhaul. His looks like it has a lift kit compared to yours.

advans

hahah wow, he DOES need new brakes and lowering, especially if hes YOUR friend! lol

sanf

the wagon is much better looking in your color

coin

This is just fabulous . Great Job!!

Surf Blau

Very nice result! I dig the steering-wheel and cluster, great job!

Even if Marco doesn't want to lower it, he should at least tune it down just one notch up front - right now it has the opposite Keilform usually affiliated with 'Diesel met trekhaak'.... Which when I come to think of it fits that car perfectly somehow... Oh well, very nice car nevertheless!

MBenzNL

thanks for the thumbs ups...I am pretty sure I will get him to lower the front of his car a bit; being my friend I can simply not have him drive around like that.
I must say though that his car is soooooo much more comfortable to drive then mine (both at low and high speeds)...it kind of shocked me how comfortable an S203 can be.

The car was picked up approx 450km (300 miles) from where we live and we managed to maintain an average speed of approx 170kmh (105mph) on the way back...the 270CDI rocks!

he will get my old C32 brakes (front & rear) after the current pads are worn (which won't take that long)
haha - I actually should do that
those are 2 different things...I used H&R coilovers BUT that is NOT what I recommend (infact - I will have mine swapped out for something else due to handling problems at speeds above 200kmh)

greetingz,

FrankW

sweet...awesome wagons!!

side note: with all that options from the factory, the car came with steel rims??

MBenzNL

the avantgarde comes with standard 16inch alloys but when we picked the car up it had these steel rims with wintertires...the price was right and the 18inch AMG's were already waiting for a usable S203 so it was bought with steel rims indeed (but those aren't factory).

greetingz,

macgyber

I remember your car in the Autobahn.
Nice brakes! And good postures by lowering!
Steve, your car height is lower than 12cm from ground?

Newtigger

Can we say this C270 went thru extreme makeover??

KleanC

Greatt Jobb....I would have just gotten a new car...

Elliott

+2 Black Opal....represent

crazyfox

nice! never seen a wagon like this before.

MBenzNL

if either one of us would have lived in the US we would have just bought a new car as well HOWEVER - we do NOT live in the US and thus is a new car out of the question...FYI: both stations (the 2001 one that I bought 1.5 years ago and his 2002 one that was bought 1 month ago) have cost more then the price of a new 2006 C350 in the US...importing that black one into the netherlands (from germany) has cost 5600 euro (7600USD) and that is just TAX for an 5 year old car with more then 100.000 miles in it's past.

so in order to make driving a car affordable (we do not lent money for a car nor do we lease cars overhere), one will have to settle for something slightly older AND driving a car with some personalised modifications makes driving it so much more fun then driving a car of the shelf.

I cannot put my fist in between of the ground and the panel below the engine - so that is probably approx 9-10cm

greetingz,

Moviela

Steve, very nice work. You pal's wagon must be a pleasure to drive now. With better brakes, it will be worthy of a trip to D'land. I was not aware that Europeans did not finance their cars. Interesting. The Dutch taxes on cars is just plain stealing!

You can't buy a new C class wagon in the US, they don't import them. So 2005 with the wee engine is the best we can do.

I am most impressed with the brakes on your car. If I had the inclination to change my wheels, I might go for a package. Then I slap myself, realizing a 2.6l motor will not move the well enough to need those nice brakes.

The wagon seemed nicely equipped before you made it wonderful, but I did not see cruise control on the menu. Did it not come with the Estate? I noticed you prewired for distronic. Doesn't that work with the cruise control, or is it a different system?

You did a very nice job. Your friend is very lucky to be driving such a fabulous car.

AndySays

Breath taking work Steve