C24owner

Thank you.

lol.. we'll talk.

C24owner

My first attempt with HDR photography.

Criticism welcome, and encouraged.

MBAT

The car looks absolutely incredible. How long did it take you to get all your mods completed? Also where did you get the projector lamps for the fogs?

C24owner

Thank you.


Good question!

I've had the car since Aug/Sep of 2004 and started modding it the day I got it. Changing little things here and there. The major modifications came about a year ago, and happened almost overnight. (bodykit, wheels, suspension)

The fogs are made by hella and come with the rieger front bumper. They use a regular H7 bulb, but I installed an HID kit.

ctC230K

oh man, killer pics! danbury fair mall lol...

but u know what? I think you need bigger rims now!

C24owner

haha, yep danbury mall.

Why did you have to mention bigger rims??? I had that in my head all day long, and finally decided I am broke and my current rims are good enough. Now you have to come along and change that.

Whats another $2,500 on the CC anyway?

Mu9enx

nice photography! it's kinda dark though, but it looks great

The Godfather

Damn, the painting the headlight shroud is genius!!!! I wonder if I can do that on my E55!!

C24owner

Thanks guys.

You should be able to do it on the E55. Might be best to ask shake if he can do a Pshop first, since the shrouds on the W211 bix are different.

SOB, never mind, some dude beat you to it. https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/249073-black-out-sneak-peak-pics.html

advans

I think the E-headlights would look sick, if it was painted facelift headlights.

C24owner

SOB, turned on my car today and heard an awful clicking noise from behind the dash.

Looks like I need to replace my stepper motor. Fack!!

FrankW

i lived with that for the past 2 years....just too lazy to take the whole dash apart to replace one little POS part.

ctC230K

well your car already has everything else.... i still like these rims btw

C24owner

2 years?? Damn. I couldnt live with it for a few hours. I ran some errands this morning and ripped the dash appart as soon as I got home.

C24owner

I'll get those when you get these

C24owner

My C240 4matic superleggera

kiamcoj

Damn Nick I just ran across this thread finally...lol...

Everything is looking good and the fact that you did most of the mods yourself is just plain .

Definitely impeccable and I wish I had the skills and equipment to do it as well.

Good job and can't wait to see the car with some new wheels (assuming the sale with you getting new wheels..lol)

kiamcoj

BTW, who did you get your CF from on ebay..

C24owner

Thanks Jon.

I really really want a set of 19's but I am so broke its not even funny. Wheel are going to have to wait since the next mod will be suspension. My stock shocks are **** and the ride is bouncy as hell.

I get the vinyl form metrosellers. Shipping is pretty quick, and packed pretty well.

kiamcoj

Hi Nick,

I actually just got the samples from them as well. I was thinking of doing the CF III in silver on my charcoal interior.

How easy was it to work with the vinyl if you dont mind me asking. I was just about to order the stuff and came across your thread so hopefully you can help a brotha out.

Wheels are a pain in the ***, definitely a very expensive mod to ppl like us. I just bought Cappa's Monoblock S's today after being broke as a joke (trying to save for rims and Hawaii is a starving session for reals). Sucks to hear about the suspension, hopefully you can get that taken care of soon.

Thanks for your help on the vinyl in advance.

n00bert

Wow that car is clean... I have so much to do if only my wallet was faster

C24owner

Jon,

I haven't tried their CF III. I ordered some of their CF II (which looked like crap) and their 3D CF (which is what I have now) I think the 3D CF looks the most realistic. Its a bit silver for my taste, even though it was the black CF.

Unless the area is 100% flat, applying the vinyl is a royal pain in the ***. You can NOT make it flex. The top of dash near the air vents is two pieces of vinyl because it would have wrinkles if it was one piece. Its hard to notice the seams on the dash The door pieces are the hardest to wrap, and you will have seams and a few sharp corners sticking out.

I am probably going to order some of their flexible CF and see how that looks. If they come up with a flexible 3D CF then I am all over it.

Hope that cleared a few things up.

Congrats on the wheels, make sure you post some pics when mounted.

C24owner

Thank you.

I know exactly what you mean.

Mu9enx

damn, i don't think my interior is ash then.. i have the same color seats/door panels etc, but where you have ash, i got this flat dark brown/shell looking color. anyone know what interior i would have?

C24owner

hmmm. Interesting.

I think that ash pertains to the seats and door panels. Not sure what the dash color is. Definitely not ash, and definietly not charcoal.