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Old 08-06-2007, 11:09 PM
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drex it looks like your car got even lower. i like =)
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Originally Posted by phranksmbz
sup with the bear? lol nice pics
You respect that bear - I have not once been able to call shotgun with him there!
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Old 08-07-2007, 12:02 PM
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Midnight Blue 2004.5 C230 Kompressor Sport Sedan. 2002 w210 E320, 2009 w211 E350 Sport
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sexy cars but drex needs tire shine!!!
Hahaha...Yeah, that was my fault actually. I've been staying away from washing the car since it got out of the shop, just to make sure the paint cured properly. I've only washed it once, with only water (no soap). But...I she will be getting a wash and wax on Friday night for Saturday's meet.

Plus, the area we had to go through to get to that place was all dirt.
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drex it looks like your car got even lower. i like =)
LOL...Thanks dawg. Actually, from the first time we took pics, it looked like my car was higher cuz it just came off the jack. So now, it has settled back to where it was before. Thank God my bumper is not extravegently low, like many others. Don't have to cut as much as I thought I would need to on bumps. The bumper is actually VERY close to OEM, w/ exception to the outside portions.
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sup with the bear? lol nice pics
Actually, the bear is to mis-lead people into thinking he has a lowly non-AMG and think they can run him. Imagine the humiliation seeing a teadybear staring at you while you're getting run into the ground
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is that a vintage mercedes bear? lol

does it have a name?

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get your bear a sweater

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Threads like this make me want to buy a nice camera. :\ Looks good as usual!

edit: Drex, I just realized your front bumper has no chrome strips on the impact strips juts like c24owner's front bumper. This is a euro thing, huh?

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Old 08-07-2007, 04:23 PM
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Threads like this make me want to buy a nice camera. :\ Looks good as usual!

edit: Drex, I just realized your front bumper has no chrome strips on the impact strips juts like c24owner's front bumper. This is a euro thing, huh?
MH-Dezent messed up and didn't tell K1 that these come with integrated euro impact strips. They asked if I needed new strips, but didn't realize they were referring to the chrome strips...so...instead of painting and waiting for the chrome strips to come in, I just had them fill and paint over. Bad decision on my part because that's the only chrome I like on the car. Oh well. Worse comes to worse, I'll just cut out the integrated strips and replace them with real Euro Impact Strips later on. I don't think this can be reversed.
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Originally Posted by drexappeal
MH-Dezent messed up and didn't tell K1 that these come with integrated euro impact strips. They asked if I needed new strips, but didn't realize they were referring to the chrome strips...so...instead of painting and waiting for the chrome strips to come in, I just had them fill and paint over. Bad decision on my part because that's the only chrome I like on the car. Oh well. Worse comes to worse, I'll just cut out the integrated strips and replace them with real Euro Impact Strips later on. I don't think this can be reversed.
I vote for the same procedure to be done on all your impact strips around the car.
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Here's the 1 pic I took. It's from my phone. I'm still trying to figure the camera out. Should've come out a lot better because the it's a decent camera and can take higher resolution shots.

Anyway, Enjoy the pic. Nothing compared to flip or Frank's cameras, but oh well...LOL.
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I must be trippin, for some reason your impact strips (side) look thicker than my oem one? could just be the picture, i have a 01 are they exact same part# (model) as facelift c's?
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I must be trippin, for some reason your impact strips (side) look thicker than my oem one? could just be the picture, i have a 01 are they exact same part# (model) as facelift c's?
My impact strips were integrated into the bumper, so that's probably why they look different.
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gorgeous pictures =)

who's red audi is that?

drexappeal, is your car custom colour? i've never noticed it was sorta bluish before .. i always thought it was black!
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I vote for the same procedure to be done on all your impact strips around the car.
I agree :P Did you just fill in w/ bondo + paint over?
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Originally Posted by lyj
gorgeous pictures =)

who's red audi is that?

drexappeal, is your car custom colour? i've never noticed it was sorta bluish before .. i always thought it was black!
It's flip's brother (Salty-C on here) that owns the Red Audi.

Not a custom color, but discontinued as of 2005-2006. It's Midnight Blue. An OG color from early Benzos, but according to Steve (MBenzNL) not very popular in Europe. I love it because it's not the metallic Capri Blue and not very many manufactured in this color. Only know of less than a handful on these boards and rarely see one on the road.

And the rims are custom color matched to the car. I try to go as original as possible, while keeping the ride clean looking and not gawdy.
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I agree :P Did you just fill in w/ bondo + paint over?
Yup. Body shop just filled it with bondo, prepared and painted.

They gave me the option at first, but I didn't want to have to roll with the ugly gap for a long time. I doubt I'll take off the chrome strips. It matches the rims too much w/ the color matched centers and stainless lip.
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Almost forgot, for those of you looking into archiving your MB photography in a more organized place (like set-based stuff), a few of us setup a flickR group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/mbshooter - check it out, join, and add your lot =).
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Originally Posted by lyj
gorgeous pictures =)

who's red audi is that?

drexappeal, is your car custom colour? i've never noticed it was sorta bluish before .. i always thought it was black!
because he never washes his car and the color faded....


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