My C230k Coupe Project
04-18-2011, 06:46 PM
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Look who decided to jump in. Ha, the other guy who can't buy beer, on a blazing hot day in Firebaugh. Don't you young people today have places that will sell you beer?
Fake ID's?
We had the whole area mapped out, who would sell to us, and who wouldn't.
One guy was blind and couldn't read your id, and others who close to my age just looked at it, and said "Looks good to me". We knew which places had the coldest beer, and our favorite place was in Sunnyvale, owned by a German guy who had tons of awesome German beers.
Other Asian owned liquor stores would sell to anyone but the prices varied depending on their mood.
"$10. me- What? them- OK, I not sell to you or maybe you like to who me ID?"... me- no thats ok."
as I shelled out the cash....
Maybe between the 2 of you, you can manage to scrape together a 12 pack when the time comes to do your pulley.
I wish I had been able to get pics of all your mods, I had been thinking of
writing a small booklet on the subject of C230 mods and peculiarities and publishing it, rather than answering the same questions over and over again.
BTW- Michael Kunzi,
my GF saw your sig, and says hey, how come I'm not on your sig?
It's all your fault.
Man all this talk of beer is making me thirsty.
i'm getting my grill blacked out as we speak so i'm hoping for an even more aggresive look.
04-18-2011, 09:31 PM
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Did you guys get the bluetooth for my stereo and the canbus wires for my audio controls? I'm trying to come by thursday to get that finished up.
04-19-2011, 07:37 PM
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If you are absolutely positive of how many bolts need to be installed and on which arm it needs to go into, than you should be fine on installing it yourself. But i guess you'll find out once you bring it back for the alignment.
04-19-2011, 07:52 PM
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Wow someone needs to learn how to search i answered this exact question a few times now.
000-330-00-18
x4 13.09 each
http://www.rmeuropean.com/
000-330-00-18
x4 13.09 each
http://www.rmeuropean.com/
04-19-2011, 08:00 PM
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Wow someone needs to learn how to search i answered this exact question a few times now.
000-330-00-18
x4 13.09 each
http://www.rmeuropean.com/
000-330-00-18
x4 13.09 each
http://www.rmeuropean.com/
04-19-2011, 08:25 PM
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Well i guess the bold is not what you adjust you adjust where it goes but I did not install them just was told to get them. What they are is the crash bolts they are lounger or something different then the original that let you dial in the right settings. I am sure someone can tell us exactly how it works. I do remember someone saying that you can damage the arms when you put them in if you turn the wrong end so it might be grooved differently and you might be able to put the bolt in different groves but that is just a guess.
Remember the golden rule of owning a car don't trust the dealer lol sad but true. remember you never have to change transmission fluid it is a lifetime fill lol
Remember the golden rule of owning a car don't trust the dealer lol sad but true. remember you never have to change transmission fluid it is a lifetime fill lol
04-19-2011, 09:03 PM
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Well i guess the bold is not what you adjust you adjust where it goes but I did not install them just was told to get them. What they are is the crash bolts they are lounger or something different then the original that let you dial in the right settings. I am sure someone can tell us exactly how it works. I do remember someone saying that you can damage the arms when you put them in if you turn the wrong end so it might be grooved differently and you might be able to put the bolt in different groves but that is just a guess.
Remember the golden rule of owning a car don't trust the dealer lol sad but true. remember you never have to change transmission fluid it is a lifetime fill lol
Remember the golden rule of owning a car don't trust the dealer lol sad but true. remember you never have to change transmission fluid it is a lifetime fill lol
04-19-2011, 09:42 PM
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Wow someone needs to learn how to search i answered this exact question a few times now.
000-330-00-18
x4 13.09 each
http://www.rmeuropean.com/
000-330-00-18
x4 13.09 each
http://www.rmeuropean.com/
04-19-2011, 10:40 PM
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just ordered my bolts. my bluetooth adapter. and my front c32 amg sway bars. i think i'll order my h&r rear sways tomorrow after i get my windows tinted 
so excited haha
... mostly excited for my puddle lights and not installing all of the above 
so excited haha ... mostly excited for my puddle lights and not installing all of the above
04-21-2011, 12:05 AM
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Wow someone needs to learn how to search i answered this exact question a few times now.
000-330-00-18
x4 13.09 each
http://www.rmeuropean.com/
000-330-00-18
x4 13.09 each
http://www.rmeuropean.com/
04-21-2011, 01:25 AM
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Glyn if you are out there could you help us
04-21-2011, 11:33 PM
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Like I was saying earlier, if you dont know which control arm the bolts need to be installed and in which position, then you will have to let the alignment guy install it. There are 3 different positions per bolt and up to two bolts per wheel. That comes out to 9 different variations of adjustment.
04-22-2011, 12:14 AM
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Like I was saying earlier, if you dont know which control arm the bolts need to be installed and in which position, then you will have to let the alignment guy install it. There are 3 different positions per bolt and up to two bolts per wheel. That comes out to 9 different variations of adjustment.
04-22-2011, 08:36 AM
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You cant really adjust the bolt. The bolt has 3 positions inside of the arm. So if you slide it into the position and bolt it on, then its fixed. The only way to adjust is to remove the bolt and arm and move it into a new position. So basically, if you install it in the wrong position then they will end up reinstalling it anyways.
04-22-2011, 08:48 AM
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Check out post 157 by Splinter. This gives a great description of how the bolt works and installed. Keep in mind this only depicts one bolt being installed. Adding the second bolt will increase adjustment values by a power of two.
http://https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w203/117905-installing-front-camber-castor-bolts-thrust-arm-bushings-possible-diy-7.html
http://https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w203/117905-installing-front-camber-castor-bolts-thrust-arm-bushings-possible-diy-7.html
04-22-2011, 12:45 PM
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Check out post 157 by Splinter. This gives a great description of how the bolt works and installed. Keep in mind this only depicts one bolt being installed. Adding the second bolt will increase adjustment values by a power of two.
http://https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w203/117905-installing-front-camber-castor-bolts-thrust-arm-bushings-possible-diy-7.html
http://https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w203/117905-installing-front-camber-castor-bolts-thrust-arm-bushings-possible-diy-7.html
I guess I must pay them to do it, but I hate letting people like that work on my car. He was one of those people that seemed nice but was obviously trying to charge more telling me it is a mercedes and requires more work for an alignment even though sears charges the same for any car... He seemed nice but had bad intentions... Kind of like a pedophile...
04-22-2011, 03:32 PM
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I guess I must pay them to do it, but I hate letting people like that work on my car. He was one of those people that seemed nice but was obviously trying to charge more telling me it is a mercedes and requires more work for an alignment even though sears charges the same for any car... He seemed nice but had bad intentions... Kind of like a pedophile...can't wait.
04-23-2011, 06:26 PM
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Hell yeah I am! Got my bluetooth custom fitted with the oem mic! And got exclusive high quality speakers that aren't even on the market yet! Can some one say carbon fiber cone?!! Hella sick!
