eplants02

Been adding alot of stuff to the coupe recently so I have decided to start my own thread.








Illuminated footwells


Different angle

Past weekend, I got my sway bars installed by Auto Image. I have Eibach in the rear and H&R in the front.

krisv420

what type of sticker is on the back of your car

eplants02

Sticker? For the Lorinser roof spoiler? Renntech spoiler?

AMGJared

I think he means that circle under where it says C230.

eplants02

It's the dealership badge; Ray Catena.

Shake

Take the dealer badge thing off, but other than that it looks clean.

advans

NJ! woohoo another local tri-state black c class coupe!

kompressorc230

Nice illuminated footwells. Its not bright to the eyes.

Saprissa

Congrats on your very own C-Coupe thread !!
I wonder who started that trend ? j/k

yeah, I would take that dealer badge off. I can't stand when dealers put their little stickers and badges on cars. It seems like it happens just about everywhere except in California. Only the license plate frames have the dealer name on it. I guess people can't stand giving away free advertising like that.

Anyway... the illuminated foot wells is a nice touch !
and looking good with the Lorinser roof wing (a personal favorite of mine), and the RENNtech spoiler.

Carlos

Saprissa@aol.com

eplants02

Latest mod: Carbon fiber / chrome shift knob



Up Next:
Illuminated Door Sills
Puddle Lights

B189s

More pics of your interior? I have a CF knob as well, but it's leather CF, not chrome. I don't have CF trims tho, might overlay them in the future

pshek

That looks like it IS an overlaid sticker CF. I can see the stock aluminum trim peeking underneath.

B189s

Ah IC

kirax2

you need B-lip BADLY

Cintoman

Saprissa, does California have a law against dealership stickers on cars? If so, I wish the other 49 states would do this as well.

I got my car from an M-B dealership in CA, and in looking at all the pics the sales guy sent me prior to buying it, I noticed that the only dealership information was on a license plate bracket (metal no less) mounted around the rear plate.

I wouldn't have it any other way. I hate Hate HATE dealership stickers on cars. And no way in h*ll would I ever have them put that crap on my cars.

Worse I ever seen was here in RI from a now closed dealership. 1 1/2 inch high capital letters (for first letter of each name). Picture "Tom Flurkey" in bubble type font pasted across the back of your car. It was probably at least 10 inches in length. Now why the F would anyone want Tom Flurkey pasted across the back of their trunk

Or how about back in the 70's/80's when they would actually drill holes into your trunk lid to affix their metal dealership emblems

Cintoman

shivi1345

ya dude....they suck

when ever I go out of state I always see them and think "wow I'm glad they don't do that in CA"

eplants02

Illuminated Door Sills:



IMHO, one of the best mods that could be done!

C230Brit

I like this mod - was thinking of doing it myself, since my original door sills appear to have taken a beatin'!

I just wonder / wish the blue light could be swapped for a more orange / yellow, similar to the lights in the dash, etc. Are the bulbs easily accessible on the illuminated sills?

Thanks

C230Brit..

Cintoman

I agree with eplants02...one of the best mods. At least when it comes to people talking about them. I have more compliments from people when they open my doors at night and see the illuminated sills. It's just that extra step (no pun intended) in luxury.

C230Brit, as for swapping the lights out, I don't think that's possible. See, these sills do not have a light bulb per se. The "Mercedes-Benz " part is a very thin strip that gets mounted to the underside of the stainless steel sill. I forget exactly the type of illumination that's used, but from what I remember, it's similar to those blueish night lights you see that use light $0.01 cent of electricity per year. Almost like an indiglo. So swapping it out or changing it to a different color I don't think would be possible. Although...on some Infiniti's, they have illuminated sills that have an orange color to them. Jerry at formymercedes dot com sells these, so you might want to ask him if a color change is possible.

Thanks,
Cintoman

C230Brit

Thanks Cintoman - you confirmed what I had pictured. Oh well! I will probably do it anyway I was just hoping somehow I could 'color match' the dash lights, etc.

I would have been super suprised if someone came back and said 'yep' the colors are interchangeable. I've seen the strips on FMM.com too.

All in all, a good well priced mod...

nickgailloux

Look up "EL" lighting, that would be suitable to change the color out...

eplants02, where did you get the sills from? Got any better pics?

Cintoman

Actually, you know what... I was just reading another thread...advans DIY: Vinyl parts 101, and in it, buelwinkle posted a link to a site, which triggered my memory as to what this type of lighting was....electroluminescent lighting. the site he mentioned is below, and it shows a whole bunch of colors:

http://electroluminescence-inc.com/ELtape.htm

Soooo.....it may be possible to change the color. I already have my sills installed, so I can't check on how you would do this. But all I remember is the "Mercedes-Benz" logo strip being really thin, with a couple of wires coming from it.

Cintoman

C230Brit

Hmmm interesting. This looks like its got some potential. Thanks for the followup post Cintoman. In Advans thread, you mentioned that the FMM.com sill goes on top of the existing sill? Surely the plastic of the existing sill is removed, no? I was just on FMM.com reading the install instuctions - I could'nt quite tell if the original sills are removed or not...

Thanks again Cintoman!

Cintoman

No, actually the existing black plastic sills remain on the car, and Jerry's sills install on top of the existing ones. I for one did not want this, but since the other guy (that made the ones that used your existing sills) closed up shop, these were the only ones around. I've had no issues with door closing, door rubbing on these (because they're on top of existing sills), or wind noise, etc.

Here are 2 pics of a door sill from our cars. The full one with the all black interior I found on the net, the other partial view with the light grey interior is from my car from a pic the sales guy sent me prior to me buying the car. Sorry it's only a partial view. Then here are 2 pics of the illuminated sill on the passengers side that I just took (damn it's cold outside). Note how it's installed over the existing one.

Hope this helps...

Cintoman

Cintoman

Speaking of the electroluminescent door sills....do you guys think this is too rice if someone were to make a "Mercedes-Benz" one where you could stick to your windshield or back window?

http://cgi.ebay.com/EL-Glow-ElectroL...lenotsupported

Personally, I would stick it at the center of the base of my rear window and have it lit up (forget the flashing bit) at night. For me, lettering no taller than 1 inch would be my max.

Cintoman