Damn, I've spent how much?!?
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Damn, I've spent how much?!?
I just recently tallied up how much I've spent on my car and um-I think I may have a problem/addiction
. So I can feel better I would like to know how much you've spent on your mods and how do you justify it to you and/or your significant other??
Btw my total is $12k in 3 mnths not including this month.....
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Btw my total is $12k in 3 mnths not including this month.....
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wow!
that's how much i plan on spending on my car after its done! so far though i just have the beginners set of mods! hehe... next are the wheels and cup kit! then lights, then hopefully 1 yr from now some DVD commands will be out! hehe!
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Re: Damn, I've spent how much?!?
Originally posted by enri007
I just recently tallied up how much I've spent on my car and um-I think I may have a problem/addiction
. So I can feel better I would like to know how much you've spent on your mods and how do you justify it to you and/or your significant other??
I just recently tallied up how much I've spent on my car and um-I think I may have a problem/addiction
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Re: Damn, I've spent how much?!?
Originally posted by enri007
Btw my total is $12k in 3 mnths not including this month.....
Btw my total is $12k in 3 mnths not including this month.....
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Whether you derived the same benefit from the bucks you spent modding your C in the past 4 months is your call
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I'm into this car for over $6k, in 5 months.
My last car was worth $6,500 on its own with around $25,000 worth of mods...
Some insurance companies offer riders for aftermarket parts...for $25,000 mine cost me $125 a year...it might be worth it to look into.
Erik
My last car was worth $6,500 on its own with around $25,000 worth of mods...
Some insurance companies offer riders for aftermarket parts...for $25,000 mine cost me $125 a year...it might be worth it to look into.
Erik
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It's scary.....Including installations:
Euro Bi-Xenon and Comand - $2300
Star grill and flat badge - $200
C32 rear apron and pattern door pillars - $1000
C32 front brakes and drilled rear rotors - $1400
Underdrive pulleys and sway bars - $1500
3 sets of wheels (less returns from selling them) - $2000
H&R Cup Kit - $950
CD changer and extended warranty (dealer) - $2400
Exhaust tips/rework - $200
Misc (K&N filters, side markers, nets, mats, parts I did before I replaced with major items listed above) - $1000
But I'm done....except for front spoiler...and foot pedals....and...
Euro Bi-Xenon and Comand - $2300
Star grill and flat badge - $200
C32 rear apron and pattern door pillars - $1000
C32 front brakes and drilled rear rotors - $1400
Underdrive pulleys and sway bars - $1500
3 sets of wheels (less returns from selling them) - $2000
H&R Cup Kit - $950
CD changer and extended warranty (dealer) - $2400
Exhaust tips/rework - $200
Misc (K&N filters, side markers, nets, mats, parts I did before I replaced with major items listed above) - $1000
But I'm done....except for front spoiler...and foot pedals....and...
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I know what you mean, you think you are done and then next thing you know...another couple of G's. I'm hooked! Can't help myself
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W209 - W163
For My CLK430 W208
Euro Impact Strips- $185.00
Hyper White Turn Signals- $20.00
Hyper White Mirror Lights- $6.00
8000k HID Kit- $455.00
Smoked Taillamps- $180.00
Eisenmann Exhaust- $569.12
Evosport Pulley Kit- $500.00
UPSolute Chip- $500.00
K&N Air Filter- $45.00
Chrome Shiftgate Set- $70.00
Chrome Shiftknob- $80.00
Illuminated Sill Plates- $250.00
Wood Steering Wheel- $560.00
Expression Wing- $500.00
19x8.5 AMG CL Rims- $718.00
Dunlop SPSport9000 235/35/19 Front Tires- $416.00
19x9.5 AMG CL Rims- $738.00
Dunlop SPSport9000 265/30/19 Rear Tires- $394.00
H&R Cup Kit- $619.00
H&R 15mm Spacers- $304.00
2002 Center Caps- $40.00
Zimmerman X-Drilled Rotors- $78.53
Alpine IVA-C801- $1,200.00
2 JL Audio 12W7 Subwoofers- $1,000.00
JL Audio 1000/1 Amplifier- $749.00
4 MB Quart RSC216 Speakers- $676.00
R/T 900-12 Subwoofer Enclosure- $160.00
Mercedes-Benz License Plate Frames- $70.00
Mercedes Flat Star Hood Emblem- $25.00
Total: Too Lazy To Calculate...
Coming soon: Headers and Intake from evosport when they come out. Can't wait for that!
Euro Impact Strips- $185.00
Hyper White Turn Signals- $20.00
Hyper White Mirror Lights- $6.00
8000k HID Kit- $455.00
Smoked Taillamps- $180.00
Eisenmann Exhaust- $569.12
Evosport Pulley Kit- $500.00
UPSolute Chip- $500.00
K&N Air Filter- $45.00
Chrome Shiftgate Set- $70.00
Chrome Shiftknob- $80.00
Illuminated Sill Plates- $250.00
Wood Steering Wheel- $560.00
Expression Wing- $500.00
19x8.5 AMG CL Rims- $718.00
Dunlop SPSport9000 235/35/19 Front Tires- $416.00
19x9.5 AMG CL Rims- $738.00
Dunlop SPSport9000 265/30/19 Rear Tires- $394.00
H&R Cup Kit- $619.00
H&R 15mm Spacers- $304.00
2002 Center Caps- $40.00
Zimmerman X-Drilled Rotors- $78.53
Alpine IVA-C801- $1,200.00
2 JL Audio 12W7 Subwoofers- $1,000.00
JL Audio 1000/1 Amplifier- $749.00
4 MB Quart RSC216 Speakers- $676.00
R/T 900-12 Subwoofer Enclosure- $160.00
Mercedes-Benz License Plate Frames- $70.00
Mercedes Flat Star Hood Emblem- $25.00
Total: Too Lazy To Calculate...
