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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 02:57 AM
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Thanks guys, these are just temporary flares till I do a sheet metal liberty walker style kit plus going to do a custom front molded bumper and do a custom rear diffuser. With the impacts I don't know if I wanna mold to flares or completely remove and mold them smooth. My lips are bigger than my inner barrel so I can have inner clearance just in case I to need to camber. Front barrels are 5" and rears are 5.5"

Decided to do color change as well.
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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Alexbenz
there have been a handful of widebody w203's....
It's not that I haven't seen a widebody W203. I've just never seen a W203 with flares that were bolted on and not molded. Sorry, I should have been more specific.
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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by FreshVibes
It's not that I haven't seen a widebody W203. I've just never seen a W203 with flares that were bolted on and not molded. Sorry, I should have been more specific.
Ya I haven't seen any yet but its in right now...bimmers been doing it so sooner or later before Benz guys got into it.
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Old Nov 3, 2014 | 12:16 PM
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I dunno, w/ the recent influx of liberty walk/rocket bunny style bolt on fenders, i almost feel like ya should go down that route. Regardless of what ya choose, im sure it'll be awesome.
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Old Nov 3, 2014 | 12:48 PM
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Old Nov 3, 2014 | 12:49 PM
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Old Nov 4, 2014 | 11:02 PM
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Rollnnns rocket bunny kit though
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Old Nov 6, 2014 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by phister
Thanks guys, these are just temporary flares till I do a sheet metal liberty walker style kit plus going to do a custom front molded bumper and do a custom rear diffuser. With the impacts I don't know if I wanna mold to flares or completely remove and mold them smooth. My lips are bigger than my inner barrel so I can have inner clearance just in case I to need to camber. Front barrels are 5" and rears are 5.5"

Decided to do color change as well.
Can't wait to see that transformation!!!
If you are a fan of the C55 look, then you might want to consider upgrading to one before the custom work since the front end and the side skirts are identical to the clk. Most of the rocket bunny kit would fit and would just have to custom fit the rear to the your bumper.
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Old Nov 11, 2014 | 01:00 AM
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no i dont want to buy the kit, gotta go all and make my own lol and do my own flare and style to the look. I like the liberty style more where they fenders cut off high to show how wide the wheels are. I already have it in my mind how I want things.
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Old Nov 11, 2014 | 03:06 PM
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no i dont want to buy the kit, gotta go all and make my own lol and do my own flare and style to the look. I like the liberty style more where they fenders cut off high to show how wide the wheels are. I already have it in my mind how I want things.
At first I was like wow! phister finds the rocket bunny's cut not high enough and thought you might go the time attack route instead (I wasn't feeling SEMA's S4) but I think I see what you're saying. I think I know what OEM body line the higher angle cut off would be following It'll look bada$$ any plans for the front fenders? R *cough* C *cough* F *cough* widebody
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Old Nov 13, 2014 | 12:32 AM
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doing work on all 4 corners. I have to definitely for the fronts since the wheels are 18x11, I have to cut them wider so I can turn lol
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Old Dec 13, 2014 | 11:56 PM
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Getting things done and second faces are done. White with gold flakes.














Not my lips lol using my 24k ones
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Old Dec 14, 2014 | 01:45 PM
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Stoked! Cant wait to see this all wrapped up

PS also curious to see what you do about the driver side windshield washer so you can actually turn!

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Old Dec 30, 2014 | 08:32 PM
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nice c230 bro i have a 2003 c230k new to the Mercedes scene got it as a daily while i work on my s13.. looking to stance just for daily use what front bumper does yours have? i noticed its different from mine
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Old Dec 30, 2014 | 10:45 PM
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what lug bolts are those???
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Old Jan 7, 2015 | 04:08 AM
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It's the factory amg bumper 06-07 came standard with it.

It's a stud conversion. There's a lot of companies that have them. You'll want 12x1.5 thread.
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Old Jan 7, 2015 | 04:12 AM
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No turning back for sure




So this just happened over the week











Things you do to make wheels fit
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Old Jan 8, 2015 | 07:46 PM
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Chop chop chop! Stoked to see the finished product! You've gotta be close! Last update was the front fender getting the chop, now this is the rear. Tires + air and you're done?
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Old Jan 9, 2015 | 09:25 AM
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Yup...cant wait to see this finished
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Old Jan 10, 2015 | 02:59 AM
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yeah hopefully by end of the month it'll be all finished up till i can do the custom widebody, The shop is still backed up. Gonna try and do my trunk setup while doing the air.
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Old Jan 12, 2015 | 01:37 PM
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Old Jan 17, 2015 | 06:48 PM
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Thanks Roland... Just slowly getting everything done. Just finished cutting all the fenders now I just gotta put the flares on and set them how I want. Things getting serious now. About to lay out my accuair tomorrow and run lines.
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Old Jan 23, 2015 | 12:49 PM
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Old Jan 25, 2015 | 04:59 AM
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sorry tru been feeling under the weather lately and havent had a chance to really do much work out in the garage. I did start on the trunk liner project and retrofitting my headlights since I can do that sitting down inside. but I'll have the mock up of the flares on and have sitting on the wheels to see the overall look of what it'll look like this week when I get off work. hopefully I wont need too much camber in the front. still have to test to see my turning radius for the wheels too lol I know I'll probably have to remove the washer reservoir bottle or try and relocate it some how.
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Old Feb 11, 2015 | 02:52 AM
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So tires are coming in this week and I should get a look of how the wheels sit on the car �� sold my 400 compressors and got 444 coming in and don't a lil trunk work. Here's a peak of some of the liner


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