Coming soon: Headers and Intake from evosport when they come out. Can't wait for that!
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With the cost of your C 240 and the money you've put into it, and converting that to Canadian currency, you could have bought a new C 32 with the same money in Canada.
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Actually, it would still cost at least $8,000 more in California...but I paid CASH for my car (no financing) and $34,000 lump sum is a lot less than $55,000. Afterwards, a thousand here and there has been do-able (all my mods have been over 14 months). I also put on 25,000+ miles per year, 80% freeway driving, so I wanted a reliable, decent-gas-mileage motor that would not beg me to be a leadfoot = trouble = tickets = $$$. I know my car handles better and looks better than a C32.
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I want a C32 from Canada.....
I want a C32 from Canada.....
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Given you had the $40,000 and the time what stops people from getting them in Canada that live near the border in the US? Because I live in LA and am really considering this.
Given you had the $40,000 and the time what stops people from getting them in Canada that live near the border in the US? Because I live in LA and am really considering this.
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One problem is that no Canadian dealer will sell a car directly to a US resident. The Canadian dealers are mostly owned by M-B Canada and tightly controlled even if they're not.
As far as the old have my Canadian friend buy it for me and drive it to the USA trick, that's not gonna be easy either. When you buy ANY M-B in Canada, even the cheap hatchback econobox
we have, you have to sign a contract upon picking the car up saying you'll not sell the car for export, excepting cases in which you agree pay the difference between the CDN and US price to M-B Canada immediately upon the export of the vehicle. This agreement lasts for one year.
As far as the old have my Canadian friend buy it for me and drive it to the USA trick, that's not gonna be easy either. When you buy ANY M-B in Canada, even the cheap hatchback econobox
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some slow@$$diesels
I don't have a W203...I have a W202...and as far as modding costs goes...I lost count after a while and I am glad I DID LOOSE COUNT...
3 door locking pins and the instrument cluster gauges are still original inside the car (and that is ALL)...all my doorhandles and roof-/windowtrims (except for the B-pillars) are still original at the outside of the car (and again: that is ALL)...
modding is like a disease...I thought I was finished after I swapped my blue cloth interior for an ash leather interior and C36 styling kit...but the number of mods afterwards are too many to remember...in fact: I am just about to take the interior out again for some more (unnecesary) modifications...
good luck enri!
greetingz,
3 door locking pins and the instrument cluster gauges are still original inside the car (and that is ALL)...all my doorhandles and roof-/windowtrims (except for the B-pillars) are still original at the outside of the car (and again: that is ALL)...
modding is like a disease...I thought I was finished after I swapped my blue cloth interior for an ash leather interior and C36 styling kit...but the number of mods afterwards are too many to remember...in fact: I am just about to take the interior out again for some more (unnecesary) modifications...
good luck enri!
greetingz,
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I don't have a W203...I have a W202...and as far as modding costs goes...I lost count after a while and I am glad I DID LOOSE COUNT...
3 door locking pins and the instrument cluster gauges are still original inside the car (and that is ALL)...all my doorhandles and roof-/windowtrims (except for the B-pillars) are still original at the outside of the car (and again: that is ALL)...
modding is like a disease...I thought I was finished after I swapped my blue cloth interior for an ash leather interior and C36 styling kit...but the number of mods afterwards are too many to remember...in fact: I am just about to take the interior out again for some more (unnecesary) modifications...
good luck enri!
greetingz,
I don't have a W203...I have a W202...and as far as modding costs goes...I lost count after a while and I am glad I DID LOOSE COUNT...
3 door locking pins and the instrument cluster gauges are still original inside the car (and that is ALL)...all my doorhandles and roof-/windowtrims (except for the B-pillars) are still original at the outside of the car (and again: that is ALL)...
modding is like a disease...I thought I was finished after I swapped my blue cloth interior for an ash leather interior and C36 styling kit...but the number of mods afterwards are too many to remember...in fact: I am just about to take the interior out again for some more (unnecesary) modifications...
good luck enri!
greetingz,
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Originally posted by MARK CUMMINS
...So Change the door pins ala W203 and The Combi to a AMG!
...So Change the door pins ala W203 and The Combi to a AMG!
The AMG cluster is on the list of this week mods though
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Originally posted by Mike T.
One problem is that no Canadian dealer will sell a car directly to a US resident. The Canadian dealers are mostly owned by M-B Canada and tightly controlled even if they're not.
As far as the old have my Canadian friend buy it for me and drive it to the USA trick, that's not gonna be easy either. When you buy ANY M-B in Canada, even the cheap hatchback econobox
we have, you have to sign a contract upon picking the car up saying you'll not sell the car for export, excepting cases in which you agree pay the difference between the CDN and US price to M-B Canada immediately upon the export of the vehicle. This agreement lasts for one year.
One problem is that no Canadian dealer will sell a car directly to a US resident. The Canadian dealers are mostly owned by M-B Canada and tightly controlled even if they're not.
As far as the old have my Canadian friend buy it for me and drive it to the USA trick, that's not gonna be easy either. When you buy ANY M-B in Canada, even the cheap hatchback econobox
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Nah...Steve.. Modding is Not a Disease...Its a DRUG and You are the Dealer
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Nah...Steve.. Modding is Not a Disease...Its a DRUG and You are the Dealer
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Speaking of money spent on my car....I've just throw in my 4th set of wheels in 17 months. I think I've lost count on the amount for just changing the wheels already! Not to mention my other gadgets.....oh well....
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....I've just throw in my 4th set of wheels in 17 months.
....I've just throw in my 4th set of wheels in 17 months.
greetingz,